Person of Interest2011

Andrew Benton:
Where am I? That woman in my loft, she... tazed me.

John Reese:
Don't worry I told her to leave. She isn't cut out for this. She fixes people. Not like us - we break 'em.

Andrew Benton:
I don't understand. Um... who are you? What are you going to do to me?

John Reese:
Honestly, I haven't decided yet. But let me ask you a question: do you think people ever really change? I mean, you - you hurt innocent people and I, well for a long time, I killed people like you.

Andrew Benton:
Please, I'm not who you think I am. This is a mistake.

[Reese reaches for a gun sitting on a table between them]

Andrew Benton:
Wait oh wait oh oh OK - I've done some things um, I've crossed some lines. But I won't do it again I I I I swear. Please, let me go.

John Reese:
I could let you go. Because you know that for the rest of your life, that I'd be watching you. And if you hurt anybody, I'd stop you. And maybe you could change, and maybe so could I. But the truth is... people don't really change do they?

Andrew Benton:
No, they uh, they can. I can and you - I... I don't think that you're going to kill me.

John Reese:
No?

Andrew Benton:
No because I can see inside that you're a good person. You're a good man.

John Reese:
"Good".

[chuckles]

John Reese:
I lost that part of myself a long time ago... not sure if I can find it... not sure it matters anymore. Maybe it's better this way, maybe it's up to me to do what the good people can't. Or maybe there are no good people, maybe there are only good decisions.

Andrew Benton:
Please, you y-y-you don't want to do something that you're going to regret.

John Reese:
Which do you think I'll regret more - letting you live or letting you die? Andrew, help me make a good decision.