"There aren't many cities like New York in the world," he agrees and given how much travel he's done with the CIA, John thinks he's in a position to make such a claim. There are other cities he's loved spending time in, he'd found Berlin incredible and had loved most of Belgium as well as some of the smaller towns he and Kara had visited in China, but nothing compares to New York.

Besides, Kara's memory has tarnished a good number of those places he'd loved and while she'd come to New York for him, too, at least there had been people like Finch and Carter to take him back.

"Is there a lot of opportunity in theatre here?" he asks curiously. "I admittedly haven't paid enough attention since I got here, but that friend I told you about, Harold, I'm sure he'd love a night at the theatre."