Catherine Willows quotes from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Nick

How you doing?

Catherine

I'm still in one piece.

Nick

Well, you should probably get checked out anyway.

Catherine

That's usually my line.

Nick

[laughs] Hey, you're always taking care of me. How about I take care of you for a change?

Catherine

Okay. Thanks, Nicky.

Catherine

[to Greg] Running from another stripper?

Greg

Burlesque dancer. And that's not funny.

Catherine

Here's what we have: Haskell's out there, and he may have a new face.

Sofia

Well, the new face is a game changer.

Brass

I'm sick of this guy. He's like the Joker in Batman. Except without the laughs.

Catherine

There are no more under-the-table deals, no more going rogue, no more personal vendettas, no more L.A.

Nick

Now, what does this have to do with L.A.? I wouldn't change anything about what I did there.

Catherine

I would! I'm not in charge anymore, because this is our problem. We lead with our hearts instead of our heads and then we justify it after the fact.

Nick

Why you so pissed off?

Catherine

I got demoted, Nick! I got demoted!

Catherine

I know why Ecklie brought you in. Clearly, as a supervisor, I was too close to my team. I allowed one of them to walk into a house with a serial killer.

D.B.

Right. What are you saying?

Catherine

I'm saying that you can't let Sara walk through that same door. You are the supervisor now. You've gotta protect the team.

D.B.

I tell my daughter every morning; if he wears a badge he's wrong for you.

Catherine

And what if your wife's father had said the same thing?

D.B.

Actually, he did.

Catherine

We know he was shot in the kitchen, wrapped in a shower curtain and brought here.

Where he was shot again... and again..

Catherine

I tendered my resignation. For real this time. You are all family which is why this is the hardest decision I've ever made. I mean, how could I leave this place? How could I leave all of you? But not only are you in great hands, but you are a rock-solid, bad-ass team of criminalists and don't ever forget it.

Nick

We all just love you, Catherine. And, you know, even though you're leaving, you'll always be here with us, always.