Person of Interest (TV Series)

Root Path (2014)

Amy Acker: Root

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• Root : Do you really want to see what it looks like when two gods go to war?

• Root : [Regarding the machine]  How badly did you have to break it to make it care about people so much?

  Harold Finch : That didn't break it. It's what made it work. It was only after I taught the Machine that people mattered that it could begin to be able to help them. I'd like to do the same thing for you, if you'd let me.

• Root : I know it seems weird, but I'm one of the good guys now, Harold.

• Detective Lionel Fusco : Hey, nice try, Cocoa Puffs. There's no way I'm letting him leave with you.

  Root : I understand. But there are things you don't know. For starters, Cyrus is currently wanted by not one but two very dangerous organizations. And you have no idea that there are currently 27 people en route to this location, the closest of whom is carrying two concealed firearms and a push dagger he used to kill three people in Dubai last month - one of them just for fun.

  Detective Lionel Fusco : I don't care how big your brain is. Nobody's taking this guy from me without a big fat Federal warrant, you got that?

  Root : [Hands him a warrant]  Joined the Bureau last month to get access to a nuclear plant in Tulsa. Long story.

• Root : Sorry, doctor, I didn't have time to make an appointment. But I know you'll make an exception for me.

  Dr. Stephen Carr : Really? And, uh, how do you know that?

  Root : The same way I know I can put a bullet through your hand before you dial 911.

• Root : In the first thirty minutes, after Samaritan comes online, a lot of people are going to be killed. But they're gonna start with four: You, me, your helper monkey and Shaw. And there won't be a damn thing anyone, including your Machine, can do to stop it. You think I don't care about people, Harold? I'm doing all of this to save you.

• Harold Finch : How much do you know about this janitor, Ms. Groves?

  Root : Well, he's got some interesting ideas about metaphysical determinism and I think he's a Doris Day fan.

• Root : Oh, did you not hear about my chat with Control? She's fun... in an unnecessary stapedectomy kind of way. But I do miss music in stereo.

• Root : I heard you skipped breakfast, and you and your Australopithecine coworker can just take the day off. I've been doing just fine without a safety net.

  Sameen Shaw : Look, the only reason you're not stuck in a cage right now is me. Don't make me look bad.

  Root : I couldn't make you look bad if I tried.