![]() ![]() Harold's father tells him he doesn't want him to avoid college because of him, but Harold tells him of a new electronic network that will allow the education to come to him (“ Lethe”). A local police officer suggests his father may require institutionalization. His father's condition has deteriorated to the point where he begins wandering away from home. Harold's "Phone Phreaking" activities have brought him under the surveillance of the FBI, which has not yet identified him, but has begun to collect a dossier of his illegal activities. His father's dementia continues to get worse (“ Lethe”).Īgent LeRoux mentions that Finch is wanted for treason for something that happened in 1974 (“ The Day the World Went Away”).Īccording to Fusco, Finch's earliest records date back to 1976, listing him as " Harold Wren" (“ Wolf and Cub”). He expresses a desire to create a machine capable of replacing his father's failing memory. Harold builds an early proto-computer that can repeat Morse signals that he inputs into it. He also displays an interest in the local birds.įinch's "Harold Wren" ID. He demonstrates an acute awareness of mechanics when he dismantles his father's truck engine to discover why it will not run, all in the short time that his father stepped away to take a phone call. Young Harold is living in Lassiter, Iowa, with his father, who has begun to show early signs of dementia. But at least Finch’s overriding obsession – preventing violent crimes – is a worthy one.Ī young Harold at his farmhouse in Iowa (“ Lethe”). He always outsmarts Reese’s attempts to learn more about him, and dispenses information about himself in a very controlled way. Harold Finch isn’t his real name, nor are any of the other various bird-themed aliases he uses. Personality… mysterious, reclusive, and quirky. This was nearly impossible for Finch to do by himself, since he is physically disabled, so he hired John Reese to be his man on the ground. The government wasn’t interested in ordinary people, however, so Finch took it upon himself to save the “irrelevant” citizens. Instead it predicted all premeditated violent crime, against ordinary people as well as nationally significant targets. Finch built the Machine for the government to detect terrorism, but the Machine didn’t quite work that way. That doesn’t leave much time or energy for romance.Ĭhallenge… tracking down the people that the Machine warns him about to stop the crimes (especially murder) that it’s detected. He is a solitary man on an all-consuming quest. Relationship Status… single, in all possible ways. He also seems to have a thing for birds and expensive suits. ![]() Interests… the Machine, and stopping the crimes that it predicts. Now, the closest thing Finch has to a profession is working with former CIA officer John Reese to prevent the potential crimes that the Machine alerts them to. Prior to his current life as a virtual vigilante, Finch worked with his partner Nathan Ingram to build the Machine for the government. Except that he is actually employed by a tech firm under a different name, and he actually owns that tech firm. ![]() From his high-tech computer setup in the library, Finch attempts to stop murders using only social security numbers that he illegally receives from a secret government surveillance system called the Machine. Living… in an abandoned library in New York City, despite the fact that he also owns a perfectly respectable home. ![]() Grew Up… probably somewhere in the United States, but Finch’s past is deliberately obscured. His real first name has been confirmed to be Harold (“ Lethe”). Harold Finch, also known by a series of aliases, is a reclusive billionaire software genius who built a machine that predicts future crimes and outputs either the victim's or perpetrator's Social Security number. If they don't want you to get inside, they ought to build it better. I know you'll be trying to close that gap as quickly as possible, but I should tell you, I'm a really private person. Reese, that there's a disparity between how much I know about you and how much you know about me. ![]()
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