Lionel Fusco quotes from Person of Interest

Lionel Fusco

You think Mr. Tao is gonna help you with the whereabouts of our four-eyed friend?

John Reese

You almost sounded concerned, Lionel.

Lionel Fusco

Frankly, I'm not sure I want to find out what you're like without his direction.

John Reese

Let's hope you don't have to.

Lionel Fusco

You jacked my phone?

John Reese

Little tip. Someone offers you a great deal on any sort of male-enhancement pill, don't click on it.

Lionel Fusco

You know, you don't write. you don't call. I mean, I'm a big guy, but I'm sensitive.

Harold Finch

It's good to talk to you too, detective.

Lionel Fusco

You crossed a line when you made that call to Carter. Pointing her towards me in the Davidson murder.

Patrick Simmons

What line is that?

Lionel Fusco

The line where I don't give a crap anymore. So, watch your back.

Lionel Fusco

I mean, c'mon, you gotta need something. Are we gonna bust John out of there or what?

Harold Finch

Oh, it sounds like such a bad idea when you say it.

Joss Carter

I need you to tell me the truth about something.

Lionel Fusco

There is no Santa, it was your parents.

Lionel Fusco

That the best you got?

Patrick Simmons

No. You know us, Lionel. It's gonna get so much worse.

Lionel Fusco

What are you gonna do, read some more fortune cookies? Huh? Bore me to death?

Patrick Simmons

See, that's the problem with you, Fusco. You never listen. It's like talking to a child. [pause] You have a kid, don't you? What's the little guy's name? Lee. I feel sorry for that kid, I do. He's got defective genes, just like you.

Lionel Fusco

You touch him, and I'll send you to hell.

Patrick Simmons

Is that a promise? Huh? Because when I make a promise, I keep it.

Patrick Simmons

I always knew you were a killer. Get it over with, will ya?

Lionel Fusco

That's just it. I could've been just like you, a bottom-feeder who turns on his own kind. For what? Money, power? I got lucky. I had a partner. She was good for me, for a lot of reasons. She reminded me that I could be good again, too. I could be a good father, a good friend...a good cop. I'm not gonna let you undo all the good she did. Carter saved my life. She-- she saved me from myself because she believed in me...and I'm not gonna throw all that away on a piece of crap like you. Patrick Simmons, you're under arrest.

Sameen Shaw

The Miss Estee Lauder gig pays like crap. If it weren't for the perks—

Lionel Fusco

Perks?

Sameen Shaw

Yeah, the free eyeliner. Well, the five-finger free.

John Reese

Coolly delivered sadistic warning.

Lionel Fusco

Self-deprecating inquiry into time necessary to infiltrate system.

Root

Funny yet insightful retort.

Harold Finch

Mildly agitated declaration of mission completion. Channel exhortation to further action.

Root

Overly affectionate greeting.

Sameen Shaw

Greeting.

Root

Transparent rationale for conversation.

Sameen Shaw

Annoyed attempt to deflect subtext.

Root

Overt come on.

Sameen Shaw

Mildly embarrassed defensiveness bordering on hostility.

Root

Playfully witty sign off.

Lionel Fusco

[to Finch] Hey, glasses, tell him about all your nut ball friends. Maybe he can give you guys a group therapy discount.

John Reese

I think by now, you count as one of Harold's nut ball friends, Lionel.

Lionel Fusco

With you people, there's no other kind.

Harold Finch

Where's John?

Lionel Fusco

He's trying on some new threads. Got him to join our league.

Harold Finch

[Seeing John in new shirt, laughs] My goodness.

John Reese

Yeah, I'm not doing this.

Lionel Fusco

You kidding? You'll be the social chair of the department by the end of the month.

John Reese

How about I stuff this polyester down your throat?

Lionel Fusco

Don't tell me you haven't noticed that homicides are dropping, but suicides are up, and so are missing persons. There are people disappearing all over this town. Now John's gone too. I am not gonna let this one lie. Not this time.

Harold Finch

[to Root] Wonderful. Now we have to save Mr. Reese from Samaritan and Detective Fusco from himself.

Lionel Fusco

You did good, Garvin. We got two guys in custody thanks to you.

Krupa's still missing. Mary's dead.

Lionel Fusco

Yeah, we did the best we could.

It wasn't enough.

Lionel Fusco

Hey, it never is. That's the curse of what we do, and why we never stop.

I'm not giving up on Krupa.

Lionel Fusco

She's not alone among the missing.

Thanks, Detective.

Lionel Fusco

Go home and get some sleep.... Hey, and get yourself a razor, will you?

John Reese

Lionel. What do you hear?

Lionel Fusco

Nothing.

John Reese

That can't be good.