Person of Interest (TV Series)

Identity Crisis (2012)

Rhys Coiro: Jordan Hester

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Quotes 

• Jordan Hester : [Holding a gun]  Tell me who you are.

  John Reese : Who I am doesn't matter right now. What matters is, I know who you are.

  Jordan Hester : Who am I, then? Stay back! I will shoot you.

  John Reese : How?

  [Effortlessly takes the gun from him] 

  John Reese : The safety's still on. No offense, but I'm surprised you fooled these guys as long as you did. Is that really how you think a drug dealer dresses?

• Jordan Hester : So this batch will be ready in what, twenty-four hours or so?

  Jekyll : If my nana was cooking it.

• Jordan Hester : Hello, Mr. Hester. Did you really think you could take over my operation?

  Jordan Hester : Well, you're here, aren't you?

  Jordan Hester : Touché. I'm thinking of keeping your name a little longer. After all, I'm a better Jordan Hester than you've ever been.

• John Reese : What exactly was your plan? You were accused of being a drug dealer, so then you decided to become one?

  Jordan Hester : No one would believe me. And I was always a bit of an introvert, you know, a private person.

  John Reese : Yeah, I know the type.

  Jordan Hester : I never thought that I would be punished for it. My old boss, police. People hear you're a drug dealer, they stop listening to you. And have you ever hit rock bottom? I never realized how far down I could go. After a while, I figured, if people keep thinking I'm this bad guy, why do I keep trying to convince them that I'm not?

  John Reese : Someone stole your identity, so you decided to steal theirs.

  Jordan Hester : Well, yeah, but only long enough to destroy this lab. That's nitric acid, not saffro. It'll melt all of this into mush, destroy this equipment. And then I was going to use the rest of this supply, about a half million dollars worth, to lure this bastard into the open.

  John Reese : Then, what? Kill him?

  Jordan Hester : I don't wanna kill anybody. I just want my identity back.

  John Reese : Okay. It's a terrible plan. But, I like it, so let's do it.

• Richard Eckhart : I can't keep doing this, Mary. I could lose my job.

  Jordan Hester : Okay, you give me what I want, or you're gonna lose a lot more than your job. Now, who do I get to be next?

  Richard Eckhart : You said a woman this time?

  Jordan Hester : Well, men tend to hold a grudge.

  John Reese : [Sneaks up to them; throws a file on the table]  Try this one instead. Your name's not Mary, either. It's Tara.

  [to Eckhart] 

  John Reese : You can run along.

  [He leaves, Reese continues talking to the fake Jordan] 

  John Reese : Nice mugshot. Impressive rap sheet, too. Arrests for shoplifting, forging checks, insurance fraud. Torched your own name by the time you were twenty-three.

  Jordan Hester : What now? You gonna kill me?

  Jordan Hester : For a while, I thought I might have it in me. But then, I was just playing you, wasn't I?

  [Him and Reese start to leave] 

  Jordan Hester : For the record, you make a terrible Jordan Hester.