D.B. Russell quotes from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

D.B.

(to Catherine about how his wife was his first and only love and experience): Yeah, somethings are simple like that.

Russell

I'd blame Leslie. It wasn't like she hit your truck by accident. That's just the beginning of the damage she did to you and your family. There are no accidents, right? A woman scorned parks outside her ex-lover's house night after night, thinking about how to destroy him. What does she see? A pеdоphіlе lusting after a little girl and a father fighting for his son. Three strangers who all want something. They just need to meet.

I did everything I could to get Lonny clean, and it was working. Then he met Cal, and I was losing him again. She swore it was just going to be Cal. She lied. Once I stepped into that house, I had no choice. You know what it's like to lose your kid to drugs? To wish the world for 'em and see that world come crashing down around 'em?

Brass

I do, actually. I do. But it still doesn't justify killing a whole family.

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.

Morgan

I'm not saying I don't like Vegas. I'm just saying L.A. clearly owns it in a number of key categories. Vegas has no heart, no history...

Greg

No history?

D.B.

No taxes ought to quiet your complaint.

Morgan

No ocean.

Greg

All right, Morgan, I'll give you the ocean.

Morgan

And the weather and the Lakers. And the ability to walk down the street without being handed full-frontal business cards.

Greg

Okay, but if you think L.A. beats Vegas at night, you need professional help.

Morgan

Oh! You offering your services?

D.B.

What color is the horse? (nobody answers) Really? No, it's a famous story. A traffic accident near a ranch, right? Several cars and a horse are involved. The horse is severely injured and the officer at the scene wants to put him out of his misery with his .357. Unfortunately, the bullet ricochets off the horse's skull and hits an officer standing nearby. Kills him dead as a doornail. And when this is all reported to the chief, the only question he asks, "What color's the horse?" There were seasoned investigators all over that scene for hours, taking notes, gathering evidence, but nobody noted the color of the horse.

Nick

If you miss one small detail, then who knows what else you've missed. 'Cause you never know what's important.

D.B.

Cool story, huh?

Hodges

That is a good story.

Greg

Uh, 200 party guests, all swabbed, printed and checked for spatter. All clean.

D.B.

Well, maybe you'll have more luck at your next case. I want you to restock your kit and go meet Morgan at the park motel. (Greg walks away smiling) It's a scene, not a date, you wacky kid.

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.

D.B.

Like a CB Radio on steroids.

What's a CB Radio?

D.B.

[glares]

Gotcha!

D.B.

Find anything

Hodges

Afraid not..

D.B.

OK

Hodges

no, no, no... a frayed knot.. a piece of string tied into a knot hung in the magazine and well... it was frayed.

D.B

Those are the stolen supplies you're talking about?

That's the problem we are here to fix

D.B.

How many are we talking about? Give me a number.

144

D.B.

144 of these!! That's not a problem, that's a war zone.

Brass

He took her eyes. That sick bastard. Why?

D.B.

Hell with why. I want to know who.

D.B.

Okay.

Finn

All right, number one, you are not to call me Jules in front of other people. It is Finn.

D.B.

Finn.

Finn

Number two, we are never going to talk about the past.

D.B.

Sounds to me like you want to live in the moment.

Finn

And when that Zen crap starts, we need to have a safe word.

D.B.

Pick one.

Finn

Uhm. "Stop." Would that work?

D.B.

You got it.

Finn

Well, I've been walking around this place the last couple days, trying to find the problem. This place is like a family. You've got the best of the best.

D.B.

That's true.

Finn

So, why? Why'd you bring me here?

D.B.

Best of the best can always get better.

Finn

How do you do it?

D.B.

Do what?

Finn

Never lose faith.

D.B.

Some things I hide better than you do.

D.B.

So, Pete was in your office last night, and the two of you got into a fight.

Yeah. That's none of your business.

D.B.

You're pulling the privacy card. Wow. After you made a career out of exposing everyone else's business. That's a little hypocritical, don't you think?

Guilty.