Person of Interest (TV Series)

The Perfect Mark (2013)

Michael Emerson: Harold Finch, Harold Wren

Quotes 

• Harold Finch : As before, Ms. Groves, Mr. Reese is upstairs with an unhealthy number of firearms. Please don't try to run.

  Root : Honestly, Harold, locking me up?

  Harold Finch : I admit that the accommodations are not ideal. But your confinement is for your own good.

  Root : Harold, your machine called me.

  Harold Finch : An event that I haven't fully reasoned out. But your unpredictability, your willingness to hurt others make you as dangerous as ever.

  Root : You can't fight the future.

  Harold Finch : [Ignores this]  I'll bring you some new books.

  Root : I get it. You wonder why it won't talk to you like it talks to me. Don't be jealous, Harold. Mom still loves us both.

• Harold Finch : During the therapy, I became attuned to the kind of questions that Hayden was asking. A color that's favorable to you - blue. The name of a childhood pet - Scout.

  John Reese : He was phishing; getting answers to your security questions.

  Harold Finch : My bank account was suddenly signed up for a recurring automatic donation to the nonprofit called "The American Cancer Coalition Fund".

  John Reese : I'd be willing the wager that Hayden's name is on that nonprofit.

  Harold Finch : So, unless he's moonlighting as a samaritan, I'd say we're dealing with a con artist and a very clever thief.

• Harold Finch : I was just turning out the lights for the evening, Ms. Groves, and I remembered that I had promised to bring you some new reading material.

  Root : A peace offering, Harold? Is that what you've brought?

  Harold Finch : I really think if you could just see things my way, and not consider this...

  Root : Imprisonment? Is there any other way to consider it?

  Harold Finch : This truly is for your own good, Ms. Groves. I mean that when I say it. This synchronistic relationship that you've developed with the machine, it can't be... I worry about you.

  Root : You've misunderstood the situation. You shouldn't worry about me. I'm worried about you, Harold. You can't stop what's coming, and neither can I. But we have the opportunity to understand things when they finally change. The future is coming. You started it and I'll finish it.

• Hayden Price : we'll work on your anxiety and paranoia gradually. See, Mr. Wren, hypnosis is merely relaxation combined with imagery. You experience it every night as you drift asleep, focus on a book, or miss your exit on the FDR. Ready?

  Harold Finch : I think so, yes.

  Hayden Price : Then let's begin. Please pick up the tablet beside you, and choose an image that speaks to your emotion.

  Harold Finch : [Finds a picture of a flock of birds]  Oh, this one.

  Hayden Price : I want you to close your eyes and form a mental picture of that image. Picture the birds, the field. Then one by one, picture them as they fly away. Focus on your breathing. One bird departs. And as each one goes, your relaxation increases and you continue to feel calmer and more at rest...

  John Reese : [In Finch's ear]  For 200 bucks an hour, Finch, I hope you get more than an expensive nap.

• Hayden Price : Look. Someone just turned my office into Swiss cheese, and my girlfriend is waiting for me. If she goes back to my place or to my office...

  Harold Finch : I just spoke to Natalie a half an hour ago. I explained to her how I was your new assistant and I needed to stash her in a motel until you'd visit her. Slight lie. But nothing on a par with you, Hayden.