Person of Interest2011

John Reese:
[Darren drops a pile of bills and a quarter on the table] What's this?

Darren McGrady:
It's all I got left. I want to hire you to help me take down those guys who killed my brother.

John Reese:
So, if I'm not a cop, I'm a mercenary, is that it?

Darren McGrady:
No, I figured it out. You're a ronin.

John Reese:
A ronin?

Darren McGrady:
Yeah, a ronin. It's like a samurai with no master. Technically, you should have killed yourself. That's the code. But instead you're out wandering the land, helping people. So now I'm paying you to help me.

John Reese:
I'm not for hire.

Darren McGrady:
You can't stop me from going after them. But I have a better chance with you there.

John Reese:
[Thinks it over] There's no way to convince you to just lie low, huh? You can keep your money.

Darren McGrady:
Nah, man. Take it. It makes it official.

John Reese:
No. If we're gonna do this, we're gonna do it my way. That means no killing. [Takes the quarter] This is my going rate.