Quotes

Indelible [8.01]

Mac Taylor: I'm going to the opera tonight. Claire, would you hand me one of those things? Claire Taylor: No, who are you going to the opera with? Mac Taylor: John from the Robbery Squad. Claire Taylor: John from the Robbery Squad? You're going to the opera with John from the Robbery Squad? Mac Taylor: Yeah, that's right, he's an opera buff. Claire, would you hand me...? Claire Taylor: I've been asking you to take me to the opera for I... I... I don't even know how long, and now you're telling me that... (She finds two opera tickets in the cotton swabs container) Nicely done. Mac Taylor: John from the Robbery Squad is going to be very disappointed. Claire Taylor: What would you do without me? Reporter: (Over TV set) Good morning, everyone. 68 degrees at 7:30am on this partly cloudy Sunday. The date is September 11, 2011, marking the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Flags will fly at half-mast and a moment of silence will be observed at 8:46am as we pay tribute to the victims and

Keep It Real [8.02]

You want to act stupid? Break the law? Fine, go ahead, do it. Just do us all favor, leave the innocent people out of it.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Lindsay: Excuse me, Officer. Danny: Sergeant. Lindsay: Sorry, Sergeant. I'm looking for Danny Messer. He's my husband. At least I think he is. I haven't seen him in days. Danny: You trying to break my heart?

Keep It Real [8.02]

Danny: (About Miranda Beck) She found the body. Claims that she and the vic left the club she was playing last night and came back to the apartment. Probably thought it was the luckiest night of his life. Lindsay: Unfortunately, it was also his last.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Danny: Hey, stranger. So you're back. Mac: It's official. I talked to Sinclair yesterday. Retirement papers have already been pulled. Danny: Great. That's great news. Welcome back.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Lindsay: Oh, hey, Mac. We missed you (To Danny) See? I told you he'd be back. Danny: You did? You didn't say that. Lindsay: Yeah, I did. I said he'd be back. Danny: I said that, but whatever. Lindsay: (To Mac) Yeah, no, I said you'd be back. Mac: All right, all right. Are you two done? We have a dead body here that needs to be processed.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Danny: Obvious signs of forced entry. Probably gonna want to phenol these shards of glass. There's, uh... no usable prints, and, uh... Mac: Are you working the crime scene or me? Danny: Nah, go ahead. Do your thing. I'll just go check on the canvass. Mac: He misses all this. Lindsay: Yeah.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Tyler, I'm your mama. I meddle. That's what I do.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Adam: (Handing over money) 20... 40... 60. Hawkes: Yes. Whoo-hoo! Pleasure doing business with you. Adam: Yeah. Anybody ever tell you that money cannot buy you happiness? Hawkes: Ah, you want to bet?

Keep It Real [8.02]

Jo: What was that all about? Adam: What? Jo: Sheldon, money. Adam: Oh. Hawkes had him pegged coming back November 30 or earlier. Jo: Which means you must have had him coming back after November 30. Adam: Uh, kind of, yeah. Jo: What do you mean, kind of? Adam: Uh, kind of, as in... (Clears throat) ... erm, never. Jo: You mean you thought Mac Taylor was never coming back to this crime lab? How come you didn't let me in on this bet? I'd have cleaned up on all you fools.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Jo: Hey! Mac: No Good to see you, Mac? Welcome back to the lab? Nothing? Jo: (Chuckles) I never thought you were gone in the first place.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Sid: Mac Taylor. Now, there's a sight for sore eyes. Mac: It's good to be back, Sid. Sid: So, what's it like? Mac: What is what like? Sid: On the outside. You made it, man... you were free. What did that feel like? Mac: It felt good. I'm very happy with what I accomplished.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Sid: A piece of skin. Found it attached to the victim's clothing. Mac: Is that some kind of reptile or a fish? Sid: Yes, you're correct. It's from a reptile. Mac: It's good to be back.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Mac: (To himself) Now, this, I missed (Raises voice and calls out) Adam! Adam: Hey, boss! Welcome back.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Jo: You forgot you broke into your boyfriend's apartment, where he was later murdered while you were conveniently asleep in his back bedroom, is that right? Miranda Beck: I was in shock. I... I wasn't thinking straight Jo: About the break-in or about the murder?

Keep It Real [8.02]

Miranda Beck: I didn't think you'd believe me. I've gotten in trouble before. Jo: Shoplifting... fake ID... nothing that forecasts murder. But I could be wrong.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Flack: He does have just over 12 grand in a savings account. Mac: Where does a college kid like him get money like that? Flack: I could think of a few ways, none of which are legal.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Hawkes: Hey, Mac... results on the smudge Sid collected from the victim's face. Mac: (Reading from the screen) Ink, glass cleaner, mineral oil... auto degreaser. Hawkes: Yeah. I'm not sure what it means, either.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Mac: You get the name of the tattoo parlor this lotion came from? Hawkes: Mac... you haven't been gone so long that we've forgotten how to do this.

Keep It Real [8.02]

(To a girl who is having a yin-yang tattoo done) That's a good choice: yin and yang. Thing is, right now you're thinking yin; when you're 50 years old, you'll probably be thinking yang.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Chad Hendricks: (About dolphins) You ever look inside the mouth of one? Insane teeth. Rows of them, razor-sharp. They could rip a person to shreds if they wanted to. Oh, and get this. They're the only animal other than humans to have sex for pleasure. Flack: A dolphin? That's what he wanted on his back permanently? Chad Hendricks: (Laughs) I hear you, man. I do my best to steer people's decisions so they won't regret it later, but this kid was determined.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Flack: What's a tattoo that size go for? Chad Hendricks: Uh, that one ran a little over a grand. Flack: A thousand bucks for Flipper? Chad Hendricks: 200 bucks an hour. What could I say?

Keep It Real [8.02]

(About a man who got a dolphin tattoo) Listen, if he happens to come back in for a, uh... starfish tattoo, let's say, do me a favor and give me a buzz

Keep It Real [8.02]

Jo: Tyler, before I hear about the new roommate, what happened to the old one? Tyler: I had to kill him. I asked him who his favorite player on the Knicks was, he said Woody Allen. Jo: See, that's funny. I like him.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Tyler: You don't trust my judgment. Jo: I trust you. It's just this Alex... Kirkland person. What's his major, anyway? Tyler: (Chuckles) Art. I know. Scary, okay?

Keep It Real [8.02]

Jo: Adam, how many college roommates did you have? Adam: Uh, whew... okay. Let's see, first, there was Todd, but that ended with the whole atomic cat eye incident. Jo: Atomic cat eye incident? Adam: Yeah, you know, when like, someone drinks too much, and they pass out, and you, like, sneak up and... Jo: I don't really want to know. Just ballpark it for me. Adam: Uh... 12, I guess. Jo: 12 roommates?! Any of them ever get arrested? Adam: Todd, and it was for public indecency (Chuckles).

Keep It Real [8.02]

Jo: Tyler's moving in with a new roommate. Adam: Oh, man! You broke the Mom code and looked him up? Jo: Well, I didn't get any specifics. The juvie record's sealed. Adam: (Reading from Jo's computer screen) Trespassing and criminal mischief. Hmm. Looks like you guys got something in common (Smiles teasingly).

Keep It Real [8.02]

Jo: Snakeskin? No indication our vic or his roommate had snakes for pets. Adam: Well, somewhere along the line, our vic had a run-in with a boa constrictor.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Adam: The whole Tyler roommate thing... it's gonna be fine. You know, usually people with priors never commit crimes within a five mile radius of where they live. Jo: Oh, get out of here!

Keep It Real [8.02]

Lindsay: Mac, what would you say if I told you I could quadruple your money? Mac: You trying to talk me back into retirement? Mac: I'd say, it sounds too good be true, not to mention illegal. Lindsay: Oh, it's definitely illegal. You got five bucks on you? Mac: Five bucks? (Retrieving his wallet) This better be good.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Mac: The apartment search turn up anything? Adam: Yep... auto greaser, ink jet printer, scanner, glass cleaner, hair dryer... everything you need for printing counterfeit money. Mac: Well, the problem is, everything you just listed is also a regular household item, easily explained away. Adam: Everything but the scanned image of the $20 bill.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Hawkes: Let you in on a little secret? Jo: Hmm. Hawkes: I used to do this when I was younger. Jo: Really? Hawkes: Yeah. Jo: You, Dr. Sheldon Hawkes? Hawkes: Oh, it just feels like a lifetime ago, but, oh, yeah.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Danny: (About a perp who is spending counterfeit money) What's he buying? Lindsay: You name it... cigars, booze, jewelry, clothing... a lot of Adidas track suits. Danny: (Scoffs) Who is he, Run DMC?

Keep It Real [8.02]

Lindsay: Look, honey, I can't get out of here. Can lunch wait, like, an hour? Danny: Scheduled break, babe. You know that. It's now or never, sweetheart. Lindsay: Are you mad? Danny: Yeah... I am mad, but not at you. At, uh… Run DMC over here. Lindsay: Felony lunch-jacking. I'll make sure they add it to his list of charges.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Randy Davis: (After a customer has just tried a guitar) If I hear 'Sweet Home Alabama' one more time, I swear, I'm gonna sell this place. Jo: You have a problem with Alabama? Flack: She's from the South.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Is this the gun you used for the murder? You know what I'd call this? Proof.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Randy Davis: I didn't pull the trigger. It was an accident. Flack: Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know? You may want to invest in some nail polish remover before you get where you're going.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Tyler: I would like you to meet Alex, my new roommate... Alex: Nice to meet you. Jo: Nice to meet you too. Jo: (To Tyler) You didn't tell me she was a very attractive girl (To Alex) He didn't say you were unattractive... he just didn't say you were a girl.

Keep It Real [8.02]

Tyler: (About his new roommate) You found her picture on the Internet, didn't you? Jo: No. Tyler: Or one of your police databases. Jo: It's not like I intentionally went and looked her up. I just happened to stumble across some stuff...

Keep It Real [8.02]

I'm trying to sympathize with you here, Josh. Really, I am... but what I can't get past is that you willingly dragged your best friend into this. You want to act stupid, break the law? Fine, go ahead, do it. Just do us all a favor... leave the innocent people out of it.

Cavallino Rampante [8.03]

Jo: I always tell my kids that the only reason evil exists is so that good can triumph over it. Mac: If it didn't, we'd be out of a job.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Whenever you take a life, no matter how justified, it messes with you. You're gonna want to talk to someone about it. You want to talk to someone who's been there.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Danny: No more Sergeant Messer. Just a... plain old detective. Lindsay: Does that mean I don't have to salute you in the morning anymore? Danny: I still need you to do that. Lindsay: You feel all right? Danny: I mean, it wasn't easy giving up the stripes, you know. Lindsay: It's the right move, Danny. Danny: This is where I belong.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Danny: Wow. I can, uh... return to normal duty. Mac: You're not relieved. Danny: Of... I mean, of course I am. I am. But I can't stop thinking, Mac, how I treated these cops like they were my family, and they didn't think twice about throwing me to the wolves. I've been doing this job way too long (Sighs) I got to work with people I can trust.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Danny: Can't believe this, Mac. You know, I figured I could be a good boss, to guide these cops, help them avoid the mistakes I made. Mac: The last time you dealt with Internal Affairs, I called you into my office. You remember? Danny: (Sighs) Yeah, I remember. They decided not to investigate me on the shooting in the subway, thanks to you. You brought me into your office, you ripped me a new one for my recklessness... which I deserved. Mac: You're not the same cop as then. You've grown. You're an excellent boss, Danny. If you were my sergeant, I'd follow you anywhere, and that's what I intend to tell Adler when he walks in here.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Lindsay: It's hard to pull a weapon on someone, right? Squeeze that trigger? Lauren Cooper: I'm sorry. If you're a reporter, I got nothing to say. Lindsay: You know what else is hard? Sharing a squad car with somebody every day and stabbing him in the back when he had yours. Lauren Cooper: Who are you? Lindsay: I'm Lindsay Messer. Lauren Cooper: I can't talk to you. Lindsay: No, it can't be easy actually facing me. Lauren Cooper: No, I'm telling you that we can't speak. Lindsay: I mean, you know what you're doing affects my family, but it's much easier when we're out of sight. Lauren Cooper: I'm not supposed to have any interaction... Lindsay: Like saying you're in a relationship with my husband. Lauren Cooper: Hey, that's not true! Lindsay: I know it's not true. Lauren Cooper: I don't even know why they're suggesting that. Lindsay: So you're only comfortable with some of the lies? Lauren Cooper: I'm not lying. Lindsay: So Danny told you to say that Pete Miller was holding the gun? Lau

Officer Involved [8.04]

Lindsay: I just found out they're putting Danny on modified assignment. Mac: It's part of procedure, Lindsay. It doesn't mean anything. Lindsay: But there's going to be a hearing, and maybe even criminal charges. This is like a natural disaster, Mac. You see it coming, and you can't do anything to stop it. Mac: Yeah, I know it feels like that now, but there's a long road to go before anything's decided here. Lindsay: Danny's career is on the line, and I don't even know why. He didn't do anything wrong. Mac: I know.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Ray James: Pete and I grew up together. He always had my back. Flack: Blah, blah, blah. What were you doing at that bar?

Officer Involved [8.04]

Mac: You weren't shot this morning. You were shot two nights ago. After your involvement in a brawl outside Rattigans. A cop was shot at that night. Flack: You can talk to us now, or we can have you transferred to the medical ward at Rikers. Where I guarantee you the nurses are not as cute.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Ray James: On my way to the subway this morning, out of nowhere, someone shoots me. Must have been a stray. Mac: Didn't call 911? Ray James: I only live a couple blocks away. Flack: So what, you hopped here?

Officer Involved [8.04]

Mac: Pete Miller didn't fire the gun. He was standing next to the guy who did. Lauren Cooper: It was an accident. I was aiming for the shooter. It was a good shoot. Leo Banks: Don't say anything else. IAB Lt. Mitchell Adler: If it was a good shoot, you wouldn't have lied about how it went down. Lauren Cooper: I wanted to tell the truth. Mac: Then why didn't you? Lauren Cooper: I was told not to. Mac: By who? Lauren Cooper: It wasn't his fault. He was trying to protect me. Mac: Who told you to lie? Lauren Cooper: Sergeant Messer.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Jo: Maybe our suspect is still running around with the green fairy. Mac: We're talking about a suspect who walked up to a random stranger and blew him away. Jo: Well, guy's not playing with a full deck. Mac: But he's got a loaded gun.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Lindsay: I got good news and bad news, Sheldon. Good news is, this fiber looks like something Adam pulled off Pete Miller's clothing. Hawkes: What's the bad news? Lindsay: It means I can't work this case anymore.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Lindsay: If you find the gun, it will clear Officer Cooper. Hawkes: Clears them all. Lindsay: Well, not necessarily. I mean, even if you close this case today, it's still an embarrassment for the department. They're still gonna want to point the finger at somebody. Hawkes: For what? Lindsay: You have any idea how many administrative regulations there are, Sheldon? I do, 'cause I stayed up all night reading about them. Hawkes: Look, Lindsay, I know you're worried, okay? But we're scientists, and there's no empirical evidence to suggest Internal Affairs is on a witch hunt. Lindsay: Well, I hope you're right.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Jo: Get the Geek, huh? Flack: I bet he told his mother he was in show business.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Flack: Meet Thomas Hurtz. Star and proprietor of 'Get the Geek'. This guy insults you, you pay him five bucks, get a chance to shoot him with a paintball gun. Jo: Well, clearly, the shooter didn't understand the rules of the game. He shot him with a real gun.

Officer Involved [8.04]

IAB Lt. Mitchell Adler: Why did Officer Cooper use your weapon? Danny: I tell my guys to keep their off-duty pieces at home when they go to the bar. IAB Lt. Mitchell Adler: But you were armed. Danny: Yeah, I wasn't drinking. And thank God I had my gun. Otherwise, we might be investigating a cop murder.

Officer Involved [8.04]

IAB Lt. Mitchell Adler: (About Danny) What do you think about him? Lauren Cooper: As a boss? He's excellent.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Danny: Officer Cooper, she's smart, she's got instincts. I think she'll be a good cop. IAB Lt. Mitchell Adler: Well, she speaks highly of you, as well. Says you're a great boss. IAB Lt. Mitchell Adler: Let's review your choices last night. You went out drinking with your patrolmen, you brought a loaded weapon into a crowded bar, got into an altercation with a patron. Ended up the night half-unconscious on the pavement as one of your officers shot the patron to death with your own weapon. You seem capable, Sergeant Messer. Things you did in that lab... way over my head. But as a boss, you're way over yours.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Mac: So, there were two guns. Pete Miller used one of them. Friends must have taken it when they fled. Hawkes: Flack's trying to track 'em down, but all he has is the cops' descriptions to go by. No luck so far. Mac: There's one thing I bet the friends didn't take when they ran. Hawkes: Hmm? Mac: The bullet Pete fired.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Adam: You ever dance with the green fairy? Lindsay: I can't help you, Adam. Adam: I'm talking about absinthe. It's the 19th century version of magic mushrooms.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Lindsay: Adam, what do you get when you have a sergeant involved in a shooting, his wife who works in the crime lab and an IAB investigation? Conflict of interest. Adam: Oh, oh. I'm... Oh, I'm sorry. I... Is he okay? Lindsay: Oh, yeah, he's fine. He's got a couple stitches in his head. He's gonna give a statement to Internal Affairs. Adam: All right, well, you tell him that we're all thinking about him. Lindsay: I will. Thanks, Adam. Tell EDNA I said hello.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Mac: Shoot to stop. Sid: Hmm? Mac: What you're taught at the academy. Fire in bursts of twos and threes. Sid: Yet here we have a single gunshot wound to the chest, almost perfectly placed. Bullet lodged in the heart. Mac: Could mean Officer Cooper kept cool. Took an opportunity. Lucky shot in an unlucky situation. Sid: Of course, he may not have had a gun at all, Mac. In which case, she fired by mistake and killed an unarmed man.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Lindsay: Let me take you to the hospital. Danny: I'm fine, babe. I got to stay here for them. Lindsay: There's nothing you can do for them now, honey, except maybe bleed all over them. IAB Lt. Mitchell Adler: She's right, Sergeant Messer. Can't mess around with a head injury. I'm Lieutenant Adler, Internal Affairs. How you doing? Danny: It's not… it's not a head injury. IAB Lt. Mitchell Adler: Great. Then you won't mind answering a few questions. Lindsay: Actually, he does mind. We're on our way to the E.R. IAB Lt. Mitchell Adler: You're not going to make me pull rank here, are you? You know you got to talk to me. Lindsay: Look, Lieutenant. According to regulations, he has 24 hours before he can be compelled to make a statement. So he can talk to you then.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Mac: Run me through it, Danny. Danny: All right, so, uh, we... came here for a drink after shift, just to blow off some steam. The guy in the white shirt, he's a sloppy drunk. Mac: This was the victim? Danny: Yeah. He got aggressive with Cooper. She said, you know, she told him to back off. He was reluctant to leave. So I showed him the door. Mac: You identify yourself as a policeman? Danny: No, Mac, I mean, the guy was wasted... I show him my shield, it makes things worse. The guy was a jerk. And I didn't give it a second thought... till a few hours later. Next thing I know, I'm looking up into the sky, my off-duty piece is in Cooper's hand and this guy is dead.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Mac: Why did Officer Cooper have your weapon? Danny: I was the only one carrying. Mac: It was three men that jumped you? Danny: That's right, three of them. Foley and Cates, they start fighting with them. Vic pulls out a nickel-plated revolver. Mac: Well, you didn't see that, Danny... you were unconscious. Danny: That's what my people are saying.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Danny: I see what this is. It's an officer-involved shooting, talking three-ring circus... those cops are the main attraction, right? Mac: Not just them. You're their supervisor. You were in the bar. Somebody got shot. The gun is missing. Bosses will want someone to answer. You're the one with the stripes, Danny. Get ready.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Hawkes: GSR field test came back positive. Adam: Means the victim had a gun. Hawkes: Maybe. Officer Cooper told Danny that she checked the victim's vitals after shooting him. Adam: Maybe the GSR transferred from her hands to his.

Officer Involved [8.04]

Jo: They all had their stories straight. Just like they rehearsed it. Flack: Makes sense. They'll be under so much scrutiny, one little detail's off and they're all screwed.

Officer Involved [8.04]

So we got no witnesses, no gun. There's four off-duty cops and a dead civilian.

Air Apparent [8.05]

[after getting Sam a job in the NYPD]: That's what siblings do, they look out. Good times and bad. Sometimes nepotism is a good thing.

Get Me Out of Here! [8.06]

Flack: We're canvassing the area. Jo: Expecting the dead to speak? Flack: For the murder weapon.

Crushed [8.07]

Jo Danville: Flack, what are we looking at? Don Flack: A parent's worst nightmare. Victim throws a party while mom and dad are out of town. Someone spills their drink on the new carpet. Jo Danville: Flack, how does this happen? Don Flack: Starts out as a group of high school juniors getting a buzz on. The party goes viral. Jumps to 700 in under two hours. Welcome to the end of the world as we know it. Jo Danville: 50 kids jumping up and down. Whoever the morons were decided to add a table should have known that was a bad idea.

Crossroads [8.08]

Flack: Criminal court judge assassinated in front of a sequestered jury, right under the nose of a half a dozen cops. Mac Taylor: Brazen son of a bitch. Mac: Triple murder in front of this bakery a year ago. Danny: Markov... he's like the Sammy the Bull of Russian organized crime. That's why we got a dozen bodies on him. Mac: Looks like it just went to a baker's dozen. Danny: (Processing a bicycle) Hey, so what do you think of this fancy getaway vehicle? Lindsay: Doesn't exactly seem like the expected mode of travel for a Russian hit man. Reporter: Any comment on your number two, Jo Danville, dropping the ball on the original D.C. rape case? Mac: The FBI lab tech who mishandled the evidence blew the case. As for Jo Danville, I'll take her courage and integrity over official misconduct every time. Reporter: Has she been excluded from the New York case because of political pressure from Senator Matthews? Mac: The decisions I make have nothing to do with political pressure from anyone. I

Means to an End [8.09]

Serena Matthews: That girl Lindsay who works with you... I thought she was on our side. Jo: She had to tell the truth. Serena Matthews: The truth is that Curtis raped that girl and they just let him go. Again. Senator Matthews: I have seen John Curtis walk out of a courtroom, a free man, twice. Both times you were there. Jo: I'm not involved in this case, Senator, as you know. Senator Matthews: And yet, somehow it fell apart. Serena Matthews: Dad, let's just go. Senator Matthews: My daughter already paid her price. Nothing can change that. This is about all the other daughters that had to suffer since you let Curtis go the first time. Senator Matthews: My daughter, erm... was attacked tonight. She came home beaten, half drugged. Frank Waters: You take her to the hospital? Senator Matthews: Of course not. There can't be any press, no news conferences. My daughter has got to be protected. Mac: You know you can't be doing that. You shouldn't even be within ten feet of that evidence. Jo: J

Clean Sweep [8.10]

Flack: (At the crime scene of a burnt body) Hope you skipped breakfast. Mac: That bad? Flack: Worse. Our vic is Ryan Richards, 25 years old. Mac: How do we know? Flack: That's his melted driver's license right there. Hawkes: What kept it burning for so long? Sid: I'd offer the wick effect. Hawkes: Right. Where clothing acts like the wick of a candle turned inside-out. Sid: Feeding the flames a continuous supply of fuel in the form of melting human fat. It's particularly effective. Hawkes: And particularly disgusting. Mac: I've seen a few matches. That's a brutal sport. Flack: It's an excuse for two grown men to legally beat the bloody pulp out of each other. Mac: So you're not a fan? Flack: I didn't say that. Flack: Kid definitely knew how to defend himself. Whoever did this risked a serious ass-whupping if things went south. Flack: I'll start whacking the bushes, see if anyone was itching for a death match with our fighter outside of the cage. Jennifer Walsh: Large French roast, black

Who's There? [8.11]

Flack: Apparently, he and his partner, a guy named Phillip Roth, made a killing during the housing bubble. Jo: Looks like the killing didn't stop there. Mac: Wealthy neighborhood. Rows and rows of million-dollar homes. Why'd the attackers choose this one? Mac: They're still showing that thing? Jo: Apparently so. Mac: I never saw that. Jo: You didn't? Aw, Mac, you should. I think you'd love it. It ranks right up there with that eight-hour Reagan documentary you're always watching. Lindsay: You mean to tell me that while I've been trying to get a lead out of an empty cardboard box, you've been here doing magic tricks? Danny: Uh, it creates a diversion, helps me think. Lindsay: That's very impressive. Danny: Thank you. Lindsay: I think you should stick to your day job, though. Danny: (To Lindsay, throwing a queen of spades card in her direction) My queen! Flack: (To Lindsay) I believe... your exact words were: 'one more stop, then we get a bite to eat.' Lindsay: Yes, and this office is th

Brooklyn 'Til I Die [8.12]

Danny and Hawkes: Boom! Flack: (Walking through a filthy alley) Friend of mine jogs in her bare feet. She keeps asking me to join her. I don't think so. Flack: I know times are tough, but it doesn't make sense for anyone in the game to rob our vics for fake cash. Lindsay: Can you imagine what Mr. Seville must be going through? I don't know what I would do if anyone ever took Lucy. I would give my right arm to have her back. Jo: As endearing as that sounds, please, let's just have one severed appendage at a time. Hawkes: These what I think they are? Danny: Yeah, serial killer trading cards. Who needs Mickey Mantle when you have Ted Bundy, right? Kelly Rose: I opened this store for fans of the macabre. Danny: Right. Selling locks of Charlie Manson's hair. Hawkes: Your Web site says that you offer soil samples from Lambert Jones' backyard, where he supposedly buried his victims. Kelly Rose: As a matter of fact, we do, and for an extra five bucks, I will gift wrap the Lambert dirt for you.

The Ripple Effect [8.13]

Jo: [while walking down the 187th Street steps] I knew I shouldn't have done the StairMaster this morning. Mac: It's a long way down. Flack: It's even longer coming up, trust me. 130 steps. Finally counted after the third trip. Christine: (answering the phone) Hello, Mac Taylor. Mac: Christine, did I get you at a bad time? Christine: No, perfect, actually. How do I murder a produce guy and get away with it? Mac: Well, you could always hit him over the head with a coconut, but you'd be better off using that for a piña colada. Christine: Yeah. Point very well taken. Besides, overpriced coconuts probably warrant something closer to a misdemeanour rather than a full-blown felony, right? Flack: (To Scott Perdito after falling down a fire escape when accused of pushing Greg Barbera down some stairs) Karma's a bitch. Scott Perfito: I should be in a hospital resting. Mac: They already gave you a clean bill of health and released you into our custody, Mr. Perfito. Scott Perfito: Well, my arm st

Flash Pop [8.14]

Mac: This is our investigative team on the Jessica Drake murder. All the evidence will be processed by the people in this room and only by the people in this room. We start over on everything. Chain of custody of evidence stays within this group. If something needs to go to DNA, one of us drops it off, oversees the analysis, and then retrieves the results. If the killer had access to trace evidence we collected from the scene, it could already be compromised. So pay attention and triple-check all your results. Danny: I'm coming to the rescue, 'cause it looks like you have wrinkles all over your forehead... Lindsay: It's not a wrinkle. It's a frown. Christine Whitney: Oh, um, that anniversary party for my parents tomorrow night, uh, you agreed to endure...don't worry about it. Mac: Whoa, you're dumping me? Christine Whitney: No. I just don't want you to feel obligated with all that's going on. I mean, my whole family would love to see you, but, well, you know how they can be. Mac: I'm s

Kill Screen [8.15]

Adam: (playing an Xbox video game) Hey, Mac. Listen, why don't you pull up a chair and challenge the champ, okay? Now, look. I just want to warn you, this is not like the old-school games. Grab this. See these little buttons here? Press those. It's not like in the olden days, with the black and white screen and the little ball, or Ms. Pac-Man... Mac: When I was a kid, my dad used to take me to the carnival in the summer. I loved to do the milk bottle toss. But I never won. When I was older, my dad explained to me that it was rigged. That one of the bottles was weighted so it couldn't fall over. I was so mad. Then my dad told me that life wasn't fair. Flack: I'm disappointed, Vera. I really thought we had something. Vera Channing: Oh, well, we'll always have Paris. Mac: You know, when I was a kid, I used to bring a bag full of quarters to the arcade and set up in front of the Asteroids machine for a whole Saturday. Jo: Really? I would have never clocked you as a nerd. Flack: The handles

Sláinte [8.16]

Christine Whitney: Mac Taylor, you're an idiot. Mac: Why is that, exactly? Christine Whitney: 'Cause I'm a catch, and you're gonna lose me. Mac: I should have called, I know. Besides work and the fact that I'm not very good at this... Christine Whitney: Hey, it's not about the phone call. If you're not... ready for something or, um... work's too busy or your life's complicated or you're scared, I get it (Laughs) I mean, I'm scared, too. Look, um, when your brother dies in the line of duty, the last guy you want to date is a cop. But I'm here and... we kissed, and I guess I just want to know if it felt right to you, too. Mac: It did. Christine Whitney: (Laughs) Good. Mac: So, how about I make it up to you. We'll go out to dinner tonight. I know this amazing restaurant with this incredible chef. Christine Whitney: Well, why don't you just come by the... (Laughs) Oh! Cute. You mean me. Lindsay: I've always been curious. Why do they call this area Hell's Kitchen? Mac: Well, the story goes,

Unwrapped [8.17]

Mac: What do you got for me, Sid? Sid: If I had a nickel for every time I heard that question. Mac: We know the science doesn't lie and people do. Flack: (banging on the door) Police! Open up! Willis Frazier: You got a warrant? Flack: We can get one. Willis Frazier: Or you could ask nice. Flack: May we come in? Clyde Duvall: There's two kind of people in this building. People like them... Danny: Yeah, scumbags. Clyde Duvall: And people like me and Alicia. We work hard, we mind our business, and we try not to get caught in the crossfire. Elaine Moore: Look, I know you must think I'm a horrible person for cheating on my husband. I loved Kelvin. Just not the way everyone wanted me to. Lindsay: I don't think you're a horrible person. I just think it's sad that you didn't realize that the greatest gift you had walking into that building yesterday was standing right next to you. Sid: I'm afraid I've spoiled everyone around here over the years. The age-old tradition of the investigator being

Near Death [8.18]

Flack: (exhales) Oh, son of a bitch. (to suspect) You run track or something? You on the Olympic team? Flack: (out of breath) This is fun...this is funny to you? You realize you were in an automobile, right? You were not running 60 miles an hour. Mac: Yeah, you want to ride back to the precinct or you walking? Flack: (panting) Ride please. Mac: Get in. Come on. Flack: (sighs) They're so fast. Mac: Come on, old man.