People don't plan to fail, but they do fail to plan.
Played by Brendan Fehr
CSI: Miami · 873 quotes
Tied for 10th most-quoted character in CSI: Miami: in 17 of its 873 quotes
Most scenes with: Calleigh Duquesne (5), Eric Delko (5), Ryan Wolfe (5)
Lines by Dan Cooper 2
Dan CooperNot that I'm not enjoying these, but this guy's gross.
Scenes with Dan Cooper 15
Cooper[About Erica Sykes.] She's hot.
She's a case against the First Amendment.
CooperM. Boland is the only one who signed on today.
Yeah, that's her husband. How did you know that?
CooperI'm a computer geek, Ryan. It's what I do.
Fondue set? Who eats fondue?
CooperI do.
That's exactly my point.
CooperDon't tell anyone this, but I think she's got a thing for H.
Cooper, are you writing a blog? I've got a suspect on ice!
[Looking at the result of Cooper's server search.] ... And that's the IP-address, right?
CooperYou catch on, that's cute.
CooperYou obviously want they guy we can't see.
So obvious I don't have to answer.
Uh, ladies, this is D.C. We work together.
Cooper[Staring at two beautiful girls in beach attire.] Hey...
Give him a second. He'll get up to two syllables!
[Cooper tells Natalia he thinks Valera's the mole.]
CooperYep, that's how the Feds operate.
[Sarcastic.] Yeah, 'cause you're a big FBI expert.
CooperIt's what they do. They start an investigation, put in an operative.
[Sarcastic and disbelieving.] An operative...
CooperWhich they make sure they get out before the fur starts to fly.
You've seen too many Tom Clancy movies.
Dan CooperTrust me on this. Things are about to go down.
CooperYou know, it suits you.
What?
CooperBeing boss.
It's temporary.
CooperOkay, Lieutenant Duquesne.
The payscale'd be nice though. Find me.
[Calleigh leaves the A/V Lab]
CooperSo we have to collect oil samples from all these?
That's right.
[Cooper goes over to a bike, looks at in confusion.]
Problem, Coop?
CooperNo, no, no problem.
You don't know where the oil cap is, do you?
CooperI'm just more of a four-wheel type guy.
[About putting together the non-melted components of the victim's computer.]
CooperSo I frankensteined this little contraption together you see before your eyes. It's my little monster. It's kinda fitting for the case, don't you think?
Yes, it's very cute. In fact, I can't believe you put all of this together today; it took me a week to set up my TiVo.
[In A/V, going over the beheaded driver's footage.]
CooperYeesh! I wish I could un-see that.
I'm sorry, can you play it again?
CooperI have a theory. You can tell a lot about a person by what they have on their MP3 player.
What d'ya got?
CooperWith 5 Tori Amos albums on this thing, we're looking for a girl.
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