Person of Interest2011

Will Ingram:
[Talking about his dad's old things] One or two things I'm sure he would have wanted you to have. Mostly it was boring stuff, except for this, which is just strange. [Hands Harold a champagne cork wrapped in a piece of paper]

Harold Finch:
[Reads] Day one: The machine, February 24, 2005.

Will Ingram:
It's interesting, isn't it?

Harold Finch:
Is it?

Will Ingram:
I told you I'm looking into that period when dad shut down operations at the company. This is right in the middle of that. Now, obviously he was celebrating something, but what? A machine? The machine?

Harold Finch:
I wouldn't know. You know your dad; any excuse for champagne.

Will Ingram:
Well, I guess you're right. But there's still one person who I think of who might know. You probably know her too Alicia Corwin?

Harold Finch:
No. I don't think so.

Will Ingram:
Hers is the only name that appears in any of the files during that seven-year blackout, and she worked for the White House. I guess they were in touch about something.

Harold Finch:
Have you been in contact with her?

Will Ingram:
It wasn't easy. After she quit her job at the government a year ago after dad died, she moved to this remote town in West Virginia - Green Bank.

Harold Finch:
Never heard of it.

Will Ingram:
Me neither. Turns out it's the only place in the US. That doesn't have cell phones or wireless Internet. Apparently, they do something to the radio telescopes.

Harold Finch:
Are you sure you're not chasing shadows here, Will?

Will Ingram:
Maybe, except for one thing. Remember that contract that dad signed with the government for $1? It's the next day - February 25th, 2005.