John Stillman quotes from Cold Case

Lilly Rush

You're in the market, boss?

John Stillman

Half of America is, Lil.

Will Jeffries

Not my half.

John Stillman

Well, it could have ended up worse, you could have ended up like Danville.

Broke?

John Stillman

Dead.

Stillman

You talking to Elisa at all?

Valens

She's back in the hospital.

Stillman

Oh, I didn't know, Scotty.

Valens

It's a circle game. She's sick and better, and for a while you're hoping and then it starts again. I just can't go round and round with her any more.

John

We wouldn't be here if that screaming bitch didn't run out on us.

Chris

Cuz you're a pervert, man. Cassie didn't want to be your damn porn star.

Hank would never cry "Uncle". You got to admire that, guy had heart.

John Stillman

You're supposed to be on the side of the law, Lil.

John Stillman

You read a lot, huh, George?

It's what I do.

John Stillman

Spend a lot of time with those records, reading about our dead women.

Yeah, it's better than fiction, right?

John Stillman

How so?

No one reads them, no one cares about them. But me. Oh, by the way? [smiling] You're not gonna find anything in my house.

Scotty Valens

Maybe I'll look at this job, Sinclair Thomas.

John Stillman

You got any direction?

Scotty Valens

I just like his name.

Will Jeffries

So, the baby was born, left the hospital and never made it home.

Lilly Rush

Maybe it went to another store?

John Stillman

Or maybe someone kidnapped it.

John Stillman

You know the mayor's gun recovery program?

Lilly Rush

Turn in a gun, get a pair of sneakers?

John Stillman

Nicky, how'd it go with Megan?

Nick Vera

Fine. (Everyone stares at him.) We're going to this place, tonight, hangout for high school.

Bow chicka wow wow.

Nick Vera

Shut up!

Too bad you couldn't save her.

John Stillman

Save who?

Your daughter. From the big bad wolf, his sharp wet teeth.

John Stillman

Let me talk to Lilly, George.

A real father would've eviscerated the thug who soiled his little girl. But you, you just talked.

John Stillman

Now you listen to me. You won't get out of this alive without my help, George.

I know all about your help, it comes 18 years too late.

Lilly Rush

I'll quit before I look in the mirror and see Fulcrum's face staring back at me.

John Stillman

Well, I've seen your old partner's face. Nobody wants that.

John

Takes some kind of rage breaking a kid's arm in two places.

Lilly

Some kind of monster.

John

I'd like to meet whoever's responsible face to face.

Scotty

Hearing you loud and clear boss. They'd better still be out there.

Lilly

Kind of job you hate to catch, but worth the most to close.

Lilly

Olivia got chomped by a neighbor dog.

Stillman

(joking) Did he get the other eye?

Lilly

(giving a dirty look) That's not funny!

Internal Affairs will get to the inventory in their own time.

Stillman

But that could take ten years. Andre Tibbs has got two days.

Tough.

Jeffries

So if an innocent man dies tomorrow night, you don't care.

I've told you my position on this, now please before I drop kick you out of my office.