"No Machine," he confirms with a nod. "I've no doubt Harold will find some other method of getting the information he needs, but there's no Machine." Whether or not Finch will be able to build one is another thing entirely. He's brilliant and John knows if he had the resources, he'd be able to build another Machine, but he doesn't have the funding he had in New York.

More than that, they simply don't have the numbers. The population of Darrow just isn't as big as what they're used to. In terms of pulling numbers, they just won't see as many. That doesn't mean there won't be people who need their help, but they'll have to find them by other means.

"If the old fashioned way means helping Harold hack things illegally, then yes," he says with a smile. "The old fashioned way."