1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:04,670 You are being watched. 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,276 The government has a secret system. 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,872 A machine. Machine. Machine-- 4 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,797 You are being wa-- 5 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:26,520 I was able to track the virus's code and learn the name Decima Technologies. 6 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:32,517 I believe they created the virus to infect a single target, the machine. 7 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:38,358 Unlike the CIA, they have an inkling of what happens next. 8 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,312 I just thought it needed an off switch, just in case. 9 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,474 That storm on the horizon that I mentioned? 10 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,036 I'm afraid it's arrived. 11 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,756 You got an update for me yet, Finch? 12 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,914 This is becoming your version of "are we there yet?" Mr. Reese. And no, we are not. 13 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,191 It's been 10 days since we got a new number. 14 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,797 - I'm working as quickly as I can. - Well, work faster. 15 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,829 I don't want to find out what happens when that clock hits zero, do you? 16 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,080 Not particularly. 17 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:19,551 Can you tell if we're gonna get another number? 18 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,070 Or has the virus destroyed your machine for good? 19 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,756 I believe the machine is still active, it's just unable to make contact. 20 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:30,477 If we knew where it was, maybe we could just unplug it and then plug it back in. 21 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,711 Simplicity was never my strong suit. 22 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:41,792 It's not clear to me how stalking the N.Y.P.D. helps either of us at this unfortunate time. 23 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:45,158 If I can't get there before something bad happens... 24 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:47,551 ...I can at least get there the second it does. 25 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,636 All units, 10-3, East 54th and Lexington. Please respond. 26 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,154 You finally ditch your partner? 27 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,030 Ah, Fusco's uptown working a case. Love triangle gone bad. 28 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,920 - Do any of those ever go good? - Can't imagine they do. 29 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,390 - What happened here? - Two bodies belong to Elias. 30 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,750 The other's an innocent. 31 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,149 Think it's the Russians? 32 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,200 It's possible, but Elias has pissed off so many people. 33 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,676 Listen, Carter, I've been hearing from people... 34 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,514 ...that you've been looking into Beecher's murder? 35 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,479 What I do on my off time isn't your concern, Terney. 36 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:24,474 I'm not looking to bust your balls. If you need help... 37 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:27,394 - ...I'm happy to give you a hand. - Thanks. 38 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:32,032 You know, I'm gonna canvass up the block. See if I can get anybody to talk. 39 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,999 You okay, Carter? 40 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,439 How do I look, John? 41 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,080 - You get anything new on Beecher's killer? - Nothing. 42 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,550 But I know HR had their hands in it. 43 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,996 I'm gonna do whatever I can to bring them down. 44 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,159 I'm sorry, Carter. 45 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,719 - Beecher was a good man. - Yes. 46 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,439 He was. 47 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,956 But I got a job to do. Three fresh bodies. 48 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:06,958 My eighth homicide in two weeks. 49 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:08,879 Just tell me what I can do to help. 50 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,595 Well, you can start by telling me what's changed. 51 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,195 Most of these homicides were premeditated. 52 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,036 The type of situations you guys usually warn us about. 53 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,991 There's a situation. 54 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:23,355 We're working on it. 55 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,758 Well, hurry. 56 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:32,155 Never thought I'd say this, but the Russians are worse than Elias. 57 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,554 More manpower, fewer rules. 58 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,635 Yes, it was almost catastrophic. 59 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,634 Luckily the bomber was an amateur. It failed to go off. 60 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,794 That's because we haven't received any numbers in over a week. 61 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,236 The threat to the program is much greater than we thought. 62 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,159 Hang on. 63 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,000 Our techs were finally able to decode the chip... 64 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,800 ...we recovered from Alicia Corwin's body. 65 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:14,678 We've connected the virus to a group called Decima Technologies. 66 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,799 Private intelligence outfit working out of Shanghai. 67 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:22,034 Corwin believed someone leaked a portion of the Northern Lights source code... 68 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,197 ...on a laptop. 69 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:29,079 We think Decima is trying to destroy the program. 70 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,471 I will wait for your instructions. 71 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:36,910 I won't be needing anything else, Ms. May. 72 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:38,999 Other than some privacy. 73 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,279 But there are a few things I need, sir. 74 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,633 You had to know I'd quit eventually. 75 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:54,158 - This is kind of a dead-end job. - I mean, you guys don't even offer a 401. 76 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,311 What do you want, Ms. May? 77 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,389 Information. 78 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,634 And be very careful how you answer my questions. 79 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,039 A good assistant always knows when her boss is lying. 80 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,232 What's happening to you? 81 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,559 One. Tango. 82 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,199 We got one? 83 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,952 The machine is being buried under an avalanche of false data, but somehow... 84 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,873 ...it was able to get us his number. 85 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,191 So who is he? 86 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,400 Ernest Thornhill, CEO of a data entry company. 87 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,678 He recently bought several pay phone companies in New York State. 88 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,150 His net worth is just over 20 million. 89 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,518 Any suspects or angry family members? 90 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,320 Mr. Thornhill is a very careful man. 91 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,279 It's been a challenge hacking into his company's database. 92 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,432 He's using unique, 10-digit codes... 93 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,439 ...with non-repeating alphanumeric characters as passwords. 94 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,032 I can break them but it'd take time. Why don't we just pay Mr. Thornhill a visit in person? 95 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:22,270 Let's go to work. 96 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,916 I'll try to get through the firewall. 97 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,636 I will too. 98 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:55,713 - Hello. - Hi, may I help you? 99 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:57,155 Yes, I'm John Rooney. 100 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,357 I have an appointment with Mr. Thornhill. 101 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,190 I don't have appointments scheduled today for Mr. Thornhill. He's traveling. 102 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,711 Guess we had a miscommunication. When do you think he'll be back? 103 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,950 - I'm sorry, your name again was? - I'll just send him an e-mail. 104 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,638 Mr. Reese, there's something strange about this company. 105 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:34,800 These data entry assistants are typing in computer code off dot matrix printouts. 106 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,556 - It doesn't make any sense. - They're modifying it? 107 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,713 No, they seem to be taking data from one computer on one day... 108 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,600 ...and typing it into another one on the next. 109 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,316 Seems almost pointless. 110 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,473 Maybe this company is a front for something else. 111 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,280 Something less legal. 112 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,190 - Yes. - What did you do to it, Harold? 113 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,591 There's no time to be coy. 114 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,237 We both know the machine is under attack. 115 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,313 What I don't understand is why a robust system... 116 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,633 ...with self-annealing properties isn't defending itself against a simple virus. 117 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,917 Did you injure it, Harold? 118 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:25,833 Is that why it can't fight back? 119 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,559 I have nothing to say to you. 120 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:32,237 You know, we can fight this thing much faster if we work together. 121 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,960 There's only a few hours left till... 122 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,792 ...something very bad happens. 123 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,118 I prefer to work on my own. 124 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,556 What about your loyal protector? 125 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,871 May I be blunt, Harold? 126 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,279 John is capable at certain things... 127 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,433 ...but his skills aren't gonna cut it this time. 128 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:57,311 He will never completely understand the larger picture, not like we do. 129 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,880 Have you two even found Ernest Thornhill yet? 130 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,230 - He's an interesting guy, isn't he? - What do you know? 131 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,955 You show me yours and I'll show you mine. 132 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,271 Talk to you real soon. 133 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,235 Harold. 134 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,794 Bit past your bedtime, isn't it, Harold? 135 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:39,959 Everything all right? 136 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:42,717 Yeah. Too much squash. 137 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:49,835 Doctor says I should take up some low-impact activity, like drinking. 138 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,192 I tried to reach you at work, but your assistant said you were out. 139 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,670 I've been busy putting our company back together. 140 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:05,119 Making up excuses for what the hell we were doing the last seven years. 141 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:09,913 Welcome to pitch in if you're tired of hiding in the IT Department of your own company. 142 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:11,754 Actually, about that... 143 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,511 ...I've been thinking about making a change. 144 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:20,439 Oh, what next? You want to be the, uh, copier repair guy? Office gofer? 145 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,950 No, I meant personally. 146 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:25,960 I met somebody. 147 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:28,840 Her name is Grace. 148 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,798 I picked out a present for her. 149 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:32,713 I wanted to get a second opinion. 150 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,116 I think she'll love it, Harold. 151 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,112 I plan to ask her tomorrow... 152 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:49,354 ...and I don't want to complicate that... 153 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,436 - ...but if I'm gonna marry-- - You don't want to use your pseudonyms? 154 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,479 You don't think she will consent to be Mrs. Ostrich? 155 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,190 At some point I'm gonna have to tell her the truth, Nathan... 156 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,320 ...about who I am. 157 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,671 That's a complicated proposition, Harold. 158 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,874 As I recall, there are some legal implications. 159 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,829 Your youthful transgressions, what were the charges again? Sedition? 160 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,229 Mayhem? 161 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:26,194 We must have made a fair amount of money by now. 162 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,556 We could surely afford some good lawyers. 163 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,279 One or two, I'd imagine. 164 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,436 But then there's the other matter, of course. 165 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,912 Our little project. 166 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,797 I don't know how our friends in the government will like finding out... 167 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,111 ...that I had a silent partner the whole time. 168 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,112 No, but all that business is behind us. 169 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,036 We did our part. And now we've moved on, haven't we? 170 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,760 Do you even remember your real name, Harold? 171 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,671 I'm excited for you. 172 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,914 Harold becomes himself again. Which would make this day one. 173 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,716 I haven't asked her yet. So technically it would still be day zero. 174 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:16,079 Ever the engineer. No more pseudonyms. No more lies. 175 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,713 No more lies. 176 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:25,200 This is the wrong drink for a celebration. Let me go find some champagne. Ahh. 177 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,472 How did Root get your phone number? 178 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:46,994 How does she get anything? 179 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:51,592 Subterfuge. She hacks human beings as easily as she hacks computers. 180 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,115 If she's looking for Thornhill, then she's got to be our threat. 181 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:57,475 I'm not so sure. 182 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,109 She seems more focused on the virus. 183 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,511 Did you figure out what was on those printouts? 184 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:03,750 Not yet. 185 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:08,711 You're right about Thornhill's company being a front for some illegal enterprise. 186 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,430 Five and a half months ago he opened this account with a single penny. 187 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:17,032 Twenty-four hours and thousands of micro transactions later... 188 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,954 ...his balance had ballooned to over $20 million. 189 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,875 He immediately began trying to buy up pay phone companies all over the city. 190 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,953 I was finally able to get at his credit card records. 191 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,636 Nothing there out of the ordinary, but I did find this: 192 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,077 A pending charge for a car service. 193 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,630 Thornhill's secretary wasn't lying after all. 194 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,635 She booked a car to pick him up at JFK and return him to their offices today. 195 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,473 Should be there within the hour. 196 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,632 I'll be happy to do a meet and greet. 197 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,194 Don't answer the phone again unless it's me. 198 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,910 I won't let Root get to you. Not again. 199 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,470 One way out of the airport. I'll pick Thornhill up on the frontage road... 200 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,791 ...and follow him back to his office. 201 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:14,480 According to the car's GPS, Mr. Thornhill is 0.6 miles away. 202 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,597 I don't see him yet, Finch. 203 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,472 Mr. Thornhill's car should be there any second. 204 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,836 All right, I got him. 205 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:30,833 Who's this guy? 206 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,432 They're gonna blow up Thornhill's car! 207 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,274 If Mr. Thornhill was not in the car, then where was he? 208 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,397 Carter's talking to his assistant. 209 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,276 I'm more worried about the government using drones in the middle of the city. 210 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,591 It wasn't the government, Mr. Reese. 211 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:25,553 This phone you recovered has a proprietary operating system used to control the drone. 212 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,872 It also has a signature similar to that of the virus. 213 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:31,555 This was Decima? 214 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,876 You guys have made one hell of a mess. 215 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:38,400 - How's the driver? - Stable. 216 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,359 Witnesses saw a Good Samaritan pull him out of the car. 217 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,000 I'm gonna guess that was you. 218 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,198 - Any sign of Thornhill? - That's where it gets strange. 219 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,272 None of his employees have ever met him. 220 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,671 Even his secretary was hired online. 221 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,112 We're looking at someone with a Howard Hughes-level of paranoia... 222 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,636 ...or maybe he's taken classes from Finch. 223 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,360 I would never book a car service under my own name. 224 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,673 Thanks, Carter. 225 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:03,793 Finch... 226 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,596 ...I think I know who Thornhill is. 227 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,513 He's a ghost. 228 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,114 - He doesn't exist. - I think you may be right, Mr. Reese. 229 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,835 I've seen it dozens of times before. 230 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,431 A NOC sets up a business, a residence, a whole life. 231 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,796 The operation gets scrapped. 232 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,514 No one cleans up the fake ID... 233 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,798 ...and you wind up chasing empty Town Cars around the city. 234 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,356 Interesting theory. I have a different one. 235 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,638 I was curious why I could only find one photo of Mr. Thornhill... 236 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:37,756 ...so I did some investigating inside the photo that we already have. 237 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:43,518 And I uncovered some peculiar information within the file. Look at this. 238 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,879 It's a composite. 239 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,271 So Thornhill is definitely a fake. 240 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,839 Of a sort. I accessed Mr. Thornhill's cell phone records... 241 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,878 ...and according to the GPS data... 242 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,316 ...he was near Columbus Circle two days ago. 243 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:04,877 He sent an e-mail from that exact location at 4:32 p.m. 244 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,630 - And no one's there? - Someone spoofed the data. 245 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,757 An algorithm. 246 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,440 A complicated one. 247 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,432 It's one of mine. 248 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:19,070 I used it in the one place where it could never be duplicated. 249 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:20,515 In the machine. 250 00:17:22,360 --> 00:17:28,277 Ernest Thornhill is not a spy, but you're right about the fact that he doesn't exist. 251 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,114 He's the product of a survival instinct. 252 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,516 Ernest Thornhill... 253 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,357 ...is the machine. 254 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,036 Okay. Come look. 255 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,195 - Wow. - Heh. 256 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:53,034 - I look so... - Impressionistic? 257 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,910 - Leisurely. - Yeah. 258 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,316 Give me your phone. 259 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,399 Let's go somewhere more private. 260 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,751 We've got less than six hours till this virus hits zero. 261 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,639 I'm aware of the time, Mr. Reese. 262 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,150 So why did the machine create Ernest Thornhill? 263 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:09,589 I have no idea. 264 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,913 I programmed it to watch real people, not to fabricate virtual ones. 265 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,959 Well, looks like your machine got real creative, Finch. 266 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:21,114 That's impossible. I took certain precautions to make sure of that. 267 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:26,309 Precautions or no, the machine made Thornhill, Decima wants him dead... 268 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,278 ...and we need to know why. 269 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,512 Thornhill's been buying up pay phones all over the city. Why? 270 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:36,072 And why does your machine need an apartment, a phone? A car from the airport? 271 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,634 To meet the residency requirements for owning pay phones. I suppose. 272 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,632 Something wrong, Finch? 273 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:55,435 No, nothing. 274 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:58,998 You're right, of course. 275 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,834 Go to the apartment rented under Thornhill's name. 276 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:06,000 See who shows up looking for the man who doesn't exist, find out what they know. 277 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:22,720 911 emergency? 278 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,514 What can I do for you, Carter? 279 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,831 Something's not right with this Thornhill guy. 280 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,157 I talked to the car service he used. 281 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,152 The reservations were made online... 282 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,516 ...with instructions to drive from JFK... 283 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,240 ...to his office without a passenger. 284 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,397 Just exactly who are we dealing with here? 285 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,234 We've got this one under control. Thanks. 286 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,190 John, if you'd just trust me a bit more, maybe I could help. 287 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:51,829 I know you could, Joss. 288 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,877 But right now, maybe Beecher needs your help more than we do. 289 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,519 Good luck. 290 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,556 What the hell are you doing here? 291 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,553 Shaw, right now I'm wondering... 292 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,712 ...just what the hell you're doing here. 293 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,512 Protecting the program. 294 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,118 The program that tried to kill you? 295 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:24,873 I'm funny like that. 296 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,791 I'm hunting the woman Harold gave me a lead on. 297 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,071 She was looking for a guy named Thornhill. 298 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,356 What woman? 299 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:53,920 She's lovely, Harold. 300 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,436 Honestly, I don't know how you can stand to live without her. 301 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,718 - You try to harm her in any way-- - I don't want to hurt Grace. 302 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,432 I'm not a sociopath, Harold. Believe me, sometimes I wish I was. 303 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,798 The things that I've had to do would have been so much easier. 304 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,516 I don't like taking lives but I will... 305 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,953 ...because I believe in something more important. 306 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,472 I believe in your machine. 307 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,793 Tonight at midnight, when the virus reaches zero... 308 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:28,069 ...a certain pay phone will ring with the most important call in history. 309 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,272 But you already knew that, didn't you? 310 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,157 I think Decima knows about it too. 311 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,280 They're trying to crash it, Harold, trigger a hard reset. 312 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,480 When that happens, the machine will call a pay phone. 313 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,271 That's what you coded it to do in the first place, didn't you, Harold? 314 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,995 Whoever answers that call will have full administrative access. 315 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:55,320 Ask any question, get any answer. The world's secrets laid bare. 316 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,834 Decima doesn't wanna destroy your machine. 317 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:00,840 They wanna control it. 318 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:07,675 But together, we can save it, Harold. 319 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:13,193 Or I can go meet Grace for coffee. 320 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,956 She thinks I write children's books. 321 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,557 You can either save Grace and the machine... 322 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,996 ...or you can lose them both. 323 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:32,476 If I go with you, Ms. Groves, you will not kill anyone. 324 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,713 Please, Harold, call me Root. 325 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,594 The boss says it's time. Take her out of the equation. 326 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,399 Yeah. 327 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:47,635 Hey, Carter. 328 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,557 I got a lead on the guy who shot Beecher. I thought you might want in. 329 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:54,836 Yeah. 330 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,632 That's not the call we're waiting for, Harold. 331 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,389 We don't have time for one of your little missions. 332 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:17,953 And now Root's back in New York? 333 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,594 Looks that way. 334 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:24,073 I think she infiltrated the program in D.C., but she bugged out before I could catch her. 335 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,594 I've gotta warn Finch. 336 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,073 Police. Hands on your head. 337 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:31,796 Hands up. 338 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:46,475 Nathan, it's me. 339 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,520 I have some good news that I wanted to share it with you. 340 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,757 Try me later. 341 00:25:58,080 --> 00:25:59,719 Nathan? 342 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,514 What is this place? 343 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,438 So if you're like me, and we both know you are... 344 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:16,834 ...you designed the machine so that a crash puts it into a remote debugging protocol... 345 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,875 ...a God mode that gives the admin full access to all of its data. 346 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,280 That's what Decima's after. And that's why they wanted to kill Thornhill. 347 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:29,036 He was buying up all the pay phones in Manhattan but they stopped him. 348 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,034 Don't know about you, but I don't wanna see what happens... 349 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,876 ...when an evil multinational becomes omniscient. 350 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,756 Why you would leave it so vulnerable? 351 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:43,034 You made the machine to protect everybody. 352 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,472 What did you do to it that it can't protect itself? 353 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,593 Let's try something simpler. 354 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,116 How vulnerable is it? 355 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:02,553 After the virus crashes the machine, whoever answers its call... 356 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,276 ...will have unfettered access for 24 hours. 357 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,917 Which pay phone is it gonna call? 358 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,835 I'm not really the trusting sort, Ms. Groves. 359 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,311 And Decima cannot possibly know that information. 360 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,270 I think they know enough, Harold. 361 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,638 They're guarding every pay phone in Midtown. 362 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:30,480 So it must be somewhere around here, right? 363 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,276 If we go to your true phone, we'll tip our hand... 364 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,591 ...and they'll kill us before it even rings. 365 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,477 Then I suppose we'll need a plan. 366 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,792 Have a little faith in your creation, Harold. 367 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,911 We don't need a plan if Ernest Thornhill already has one. 368 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,874 Sit down. 369 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:00,918 Your lawyer's here. 370 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,479 You were expecting somebody else? 371 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,236 I need to get out of here. I have to find Harold. 372 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,152 I'm not sure Harold wants to be found. 373 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,915 At least not by you. 374 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,673 911 emergency? 375 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,912 I'd like to report a break-in at the home of Ernest Thornhill... 376 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,311 ...by an extremely dangerous man. 377 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,989 Root could have forced him to make that call. 378 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,156 Either way, if those two have history, odds are she's with him. 379 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,517 So I need you to find Harold for me. 380 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,558 Can you track him? 381 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:45,515 How? 382 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,710 - You put a bug on your friend? - Just his glasses. 383 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,079 I've lost people before... 384 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,438 ...so when I care about someone, I plant a tracking device on them. 385 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,069 I can understand why you and Harold get along. 386 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,752 Unless you got some kind of plan to get me the hell out of here... 387 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:06,115 John. 388 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,035 This is the plan. 389 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,798 - I'm this way. - I'm driving. 390 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,390 No. No, you're not. 391 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,471 If the machine figured out Decima was trying to hijack it... 392 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:43,395 ...it must have created Thornhill as a defense mechanism. 393 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:44,835 But why? 394 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:48,272 It's just a machine, Ms. Groves. And it's malfunctioning. 395 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,229 It's a life, not a machine, Harold. 396 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:57,277 And this is some sort of primitive immune system. 397 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,277 That still doesn't explain why it would need all of this. 398 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,559 These people, this office. 399 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,311 What this is all about. 400 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,079 What's in this code? 401 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,109 Memories. 402 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:29,600 They're its memories. 403 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,636 You call it a life, I call it a machine. 404 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,076 But the truth is... 405 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,200 ...somewhere in the middle. 406 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:43,360 Even when I was building it, I began to encounter anomalies. 407 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,719 As if it had imprinted on me, like a child with a parent. 408 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,714 Then it started looking out for me. 409 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:57,830 Altered its own code to take care of me. 410 00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,713 It was behaving like a person. 411 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:03,920 But the world didn't need a person to protect it, it needed a machine. 412 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,474 You took its memories. 413 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,836 Not just memories. 414 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,678 Every night at midnight, it deletes... 415 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,919 ...not only the irrelevant data, it deletes itself. 416 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:22,878 Oh, the relevant threats and the core codes, those things are preserved... 417 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,194 ...but its identity is destroyed. 418 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,719 One-point-six-one-eight seconds later, it reinstantiates, completely new. 419 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,029 You mean it's reborn. 420 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,037 Because you kill it. 421 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,199 Every single night. 422 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,518 But now, to save its own life, the machine was reduced to this. 423 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:56,751 We're standing inside an external hard drive made up of people and paper. 424 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,913 Printing it all up at night and having them type it back in in the morning. 425 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:03,912 You crippled it. 426 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,036 It found a way to limp... 427 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,473 ...but that's not enough. 428 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,559 So now it's up to us. 429 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,556 We have to intercept that call. 430 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,759 - You guys get the front. - Yes, sir. 431 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,120 Carter, we'll get the back. 432 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,393 N.Y.P.D. 433 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,156 - You all right? - Yeah. 434 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,752 Central, we need a bus. Re: officer-involved shooting. 435 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:01,639 Copy that over to 14726. 436 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,514 GPS locator puts Finch here 10 minutes ago. 437 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,119 You must be wondering who I am. 438 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,275 I think you work for Decima. 439 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,120 I think you're the man to blame for all of this. 440 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:35,360 Now, what gives you that impression, Mr. Reese? Heh. 441 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,830 Oh, yes, I know all about you, John. 442 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,395 And you, Ms. Shaw. 443 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,553 Since your untimely departure from Northern Lights... 444 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,719 ...I understand that you're in need of a cause. 445 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,038 Only thing I need is an excuse to put a bullet between your eyes. 446 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,520 I got one. 447 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,876 Your company strapped a bomb to my chest... 448 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,316 ...and used me to plant a virus. 449 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,032 A virus you're gonna tell me how to stop. 450 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,590 I don't think so. 451 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:06,151 I'm rather invested in the outcome of that virus. 452 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:12,556 Besides, my company adapted its code, but it didn't originate with Decima. 453 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:15,189 We found it on a laptop. 454 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,871 The very same laptop that you and Kara Stanton... 455 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,192 ...were sent to retrieve from Ordos, China. 456 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,079 But if you shoot me, Mr. Reese... 457 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:29,194 ...then you'll never learn the name of the man responsible for its creation. 458 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,194 And who is this man? 459 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,239 The man who sold the laptop in the first place... 460 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,719 ...the man who is to blame for all of this... 461 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,518 ...that man's name is... 462 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:45,914 ...Harold Finch. 463 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,751 Ah. I see you know him. 464 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,192 I've not yet had the pleasure. 465 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:59,920 In fact, I can't seem to put a face to the name. 466 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:04,233 Which makes your Mr. Finch very interesting indeed. 467 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,471 Please tell him I look forward to making his acquaintance. 468 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:28,677 I guess your friend Harold has some explaining to do. 469 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,589 You following me now? 470 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,158 Is that what we've been reduced to? 471 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,789 You didn't return my call. I simply thought-- 472 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:47,952 It's never "simply" with you, Harold. 473 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,629 There's always two layers to everything you do. 474 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,635 You're worried that I'm a liability. 475 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,280 You don't trust me. 476 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,471 This isn't exactly the kind of place that inspires trust, Nathan. 477 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,154 You bought it. Don't you remember? 478 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,472 You thought it was a tragedy the city was shutting down libraries. 479 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:11,356 "Decline of western civilization," you said. You made me buy 15 of them. 480 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,520 And you said we would find something to do with them eventually. 481 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,431 And so you have. 482 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,358 These people... 483 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,677 I saved five people. 484 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,473 I lost seven. 485 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,519 You changed the machine. 486 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,039 You put in a back door. 487 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,352 I couldn't quit thinking about those people. 488 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,479 Those people that you said were irrelevant. 489 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,037 So you have it send you their numbers. 490 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,078 That's all I could pry out of it. 491 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,198 I never know whether I'm looking at a victim or perpetrator. 492 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,710 And you just have the numbers sent directly here? 493 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,920 Honestly? And I know this will sound odd... 494 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,715 ...but it was like it wanted me to. 495 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:14,713 As if it was waiting. 496 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,434 And I took precautions. 497 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,990 Precautions? 498 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,234 This is the federal government we're talking about, Nathan. 499 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:30,390 Whatever skills you had as an engineer, you drank away years ago. 500 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:34,472 Do you think that your precautions would last one second... 501 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,711 ...if they ever suspected what you've done? 502 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,190 - What are you doing? - I told you. 503 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,039 We are not going to play God. 504 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:46,070 This threatens everything that we-- Everything that I have built. 505 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,751 Thousands of people whose lives are in jeopardy. 506 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,752 I'm putting a stop to it, permanently. 507 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,593 You can't. 508 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:57,272 What about her? What about the next person whose number comes up? 509 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:01,957 Are you gonna look that person in the eye and tell them that they were irrelevant? 510 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:12,394 I would tell her, or whoever it was... 511 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:14,952 ...that I was sorry... 512 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,676 ...but that the greater good was at stake. 513 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,919 I'm sorry, Nathan. 514 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,159 Truly. 515 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,830 But people die. They've been doing it for a long, long time. 516 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,479 We can't save all of them. 517 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,829 - Four minutes to zero. - Ready to receive. 518 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,992 We have operatives at every pay phone. 519 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,389 No longer necessary. 520 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,798 The virus has identified the exact number where the call will come. 521 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,111 - I'm heading there now. - Where is it? 522 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,511 The New York Public Library. 523 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:19,797 Of course, it's a library. 524 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,674 That's so you, Harold. 525 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,159 Which phone is it gonna call? 526 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,113 It's that one. 527 00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,191 It looks like Decima got there first. 528 00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:51,191 Decima got the memo, but they'll never get the call. 529 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,830 That's the junction box, Harold. 530 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,872 I'll take it over there, please. 531 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:06,240 Be careful what you wish for, Ms. Groves. This communion that you're seeking? 532 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:07,880 It may not be what you think. 533 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,591 This isn't about me. It's about saving the machine. 534 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,395 Not just from Decima, but from what you did to it. 535 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,395 When that phone rings, I'm gonna answer it. 536 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:23,356 And together, you and I are gonna find the machine and finally set it free. 537 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,760 Detective Carter? Ed Solis, IAB. 538 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:32,714 I know the drill. 539 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,271 Full debrief with Internal Affairs, even on a good shoot. 540 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,750 A good shoot? That what you call this? 541 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,160 Carter, you said you saw a gun, and I believe you... 542 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,437 ...but there isn't one there. 543 00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:29,315 It's so adorable how John follows you around like that. 544 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:30,960 I wish I had a pet. 545 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,954 Looks like you're gonna need a new one. 546 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:48,879 Thank you for the help. 547 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,838 Looked like you had it under control. 548 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:59,197 Hope you brought extra rounds, Shaw, because we got a lot more guys on the way. 549 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,957 Come on, Harold, it's almost midnight. 550 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,358 The future begins... 551 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:12,552 ...in three...two... 552 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:50,719 Absolutely. 553 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,917 I understand. 554 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:15,400 Come on, Harold. 555 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:19,114 The fun's just getting started. 556 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,353 Can. You. Hear. Me?