My husband is capable of many, many things. Some of them extreme. Harming me is not one of them.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
You, uh, doing the Lord's work today?
Yeah.
Hey, you couldn't have a weak link out there, could you?
What?
Or maybe it was pride. Ayala made you look bad, didn't he? Actually, he flat-out embarrassed you, and you can't have that at the NYPD. Is that why you did it?
...You have yourself a nice day, counselor.
He had a family. He had a future. And you took that away from him.
[Powell pushes Matt up against a wall.]
You can't see this badge, Counselor, 'cause you're fuckin' blind, but my grandfather wore this badge. My father wore this badge, my brother wears this badge, four of my fuckin' cousins wear this badge. They're all knuckleheads, but they're good cops. So I wear this fuckin' badge with honor, Counselor. And I don't know nothin' about nothin' to do with what happened to Hector Ayala.
[Matt listens to the cop's heartbeat -- steady.]
But here's something that I know -- an attorney who assaults a police officer? Who obstructs an active investigation? Not something that the Bar Association's gonna take lightly, if you catch my meaning. Not to mention, some of my more excitable colleagues on the force.
Yeah. Only... you'd have to bring a few more than the last time we met, wouldn't you?
LLeroy
Look, I said probation and I meant probation!
You took the stuff, Leroy! There is no probation to be had here, this is the best you're gonna get. So you tell me, how is this not a "good job, counselor" situation?
LLeroy
So you just wanna shove my ass into jail and I'm supposed to thank you? You just don't get it, do you? This shit never ends! Look, I've been jerked around by the system my whole life! Last time I got thirty days, you know what happened? I missed my SSI appointment and they cut my benefits. Bad enough trying to live on food stamps, but when they cut it? Man, it takes forever to get that shit back regular! Then you gotta start eating throw-away crap from supermarket dumpsters. Begging for change, for food... Yea-- And, yeah! Just once, I want a dessert. Something that don't taste like crap, something that tastes real good! So why'd I get the caramel corn? I liked that shit and it tastes good. And for that, they're willing to spend five times more to lock me up than they're willing to spend to feed me, and you come in here telling me that that's a gift?! That I should thank you?
[To Daniel] I've been around a lot of... Let's just say, I know how unreliable people can be. I've learned that loyalty and courage, two qualities that are... not easily replicated. [...] In the fullness of time, you'll make a better man. That said, if you ever do anything like that again, it will be the last thing that you ever do.
I'll tell you what I think, Red.
Tell me. Tell me what you think.
I don't think you came here for my help. See, I think you want my permission. You wanna get your hands on somebody, huh? You wanna hurt 'em. Maybe you're a little bit scared. A little scared about what that means.
That's an interesting take, I like it. But ah, yeah, no. Sorry, buddy. Way off on that one.
So full of shit, Counselor, so full of shit. You're guilty.
Excuse me?
Yeah. That guilt, that shame, that's my home, Red. I mean, I can see it on you, I can smell it on you, it's all over you.
Matt I'm gonna come back another day, Frank -- maybe catch you at a better time.
Yeah, you come at me with that horseshit about saving lives. How 'bout that friend of yours, you save his life? You lost him, didn't you, Red?
It's not about him.
Then say his name.
It's not about him. It's not about him.
Ah, for Christ's sake, say his name! Say his name, you coward, say his name! It's not about him? You hate yourself! It's eating you up because you ain't done a goddamn thing about it! So--
[Matt lashes out, striking Frank.]
Ah, goddamn it. Goddamn you. Sorry. I apologize.
What are you sorry for? First honest thing you did, Red.
It's not about him.
No.
Okay?
It's all about him. He talks to you, doesn't he? You hear his voice. You do, don't you? Every time I stop moving, I still hear my little boy. I see him. And I hear his voice -- He says "Get 'em, Daddy. Every last single one of 'em, get 'em." That's why I do what I do. That's why it's eating at you. That's why it's eating at you, because you know you didn't do a goddamn thing, and it's gonna keep eating at you. It's gonna keep eating and eating and eating, there's no getting away with it, you understand?
I ran him down.
Oh, for Christ's sake.
I did what I had to do, and I let the system take care of the rest.
Oh, you and your goddamn sys-- You and your goddamn system! Christ! So what now?! Every day, Bullseye goes to the chow hole, eats his slop, you know he gets to breathe the same air that you breathe. You feel good about that?
HE GOT LIFE!
How 'bout ol' Foggy? Did he get life?
Foggy... He was the... kindest, purest soul I ever met. And guys like you and me? We can work a lifetime and never measure up to his decency. Goodbye, Frank.
When I was a boy, I learned by watching my father. How to shake a man's hand. How to know when someone intends to cheat you. I learned the power of persuasion. How to move men's minds. Or break their bodies. But forgiveness? That wasn't a part of who he was.
You ever feel like you're, uh, pushing a rock up a hill? And there's a bunch of people on the other side pushing it back?
Mr. Khan, if I may: have you ever needed a defense attorney?
YKYusuf Khan
Me? No. Thankfully not.
Well, if you ever do, it's often David vs. Goliath. The cops, the prosecution, public opinion... the entire system conspiring against you. We represent husbands, sons, daughters. People like you and me, Mr. Khan. So yeah, we may be over-leveraged for now, but we serve a vital function in a city that desperately needs us.
Detective Kim...
KKim
Yes?
My job is to rob the bank, right? Your job is to prevent every hostage inside the bank from getting a fuckin' bullet to the fuckin' head.
Just because I'm blind doesn't mean I need your pity.
Do I strike you as some sanctimonious twat trying to do right by the visually impaired, do I? I don't like you, solicitor. I don't like your kind. I don't like the clever little ways you twist the truth... I'm not letting you go, I'm getting rid of ya!
[to Matt]
Jesus wept. I... A blind solicitor and-and-and, hold for it, an orphan? Are you bloody serious?! You're like a regular wee Charles Dickens character, aren't you? Fuck it, take the husband. This one's gotta stay.
YYusuf
This vault has a four-turn tumbler system, which means it has over a hundred million possible combinations. You can't just crack it open like it's a piggy bank I gave Kamala to instill in her the value of saving!
Did it work?
YYusuf
Did what work?
The lesson. The value of saving.
YYusuf
Oh... I don't know. I guess we just try to impart what we know to the next generation. Protect them from what they can't see.
[Matt opens the vault.]
YYusuf
Exactly what kind of a lawyer are you?
A really good one.
DDevlin
Oi. I confess, I'm disappointed, Detective. You recognize the accent, but you don't seem to know jack shite about the significance of Saint Paddy's Day... for a Protestant, do ya?
KKim
I must've missed that chapter, Mr. James. Care to catch me up?
DDevlin
Just another Wednesday, love. Or, as they say in this dear city of yours, Christmas for a Jew.
I think it's a fascinating question: What about a mask? Does it hide us and give us permission to do things that are legally and socially taboo, like violence? I mean, does a mask allow us to be our true selves, or does it strip away our identity and allow us to act like animals?
Hm, yeah. I don't know -- maybe both.
AAngela
Mr. Murdock, Attorney At Law. Big fancy office, here to help the little guy, right? Only on your terms. 'Cause when the little guy puts something for real in your hands, you're all "nah". That's fine. That's cool. My bad for thinking you cared.
It's not that simple, Angela. That's not how this works.
AAngela
You know what? My Uncle, two days before he got shot, you know what he told me? He told me "Don't rely on anyone to do what you can do for yourself." Damn. He was right.
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