History Heartwarming / PersonOfInterest

* At the end of episode 5, Finch's line:
-->"Try the Eggs Benedict, Mr. Reese. I've had them many times."
** To put this in context, Finch is obsessed with concealing personal information about himself from everyone, including Reese. At the beginning of the episode he refuses to recommend anything on the menu of that diner because if Reese knows that Finch has a favorite meal there, it means that he's eaten there multiple times, which implies that he lives close enough to that diner to make it a practical place for him to have breakfast, giving Reese a point of data to figure out where Finch lives.
** And in Season 2 episode 4, the development of their relationship is further demonstrated by the fact that Harold doesn't even hesitate to recommend an entree at a restaurant that Reese goes into because the latest POI is having lunch there.

* At the end of episode 10, the dialogue between Resse and Finch:

** Also doubles as a major tearjerker.

** For instance, after one week's [=POI=], an unemployed construction worker, is out of danger (But still unemployed and near bankruptcy), Finch casually mentions to Reese that he owns a construction company that needs a new foreman on a big project the company just landed.

* Harold gets doped up on ecstasy and is in a state where he would probably answer any of the questions about his background that Reese might want to ask. Reese takes him back to his library/computer center to sleep it off without asking a single question.
* In "Many Happy Returns", Finch gives Reese a key as a birthday present. We learn at the end of the episode that it's the key to a brand-new apartment over-looking the park that Reese plays chess at.

* After Reese has rescued Finch from Root and returned him to the library, Root calls the person who just ruined her plans to get to the Machine (for now, anyway)... and thanks him for finding out what happened to her best friend, who had been kidnapped and murdered twenty years previously. It is currently the only humanizing moment for an otherwise amoral character.

* Any time Reese or Finch refers to the other by their first name. However it's also often an indicator that shit just got real.

** This also doubles as a tearjerker when you realize that this is very likely the first time Reese has been genuinely happy since he and Jessica spent a weekend together in Mexico ''eleven years ago''.

* In "Get Carter", it was {{lampshaded}} early on that we don't know Detective Carter's first name. Over the course of the episode she demonstrates her ability as a parent, as a cop, as an Army interrogator (via flashbacks), as the contact for a CI, and in general as a badass. At the end of the episode, after she's demonstrated that she's not quite badass enough and Reese is standing over her, he takes the time to tell her, "Whether you like me or not, [[FirstNameBasis Joss]], [[YouAreNotAlone you are not alone]]."

* The episode where Carter was the Person of the Week, which played up the fact that we don't know her first name. Over the course of the episode she demonstrates her ability as a parent, as a cop, (via flashbacks) as an Army interrogator, as the contact for a CI, and in general as a badass. At the end of the episode, when she's demonstrated that she's not quite badass enough, and Reese is standing over her, he takes the time to tell her, "Joss. YouAreNotAlone."

** Plus the fact that Finch is willing to risk death or imprisonment (which would inevitably lead to his death) to save Reece, despite Reece telling Finch not to come and save him.

*** And you could also make an argument that he may have been trying to protect John from ''himself''; while Harold may not know exactly what occurred when [[spoiler:John confronted Peter,]] he likely has a pretty good idea anyways and it could be that he was trying to protect John from having to face that side of himself again.

* Reese's gentle understanding of Finch's PTSD after his abduction by Root, and his gentle but firm insistance that Finch get out of the library.

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** Finch sees to it that the magazines he owns [[spoiler: give his fiancee Grace steady work as a freelance illustrator.]]

* The episode where Carter was the Person of the Week, which played up the fact that we don't know her first name. Over the course of the episode she demonstrates her ability as a parent, as a cop, (via flashbacks) as an Army interrogator, as the contact for a CI, and in general as a badass. At the end of the episode, when she's demonstrated that she's not quite badass enough, and Reese is standing over her, he takes the time to tell her, "Joss. YouAreNotAlone."

** This also doubles as a tearjerker when you realize that this is very likely the first time Reese has been genuinely happy since he spent a weekend in Mexico with Jessica ''eleven years ago''.

* The episode where Carter was the Person of the Week, which played up the fact that we don't know her first name. Over the course of the episode she demonstrates her ability as a parent, as a cop, (via flashbacks) as an Army interrogator, as the contact for a CI, and in general as a badass. At the end of the episode, when she's demonstrated that she's not quite badass enough, and Reese is standing over her, he takes the time to tell her, "Jocelyn. YouAreNotAlone."

* Any time Reese or Finch refers to the other by their first name. However it's also often an indicator that shit just got real.

** Harold and Grace in general, really.

* The birthday scavenger hunt Harold arranges for Grace in "'Til Death".

* Reese's gentle understanding of Finch's PTSD after his abduction by Root, and his gentle but firm insistance that Finch get out of the library.

-->'''Finch''': [[BlatantLie What noise? I didn't hear anything]].

-->'''Finch''': What noise? I didn't hear anything.

-->'''Reese''': I wanted to say thank you, Harold, for giving me a second chance.

-->'''Finch''': What noise? I didn't hear anything.

* The episode where Carter was the Person of the Week, which played up the fact that we don't know her first name. Over the course of the episode she demonstrates her ability as a parent, as a cop, (via flashbacks) as an Army interrogator, as the contact for a CI, and in general as a badass. At the end of the episode, when she's demonstraed that she's not quite badass enough, and Reese is standing over her, he takes the time to tell her, "Jocelyn. YouAreNotAlone."

* After Reese has rescued Finch from Root and returned him to the library, Root calls the person who just ruined her plans to get to the Machine (for now, anyway)... and thanks him for finding out what happened to her best friend, who had been kidnapped and murdered twenty years previously. It is currently the only humanizing moment for an otherwise amoral character.

* After Reese has rescued Finch from Root and returned him to the library, Root calls him... and thanks Reese for finding out what happened to her best friend, who had been kidnapped and murdered twenty years previously. It is currently the only humanizing moment for an otherwise amoral character.

* The episode where Carter was the Person of the Week, which played up the fact that we don't know her first name. Over the course of the episode she demonstrates her ability as a parent, as a cop, (via flashbacks) as an Army interrogator, as the contact for a CI, and in general as a badass. At the end of the episode, when she's demonstraed that she's not quite badass enough, and Reese is standing over her, he takes the time to tell her, "Jocelyn. YouAreNotAlone."

* The episode where Carter was the Person of the Week, which played up the fact that we don't know her first name. Over the course of the episode she demonstrates her ability as a parent, as a cop, (via flashbacks) as an Army interrogator, as the contact for a CI, and in general as a badass. At the end of the episode, when she's demonstraed thaat she's not quite badass enough, and Reese is standing over her, he takes the time to tell her, "Jocelyn. YouAreNotAlone."

** Which incidentally implies that Finch's statement earlier in the episode that he doesn't keep track of what Reese does in his free time was a blatant lie.

* Finch's occasional usage of his wealth to resolve problems totally unrelated to what the machine is predicting. For instance, after one week's [=PoI=], an unemployed construction worker, is out of danger (But still unemployed and near bankruptcy), Finch casually mentions to Reese that he owns a construction company that needs a new foreman on a big project the company just landed...

* In "Many Happy Returns", Finch gives Reese a key as a birthday present. We learn at the end of the episode that it's the key to a brand-new apartment over-looking the park that Reese plays chess at.

* Harold gets doped up on ecstasy and is in a state where he would probably answer any of the questions about his background that Reese might want to ask. Reese takes him back to his library/computer center to sleep it off without asking a single question.

* Finch's occasional usage of his wealth to resolve problems totally unrelated to what the machine is predicting. For instance, after one week's [=PoI=], an unemployed construction worker, is out of danger (But still unemployed and near bankruptcy), Finch casually mentions to Reese that he owns a construction company that needs a new foreman on a big project the company just landed...

-->'''Reese''': No, You stay away. Don't even risk it.

->"Try the Eggs Benedict, Mr. Reese. I've had them many times."

-->'''Reese''': I wanted to say thank you, Harold, for giving me a second chance
-->'''Finch''': It's not over, John. I'm close, just get to the ground floor

->"Try the Eggs Benedict, Mr. Reese. I've had them many times."