PPriest
Are you ready?
Yes.
PPriest
Are you absolutely sure?
Why are you asking?
PPriest
Because I have only lost three marriages to divorce and I don't want any more dents in my record.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Chain of command.
Excuse me?
Chain of command. I'm a lieutenant. Anything that goes to the boss has to go through me first.
Actually, it goes through me.
You're a civilian.
Here we go again.
I have no ulterior motive except to catch the person who murdered Emily Miller.
Why are you doing this? You're not a cop.
I had a daughter who was murdered when she was in college. It took me a long time to get over it, and the way I did was by giving back.
RRealtor
And a roof deck health club with SoulCycle classes, 24 hour doormen and... (Laughs) onsite parking. Sergeant, what do you think?
I'm sure we could afford it if we were in, say, Topeka, Kansas.
RRealtor
No, that's not nec...
Which we are not.
Jamie.
RRealtor
Guys, this unit is $1,500 a month, but...
Which is ridiculously low.
RRealtor
As I explained, these are new buildings, ground-floor opportunities. Being as you two are the exact kind of couple that the developers are looking to attract, there are significant enticements on the initial two-year lease.
Well, that makes sense.
Well, discounts 'cause we're cops, right?
RRealtor
It's a little more complicated than just being cops.
Well, we're not just any cops, we're the son and daughter-in-law of the police commissioner, which means anywhere that we rent automatically becomes one of the safest buildings on the safest blocks in the city.
RRealtor
(Sighs) A little friendly advice, from a woman who has been married twice, it's hard enough without looking gift horses in their mouths.
I bet that's true.
But not for us. But thank you.
Marriage is about compromise, okay? And compromise is, by its very nature, transactional. You give something, you get something. So... I'm gonna work midnights. And you are gonna quit looking the gift horse in the mouth.
That's not what I'm doing.
Our C.O. referred her to us. You think he doesn't know what services she provides?
I'm sure he does, b-but what if it's a test?
A test for what?
Integrity. To see if these two are going around with their hands out.
No.
Okay, not a test. But a way to have a drop on the son and daughter-in-law of the PC in case he ever needs it.
Wow, are you cynical all of a sudden.
I could say, "Wow, are you gullible," but I won't.
You just did.
And who the hell is she?
High priced defense attorney for guilty clients.
DADefense Attorney
I see you still haven't changed. You're still a cold hearted bitch.
You know who's not angry when they lose? People who are used to losing. Losers.
Where did you get that? G. Gordon Liddy?
No. Much closer to home.
Are you still pissed that I got the decoy op instead of you?
No.
Good. Cause neither of us had a choice. We're cops. We take orders. That's always how it's gonna be. That's the job.
All I'm saying is as your former partner, don't play the hero.
You're lawyering me. I hate that.
You're patronizing me. I hate that.
So you're just following orders, is that it?
I'm just doing my job.
A man's dead and you're making jokes?
VVincent
We all gotta die sometime, cupcake.
That's Detective Cupcake to you.
Not for nothing, but it sounds like Jill's husband killed her, not you.
CChen
No. We killed her by forcing her to abide by our ways.
And you hate cops so much you wouldn't even call us for help?
CMrs. Chen
I told him to but he wouldn't.
CChen
It was our duty to take care of her! She was our daughter!
RRookie
Start again?
Yeah, get right back on the horse.
RRookie
But what happens the day after that and the day after that? It's only my third day out of the academy.
It happens. You got scared. But I see a good cop in you.
RRookie
But you've also seen rookies die.
That's not the point.
RRookie
That's exactly the point. If I go, my wife gets the flag. Not you.
Wilson Ortega dedicated years of service as a Special Agent of the FBI. He deserves to come to my office at a time of his choosing.
So we're not going by the book?
We are. But it's a different book.
NNatalie
Can't you just show me a picture or something?
ID from a line-up is more likely to hold up in court.
NNatalie
If I ID him, how long will he be in jail?
A long time.
NNatalie
I don't know. I'm not comfortable.
AAll
Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
So how long was Detective Gee on the job before he retired?
23, 24 years.
Then he goes civilian and then he comes back?
You know. You miss the rush.
Oh, I so don't get that.
Why?
You're a pro athlete, sure.
Or you're a geezer rock band going on a farewell tour.
Matadors? A lot of them start their so-called final appearances in their 30s, keep going till they're 50.
But that's the same thing! The rush of the crowd. Cops, we don't get a rush of the crowd. We get a crowd screaming "Get the hell outta here!"
Maybe it's the satisfaction of service. Some of us find a nugget most days.
Well, I guess there's that.
Yeah. You don't think that's possible?
No, I'm sure it's possible.
What's the thing you say to me all the time? Something, something, a day in your life
Find something you love to do...
And you'll never work a day in your life. -
There you go.
Uh-huh.
I think I'm with Eddie on this one. I mean, there are a lot of things that I really love to do, and they don't really pay.
Not true. They're paying knuckleheads on ESPN right now for skateboarding and playing video games.
So there's hope for you yet.
Ha, ha.
I just mean it feels like a very long time since I had an outcome that felt like voilà.
What, like, rescuing a cat from a tree type thing?
Or reuniting a scared little kid with his family?
Well yeah.
Well, see? There's the nugget.
Yeah, forget voilà .
We're both in a business where no one walks away all, "Yes!"
The only victories are in making it a little less terrible for somebody.
Taking a rock out of their backpack.
And when you can truly say things could've been worse well, sometimes that's the rush.
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