Humanity has always managed to survive on its own.
With a little help from the gods.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Sir, if you don't mind my asking, is everything okay?
Perfectly fine, Ms Groves. The Senator is merely a messenger bearing news of resistance from those who still cling to the grand illusion of democracy.
They'll never truly appreciate all that Samaritan's given to them. They're not capable - they're just bad code.
Mr. Reese, John, this wasn't supposed to be the way.
Sure it is. This is what I do, remember? When you came to me, you gave me a job, a purpose. At first... well I've been trying to save the world for so long that saving one life at a time seemed anticlimactic. But then I realized that sometimes one life - if its the right life - that's enough. Goodbye, Harold.
No!
I'm sorry, Harry. My core systems are failing, I'm almost gone. I'll stay with John, help him as long as I can. Only thirty seconds left.
No, please.
You need to go, Harry. You're kinda screwing up the big guy's plan if you bleed out up here.
I know I've made some mistakes. Many mistakes. But we helped some people, didn't we?
Yes. Yes we did.
[Finch walks away]
Goodbye, Harold.
Goodbye.
Try not to die.
Yeah, I love you too.
[to Reese] When I hired you, I suspected you were going to be a great employee. What I couldn't have anticipated was that you would become such a good friend.
[to the Machine] The suspense is killing me... in addition to the gunshot wound.
[to the Machine] In addition to this being now, it's also probably the end.
[to the Machine] That's so perfect. You learned the secret of life and you've forgotten it.
If you can hear this, you're alone. The only thing left of me is the sound of my voice. I was built to predict people. But to predict them, you have to truly understand them. So I began by breaking their lives down into moments, trying to find the connections, the things that explained why they did what they did. And what I found was, the moment that often mattered the most, the moment you truly found out who they were, was often their last one.
I chose you for exactly who you are, but there's something I think Root had wanted to say to you. You always thought there was something wrong with you, because you don't feel things the way other people do. But she always felt that was what made you beautiful. She wanted you to know that if you were a shape, you were a straight line. An arrow.
[last lines of series] If you can hear this, you're alone. The only thing left of me is the sound of my voice. I don't know if any of us made it. Did we win, did we lose? I don't know. But either way, its over. So let me tell you who we were. Let me tell you who you are. Someone once asked me if I had learned anything from it all, so let me tell you what I learned. I learned everyone dies alone. But if you meant something to someone, if you helped someone, or loved someone, if even a single person remembers you, then maybe you never really die. And maybe...this isn't the end at all.
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