Bosch Season 1 quotes

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.

How do you know it was Winston and Marvel?

They bragged about it.

Why would they do that?

Intimidation. "See what we did to them? Same for you, if you cross us."

So why didn't you tell this to Detective Edgar when he asked you if you knew who did it?

[Sighs] Corrupt policemen. How should I know who to trust?

Well, what's changed?

Mariama. The Jamaicans are forcing his criminal activity on me. I'm trapped. I'm scared. I had to do something.

Jerry Edgar

Mariama was arrested last night for a murder in K-town.

Ah. That is good to hear.

So what is it you want for telling us this?

Nothing. To be a good citizen. To see justice done. And... perhaps, be forgiven for my small mistakes.

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.

Jerry Edgar

It's like I can't move on. It haunts me, his evil spirit. I just... I can't get rid of it.

Nobody bats a thousand. Hey, you did the best you could.

Jerry Edgar

It's just different when you know for a fact who the guy is and what he's done. And nothing you can do about it. He's playing you, laughing at you. I can see the look on his face.

Put it behind you, Jed.

Jerry Edgar

Yeah. Easier said. I know.

[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.