[undercover as a campaign staffer] Why should you vote for Governor Murray? Uh, I don't know. He has lots of hair. He's been on Rogaine for decades, and that shows foresight, right?
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
[about the machine] She was supposed to remake the world. Now, God's on the run.
The world must seem very dark to you.
Even without her, I can still see the edges of the tapestry. The world is dark for everyone...but, Harold, things are gonna get much darker.
We understand the machine. We can understand Samaritan.
We don't understand the machine at all. Out of 43 versions, how many do you think there were that didn't try to either trick or kill me? One, and I could only bring it to heel by crippling it. I put the machine in chains, bereft of voice or memory. Now it has both, and it terrifies me.
You don't trust the god you made?
It's not a divinity. I programmed it to pursue objectives within a certain parameter, but it's grown out of my control. One day, to suit its own goals, it's possible that the machine will try to kill us. We are only numbers to it, code.
No, the machine cares about us.
If it fools you into thinking that you're special, that assumption may doom you.
You're wrong. She chose me. I will protect her, and you.
The second that a bullet enters your brain, the machine will cast you off and replace you. Don't tie your life to its whims. We cannot understand these intelligences. The best we can hope for is to survive them.
She loves us, Harold. She taught me to value life, but war requires sacrifice. I'm not lost. I'm scared. We're losing. But I know where I am and where I'm headed.
We have more to look forward to than death.
I hope so. But the life I've led, a good end would be a privilege.
It's not where you begin, it's where you end up. You're a brilliant woman, comrade and a friend.
If the worst comes to pass, if you could give Shaw a message -
I think she already knows.
There are far too many bad people in this world, and not enough good. I knew a detective once, and she was the best cop I ever knew. Never lost sight of good and evil. I couldn't save her. Now, this job is dangerous. You think I am too. So be it. Maybe that makes me unfit to be a cop. If I don't save these people, nobody else will.
Bear's gone all Belgian supermodel on me and he won't eat.
Personally, I don't care much for the illegal gun trade, but someone has to keep it under control. Otherwise, the city turns into Chicago. Chicago's a mess, John. It's like a damn Tarantino movie out there.
Years ago, back before the ice breakers, this water would freeze over in winter sometimes, all the way across. It looked quiet, almost dead, but it wasn't.
No?
No, no. Just hidden for a while. But after it's winter period, it would roar back to life, the water flowing so fast, an unwary man could drown.
So springtime's here, is that it?
[to Elias] A man is not a river, and you are not a king.
French Mary Poppins Barbie is the only me that's been any fun. Though I'm not sure how the parents would feel if they knew how many people I've killed.
Where's Tomas?
Halfway to Barcelona. He gave me a pretty hard sell trying to get me to go with him... and for a hot second, I almost did.
But...?
I guess there are things I care about here.
DGDevon Grice
You ever miss the old days, Brooks? The old system?
BBrooks
Why? Research 2.0 targets more threats than the old system ever did.
DGDevon Grice
Well, that's just it. Back then, we did the targeting, had to scrutinize our own intel, think for ourselves. When we lit up a target, we knew why. Now instead of numbers to investigate, we just get numbers to kill. You don't think that's strange?
BBrooks
We don't get paid to think, Grice. And Control wouldn't like what you're saying. You remember what happened to Indigo Five, right?
DGDevon Grice
I heard Shaw lived to fight another day.
BBrooks
Nobody lives, and no good comes of asking questions.
When Castro was coming to power in Cuba, the first thing he did was build schools, good schools, so that the people would love him.
I know that Samaritan's motives are amoral at best, but the thing that Mr. Wilkins was trying to do was an absolute good, and we destroyed it. I'm not sure what we're becoming, Ms. Groves, and it does make me wonder: How much wrong are we willing to do in the name of right?
The Miss Estee Lauder gig pays like crap. If it weren't for the perks—
Perks?
Yeah, the free eyeliner. Well, the five-finger free.
ICIris Campbell
We can start where we left off, your hero complex, which men often develop in response to being bullied as a child.
Iris, my school didn't have bullies. I kept them in line.
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