Person of Interest2011

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.