Irvin Irving quotes from Bosch

Irvin Irving

Tell me why I spend so much of my time dealing with you?

Irving

I know too well your propensity for operating ad hoc, Bosch.

Harry Bosch

This whole situation's fugazi.

Irving

And now you've got to un-fuck it.

Irvin Irving

[Over Bosch claiming where the money is hidden, it's where Nash is] Follow the money.

Harry Bosch

Follow the fucking money.

Irvin Irving

[Having an awkward lunch date with Jun Park] Can I, um... ask you a question?

Yeah, sure. I have to make those calls. Pay my respects to victim's families, officer's families. Uh, are you asking me why I do CRT?

Irvin Irving

I'm curious. Many CRT volunteers have some... direct experience with this sort of loss. It gives them empathy. Um... I'm sorry, it's none of my business. I watched you with that family, and I just thought, uh... that we might have something in common?

Yeah, I guess. My little brother. Gunned down in a drive-by. Four ABZ gangsters. Kids his age.

Irvin Irving

I'm so sorry.

Killed my father. He died nine months later, and then my mother, she moved back to Seoul to live with her sister.

Irvin Irving

But you stayed.

Yeah, this is my city, I grew up here. A friend told me about CRT, and I thought, maybe, just maybe, it would... And I was right. Trying to help other people, it helps me somehow. At least sometimes. I'm sure you know what all that feels like, yeah?

Irvin Irving

Yes. I do. You know, I, um... I haven't been on a date in 30 years.

Um... Is, um... is that what this is, a date?

Irvin Irving

Oh, Lord, no. I mean...

Uh... uh... But if I were to ask you out... What have you got to lose?

Irvin Irving

Good luck with your witness.

Irvin Irving

[In debriefing room] The Koreatown Killer, aka KTK, first became active four years ago. Half a dozen robbery assaults. Four carjackings, three shootings, two murders. Incidents occurring roughly every six months.

How do we know it's the same guy every time?

Irvin Irving

Same gun all three shootings. Prints on one bike match prints found on another victim's vehicle. DNA from several scenes. Eyewitness descriptions pretty consistent, too. It's the same guy.

And we still don't have a suspect?

Irvin Irving

Not in the system. Never been arrested or served in the military or worked for the Post Office or taught school.

I get it. Always on a bicycle?

Irvin Irving

It's his signature.

Well, why Koreatown? Are these hate crimes? Are they targeting Koreans?

Irvin Irving

We don't think so. The victims have been white and black as well as Korean. He's an opportunist, not a racist. He may just live in the neighborhood. The latest carjacking victim helped us develop a new sketch.

Let's get this out to the public.

Irvin Irving

Not a good idea, sir. We'll be overwhelmed with false sightings. We'll keep it close, circulate it internally.

Your city.

Irvin Irving

And yours.

I don't have famous chefs and restaurants like this on speed dial.

Irvin Irving

Who do you have on speed dial?

Two karaoke bars and a masseuse.

Irvin Irving

Well, I think that's way more interesting than mine.

Ever karaoke?

Irvin Irving

I have too much respect for music to desecrate it with my voice.

Ah. What kind of music?

Irvin Irving

All kinds.

Something special to you. Hmm. Ahem. Les mystères des voix bulgares (The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices). The Bulgarian Women's Choir, Kaval Sviri?

Irvin Irving

You know it?

It was the theme music for Xena, Warrior Princess. Xena. I watched every episode when I was 10.

What they're saying about the cop is true. Francis Sheehan.

Irvin Irving

There is compelling evidence.

Well, killing my husband won't stop the civil suit.

Irvin Irving

No, it won't.

[Pause] But that's not why you're here.

Irvin Irving

You would have made a formidable lawyer, Millie, the way you can read people.

No, I don't love the law the way Howard did. I don't enjoy the game.

Irvin Irving

And yet, you sent your son to Hollywood station looking like a poster for police brutality.

I let my anger get the best of me.

Irvin Irving

Well, I've come hoping to persuade you not to let your anger inflame an already volatile situation.

Well, conflagration can be cleansing.

Irvin Irving

Well, give me a chance to make some changes before consigning the entire city to hellfire.

Mayor Ramos wants to position himself as the reformer.

Irvin Irving

His blue ribbon panel.

I told him no. If I go back to work, it won't be as a professional widow. I said no to Bradley Walker, as well.

Irvin Irving

What did the commissioner want?

To tell me that his foundation is funding this beast, assure me that it will have real teeth, power to change the corrosive culture of your department.

Irvin Irving

His words or yours?

[Pause, then gets up from couch seat with Irvin then getting up] They're trying to throw you under the bus, Irvin. And even in the fog of my grief, that doesn't sit right. [Walks away]

Irvin Irving

[In office] So when does Kennedy lower the boom?

Jerry Edgar

We're meeting with Chandler this morning.

Irvin Irving

She'll be looking to renegotiate.

Harry Bosch

Won't she be surprised?

Irvin Irving

This Three Oh Eight video that dropped last night...

Harry Bosch

Nothing to worry about in my view.

Irvin Irving

They're still persons of interest in the Craver murder.

Jerry Edgar

Got to follow every lead.

Irvin Irving

[Gets up with Harry and Jerry then getting up] Tread lightly with these people.

Harry Bosch

Yes, sir. [Walks away with Jerry]

[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]

Operation Safe Sidewalks is whack-a-mole. Naive, and not sustainable. Look. Homelessness is an epidemic. And no question, we have to address it. But this... this is a campaign stunt. Brought to you by a police chief who has the manpower to waste on it. This is not the answer this crisis needs. And Chief Irving, God love him, is not the answer this city needs for mayor.

Irvin Irving

Glad you find this amusing.

Pretty slick, I'll give him that. But revealing.

Irvin Irving

How so? This early in the campaign?

The act of a desperate man.

Irvin Irving

A desperate man is a dangerous man.