Person of Interest (TV Series)

Most Likely to... (2014)

Michael Emerson: Harold Finch

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• Sameen Shaw : Well, you actually kinda looked like Frank. Let's see how Harold did with me.

  [Opens yearbook to a girl with crazy hair, glasses and braces] 

  John Reese : Maybe Finch made a clerical error.

  Sameen Shaw : [Slams book shut]  Betty Harris? I actually look like this to you, Harold?

  Harold Finch : Well, not to me. I implemented a facial-symmetry algorithm to find the closest match for both you and Mr. Reese. If you take away the spectacles and the braces, tame the permanent wave a bit, I do believe that you and Betty Harris look a great deal...

  John Reese : [Sees Shaw fuming]  Harold, stop, right now.

• Sameen Shaw : So Leona lives in DC.

  Harold Finch : She's in town to see a Broadway show.

  Sameen Shaw : Is that why you had us dress up, Harold? An evening at the theater?

  Harold Finch : If you keep an open mind, Miss Shaw, you might actually enjoy yourself.

  Sameen Shaw : What's the show?

  Harold Finch : [pause]  Mamma Mia.

• Harold Finch : I'll be traveling to DC.

  John Reese : And we're not invited?

  Harold Finch : It's important that we not let Mr. Reed out of our sight. We can't risk losing another number. Detective Fusco has offered to accompany me.

  Sameen Shaw : This trip to Westchester, is this some kind of punishment?

  Detective Lionel Fusco : [Entering the library]  Got the car all packed. AC/DC or Dixie Chicks?

  Harold Finch : [to Shaw and Reese]  I believe I'm the one being punished.

• Detective Lionel Fusco : Portable package X-ray? What are you, gonna inspect some pipe bombs?

  Harold Finch : Most modern safes come equipped with a lead shield. However, the government has been remiss in updating their equipment. By placing this device on the safe's door, I can see the safe's internal mechanisms while I turn the dial.

  Detective Lionel Fusco : Wait, now you wanna crack the safe?

  Harold Finch : Well, not just the safe, Detective. First, we have to break into the FBI's evidence lockup. Then we crack the safe.

  Detective Lionel Fusco : 'Cause nothing's ever easy with you, Finch.

• Peter Collier : You know, I've been studying you and your associates for some time. That's two ex-operatives, an NYPD detective.

  Detective Lionel Fusco : Sorry, partner. I had to surrender. They were gonna kill the guard.

  Harold Finch : If you harm Detective Fusco...

  Peter Collier : Please. We both know you're not a man of violence. You help people, people who are about to be in a lot of trouble - Kruger, Sloan, Claypool, Wainwright. You knew something bad was about to happen to them before it even happened. Now, the fact that that's possible proves something I've speculated. That the government has a secret surveillance system that spies on us every hour of every day.

  Harold Finch : I'm not part of the government.

  Peter Collier : But you are protecting the system. And I think whatever was in that safe is gonna give me more information about the secret system. The documents, please.

  Harold Finch : Mr. Collier, you may find this hard to believe, but I sympathize with your cause. Just not your methods. If you jeopardize this system, you'll be placing all of us at risk.

  Peter Collier : At risk? We're already at war - a 24-hour surveillance state with drone assassinations, renditions, cyber-warfare. It's turnkey tyranny, and we're being kept in the dark, which is ironic, since the system is called Northern Lights.