Person of Interest (TV Series)

M.I.A. (2015)

Amy Acker: Root

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• Root : You talk so much and say so little.

• Root : She knows. The Machine must know where Shaw is and if she's alive. But she won't tell me.

  Harold Finch : Ms. Groves, our only lead brought us to the brink of disaster. You and John came perilously close to being discovered. I care about her deeply. But if only for our own sake, we have to let her go.

  Root : You gave up on her days ago. You really think she's dead.

  Harold Finch : I want to hold out hope. But hope is painful. We may never find her.

  Root : I need an answer if Sameen is alive or if she's dead. Please, help us. Please.

  [sighs] 

  Root : [phone ringing] 

  [indistinct automated voices on the phone] 

  Root : Harold, what's she saying?

  The Machine : Sierra. Tango. Oscar. Papa. Sierra. Tango. Oscar. Papa.

  Harold Finch : Stop.

  The Machine : Sierra. Tango. Oscar...

  Harold Finch : The Machine is asking us to stop looking for her. Perhaps the Machine does know. Perhaps it has a plan. But for our own survival, our sanity, I believe we must reconcile ourselves with never knowing the truth. Otherwise, our pursuit of it will consume us entirely.

  Root : Good-bye, Harold.

• John Reese : You elevate abduction to an art.

  Root : Always travel with an empty suitcase. Never know what you might pick up.

• John Reese : You really are sure she's alive.

  Root : You know about Schrodinger's Cat? There's a cat trapped in a box with something lethal. There's a 50% chance the cat's been killed, but until you open the box, there's no way to know one way or the other. Quantum physics says before you open the box, the cat isn't dead or alive. It's both.

  John Reese : What about after you open the box?

  Root : Reality collapses back onto itself. Cat's either alive, or it's dead.

  John Reese : Well, we're gonna see reality soon. But you don't bet against Shaw.

  Root : No. Nothing kills that cat.

• Root : Remember, one false move, you're dead. So have fun.

• Root : We really are just pets to it.

  John Reese : Pets don't carry guns.