Person of Interest (TV Series)

M.I.A. (2015)

Michael Emerson: Harold Finch

Quotes 

• Harold Finch : I want to hold out hope... but hope is painful.

• 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.