Harry Bosch quotes from Bosch

[Proposing a toast at the Boardners Bar with all forces colleagues] Hey, uh, everybody? Guys? Ladies? Let's raise our glass. A toast to Ryan Rodgers.

Hо, hо!

That's right, a Native Son of the Golden West. As Ryan-o liked to say, you know, besides his drop-dead good looks, he had something else in common with Robert Redford, he was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. You know, back when it was still orange groves and lemon trees, and woolly mammoths roamed the Earth... that kind of thing. As a cop, he bled blue, as his many awards and citations for valor will attest. As a homicide detective, he distinguished himself with his dogged dedication to the victims and his tenacity in pursuing the perpetrators. But above all, as a comrade and a friend, Ryan Rodgers always had another tall tale to tell, was always good for another round and always, always... always had your back. To Ryan Rodgers, big man, big heart. Ryan-o!

Ryan-o! [They all drink]

[Whispers to John] Thank you.

You're welcome.

Harry Bosch

LAPD's finest. There's a reason all these old-school guys are here to celebrate your dad.

Besides free drinks?

Harry Bosch

Yeah.

[Chuckles] Ryan Rodgers was a cop's cop. Everybody mattered.

Except us.

Harry Bosch

That's not true, Melissa. You and your mother are what mattered most of all. Your dad just went through a rough patch.

Oldest story in the book. The family takes the hit, always.

Harry Bosch

Chief.

Chief.

Irvin Irving

Melissa. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Thank you for coming. Dad would have been pleased.

Irvin Irving

He was a real credit to the department. I considered him a friend.

But when the job was getting to be too much for him, you exiled him to Pacific Division.

Irvin Irving

That's not how it happened.

Final straw, graveyard shift. Broke up their marriage. He was more distant, more isolated than ever.

Irvin Irving

You should know, your father volunteered for the late show.

Why would he do that?

Irvin Irving

To shield his family from what troubled him.

By cutting himself off from us? It didn't work. [Walks away]

Harry Bosch

[Walking through security detector] Yeah, right there on the belt. Your boss says Chandler's chances of getting the tape tossed are slim to none.

I'd say closer to none, but it's the judge's call.

Jerry Edgar

If she succeeds?

We've got the wiretaps, spy cam footage. We'll be fine.

Harry Bosch

[Madeline stands up from bench and walks with them] Hey, Mads. I thought you weren't coming.

Changed my mind. I want to see Chandler in action. [They get seated and she looks back and whispers referring to Heather seated in back row of spectating section] What's she doing here?

Harry Bosch

Let's find out. [Walks up to her, to Heather] Thought you didn't believe in our legal system.

That woman and her FBI lover boy... they got my husband killed. Make me a believer, Detective. Put her away. [Grabs backpack] You want to check it?

Harry Bosch

I do. [Opens backpack and searches it, holds up pamphlet]

Should go ahead and take one. Help you see through all the bullshit lies and happy talk. [Judge announces in session of court] Show's starting, Detective. Better go sit with the other sheep.

Harry Bosch

Create any sort of disturbance in here, you're going to jail.

Harry Bosch

[Madeline sets down bowls of Fettuccini Alfredo] Is this, uh... Fettuccini Alfredo. I'm impressed.

I made the pasta noodles myself.

Harry Bosch

I'm very impressed.

It's- it's easy as making it from the box.

Harry Bosch

[Looking beyond her to kitchen counter] Yeah. That can't be true.

Eyes on the food. Dad, there's nothing to see over there.

Harry Bosch

What am I gonna do when you go back to school? Learn to cook?

Fat chance. I ran into Honey Chandler today. She wants me back next summer.

Harry Bosch

That what you want?

I'm not sure what I want.

Harry Bosch

Second thoughts about the law?

About everything.

Harry Bosch

You'll figure it out. Hope so. Hey, Mads, you will.

Did you go through this when you were my age?

Harry Bosch

No. I knew what I had to do.

I wish I did.

Harry Bosch

It's different, Mads. You have choices. I didn't.

Harry Bosch

Tell me about Daisy Clayton.

Daisy was a clusterfuck. I wanted to take her, not kill her.

Harry Bosch

What went wrong?

What didn't? [Scoffs] I mean, the first time, it was a scam. It was a setup. Her boyfriend jumps out of the closet with his fսcking camera and gets my I.D. There's nothing I could do about it.

Harry Bosch

Must've pissed you off.

Well, I got over it. And next time? [Exhales] I see Daisy on the street, and I talk her into my van. Little street whοre had a knife in her sock.

Harry Bosch

And?

Well, I had to fսcking defend myself. It was her or me, man. So I grabbed the knife and I-I cut her. It was self-fucking-defense.

Harry Bosch

You cut her throat in self-defense.

Yeah, that's why I better not be getting no 11 years for this shit. The whole, the whole thing was on her. The sеx was her idea.

Harry Bosch

14-year-old girl.

[Scoffs] I knew no one would believe me. And? And then I drove around for a while trying to come up with a plan.

Harry Bosch

Go on.

I'd cleaned one of the Butcher's crime scenes, so I thought I could just sort of slip Daisy into the lineup, you know?

Harry Bosch

That's enough for now. [Closes folder, Jerry leaves room, Harry closes door, turns off camera and slams both hands on desk] You better hope you serve all 11. Every minute of it. No matter how long or short it is, I'm gonna be there when you get out, waiting for you, you fսck. And you won't see me coming. Count on it.

Jerry Edgar

I want you to look at something. Letter Dwight Wise left me.

Harry Bosch

"When the system fails, righteous men rise up."

Jerry Edgar

What do you think it means?

Harry Bosch

It means you got to do what you got to do.

Harry Bosch

That look like self-defense to you?

Detective, we have been through this. Dillon will do time. 11 years for a child's life. In exchange for his intel and his testimony, we have taken down a major human trafficking operation. Cruz is in custody, we saved three girls, and who knows how many more in the future. That's a win.

Harry Bosch

We didn't save that girl's mother.

A damn shame, a tragedy.

Harry Bosch

What about the other nine? I recovered a dozen IDs.

And we are working those names. Cruz and his crew are going down for a very long time. It's the greater good, Detective.

Harry Bosch

If we could prove Daisy didn't carry a knife, it wasn't self-defense, he's caught in a lie, his deal is dead. We can try him for murder and really get the greater good.

We have some measure of justice here, Detective. We have to live with that.

Harry Bosch

You know, somebody once said, "When the system fails, righteous men will rise up." But not here, I guess. Shame on us.

[Walks out to porch to Harry cooking steaks] Earth to Dad. Don't burn mine.

Harry Bosch

Charred steak is the one thing I can make. Check the potatoes?

There's a fine line between charred and burned.

Harry Bosch

I would never cross that line.

All I'm saying is, it'll be really cool to see her do her thing in court.

Harry Bosch

It's a murder case, Mads, not a sporting event.

I know that. What, I can't admire a strong woman who's really good at what she does?

Harry Bosch

Trying to get guilty people off, I find that hard to admire.

Here we go again. She's just doing her job.

Harry Bosch

Just to be clear, Money Chandler's representing a killer, someone who planned the death of her husband. Chandler is manipulating the system so that her client doesn't have to answer for her crime. That's not cool.

No, I get it. When she's representing you, she's cool, and when she's representing anybody else, she's not.