Mac Taylor quotes from CSI: NY

(about the vic's phone) Her cell's been ringing non-stop.

Mac

She's all dressed up. Someone is calling wondering where she is.

I dont have the heart to answer it and tell whoever it is the bad news that she's not gonna make it.

Stella

So much of this case doesn't make any sense. How does the fire play into all of this and why does a six-year-old little girl even know how to use a lighter? (Mac is giving her a look) What?

Mac

For the last two days I've been trying to figure out how to gingerly tell you to sit this one out. Go deal with the loss of your home, take care of yourself. But I realize now what a total waste of my breath it would have been.

I still have a thing for you. Why didn't you ever call me?

Mac

Quinn, I was married.

It was just a kiss, Mac. I know... a moment of weakness.

Mac

It was a mistake. I loved my wife.

Don't I know it? Every day I worked alongside you, you never let me forget that.

Mac

It wasn't my intention to make things difficult.

You know, I've thought about this moment so many times, about what I would say to you when I finally got the chance. And here I am, and all I keep thinking is... does he ever wonder what if?

Mac

(talks with Lindsay about leaving evidence unattended) You were in the lab with Danny. Inspector Shelby...

Lindsay

Oh, but Danny was right there. I mean, I'm sure that he put it away. (realizing she's caught) Oh, that's a bad excuse. Mac, I... I'm sorry. I know it's my responsibility. I know we're talking about evidence that could convict somebody of murder.

Mac

Lindsay, to tell you the truth, I'm more concerned about you.

Lindsay

I'm okay, Mac.

Mac

(sternly) You put up a good front, but whatever is or is not going on between you and Danny, you cannot let it affect your job.

Lindsay

I should never have gotten involved with somebody I work with. It was stupid, really stupid.

Reed Garrett

[Yelling to mac from a crowd] Hey Mac! Mac!

Detective Stella Bonasera

[to Mac] Looks like you got company, I'll see you inside.

Reed Garrett

[Yelling to Mac] Two woman, same kind of jobs, Is this a serial killer?

Detective Mac Taylor

[Telling the guards] He's okay.[to Reed] Reed, I thought you were working the city desk for the paper.

Reed Garrett

[to Mac] Nope, not anymore. I got my own blog now. New York 24-7 News.

Detective Mac Taylor

[to Reed] Don't you wanna get your facts straight before you sensationalize a story?

Reed Garrett

[to Mac] I thought that's what I was doing,you know? Help me out.

Detective Mac Taylor

[to Reed] You got two female victims, both floaters, both brutally murdered.

Lindsay

(walks into Mac's office, holding a clear evidence bag with clothing) I think I'm gonna be sick.

Mac

Is that Natalie's dress?

Lindsay

Yep. She kept it in a plastic bag in the back of her closet. We collected semen samples. There were two donors, just like she said.

Mac

Call the DA, get a warrant for Jessie Carver's DNA.

Lindsay

We don't need to. He's already in the system. One of the donors is a guy named Frank Moore aka Wallace Carver.

Mac

He's not Jessie's father.

Lindsay

(goes over to the computer and searches the database) He's a convicted sex offender. He was released four years ago, never registered. He fell off the map.

Mac

And the other donor is Jessie Carver.

Lindsay

Except, he's not Jessie Carver.

Mac

Hank Bedford. 1999: sexual assault, 2001: sexual assault...

Lindsay

Check out the date of birth.

Mac

March 18, 1976.

Lindsay

He's 32 years old, Mac.

Mac

He was posing as a 17-year-old student to prey on high school girls.

Sid

(about the hydrofluoric acid that killed the teacher) Do you have any idea how often I've wondered what would happen if you swallowed this stuff. And there it is sitting on the shelf, perhaps the most corrosive acid known to man. You just get that urge to take a swig, you know what I'm talking about?

Mac

Absolutely. Like when ever I pick up a scalpel, I wonder if I could perform a live autopsy on myself.

Sid

You do that too, 'cuz I thought I was... (turns to realize Mac is joking) Don't play with me like that.

Mac

(about all the calls he's been getting) Every five minutes it's someone else. Half the brass wants me working the cabdriver serial.

But you caught a murder at an elite prep school whose alumni contribute half the mayor's campaign funds.

Mac

Not to mention Deputy Inspector Gerrard's daughter is a student there. Until we catch this cabdriver, my phone's not gonna stop ringing.

Detective Stella Bonasera

[at the same time as Mac] Who discovered the body?

Detective Mac Taylor

[at the same time as Stella] Who discovered the body?

You two've been working together way too long. A student came in looking for her keys and "boom".

Detective Mac Taylor

Boom? You and Danny have been working together way too long.

Detective Lindsay Monroe

[in Mr. Greg's office] Nice office for a guidance counselor. What exactly are we looking for?

Detective Mac Taylor

Reasons for Mr. Greg's to start drinking.

Detective Lindsay Monroe

[reading the degrees on the wall] Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth. This place is a machine for churning out Ivy-League students.

Mac

Today I got a call from the widow of Ben Melvoy.

Stella

The attorney from Jersey.

Mac

They had a toddler and a newborn. They were two weeks away from celebrating their tenth anniversary. Then he gets in the wrong cab.

Stella

My God.

Mac

But you know what hit me the hardest? She couldn't have been sweeter; held it together; didn't even cry. All she asked me to do was stop this killer from hurting somebody else. In spite of all the heartache and bloodshed he's causing, all I could really offer her was an apology. Are we gonna get this guy?

Stella

We have to. We have to.

Mac

You made up a story implying I was the source.

Reed

Look, what do you want me to say? I am getting 20,000 hits a day. People like to read my blog.

Mac

Which is exactly why you should be more careful what you say.

Reed

We don't have time for careful, Mac. We have a serial killer to catch.

Mac

No, Reed. I have a serial killer to catch. You just want a headline. But I get it. So out of love and respect for your mother I'll give you an exclusive. You ready? Watch who you mess with.

Reed

Is that a threat from you or from the killer?

Mac

Both.

Reed Garrett

[Talking to Mac on the phone] Hey it's reed, I'm about to put up a new blog post about the Cabbie Killer and i was hoping that maybe you could help me with something.

Detective Mac Taylor

[to Reed] I gave you this number for personal reasons, not professional reasons.

Reed Garrett

[to Mac] Yes i know, but I'm just trying to put together a real profile on this guy, you know? I mean, don't you think that people have the right to know about who they're afraid of?

Detective Mac Taylor

[to Reed] Look, I'm impressed by your determination, Reed, maybe even a little bit proud, but you're a journalist and I'm a detective on this case. You're crossing the line here.

Reed Garrett

[to Mac] Yes but isn't that what lines are for?

Detective Mac Taylor

[to Reed] Not in my business.

Reed Garrett

[to Mac] Come on. Throw me a bone, Mac.

Detective Mac Taylor

[Hanging up the phone] Good-Bye, Reed.

Reed Garrett

[Talking to himself] Well, you won't give 'em a story, then i will.

Stella

How'd it go with Reed?

Mac

How do you think it went?

Stella

I think you pushed. And he got mad and refused to give up his source. And then one of you stormed off.

Mac

Well, if you told me that before, you could've saved me the trip.

Stella

Come on, Mac. He's 23 years old. It's his first real job. He just wants to succeed and can't see beyond that. Is he really any different than you and I were at that age?

Mac

People are dying. I don't have time for the understanding approach.

Stella

Okay. Well, Reed found out about those carvings. We need to find his source. Don't let your pride get in the way.

Mac

Who's your source, Reed? Who told you about the carvings on the neck?

Reed

I don't know his name.

Mac

How do you get in touch with him?

Reed

He contacts me.

Mac

What's he look like?

Reed

I can't tell you that.

Mac

You can and you will.

Reed

Look, when I wanted a story, you stayed true to the code of your office and now I'm staying true to mine.

Mac

This is not a game. An innocent man is dead.

Reed

What are you talking about?

Mac

Your blog. You accused a driver named Jimmy of being the Cabbie Killer.

Reed

I didn't accuse anybody. I reported the information that I was given.

Mac

Without confirming it. Jimmy, the cabdriver was also known as Police Officer James Chameides. He was moonlighting as a cabbie out of Five Brothers Garage.

Reed

No, wait a minute. I thought Chameides was the work of the Cabbie Killer. He was, was, he was dumped from a cab.

Mac

His own cab. After he was brutally beaten and murdered by three men, vigilante justice. Now, where do you think they got the idea that Jimmy was the Cabbie Killer?

Reed

You're not blaming me for this guy's death.

Mac

I'm blaming you for putting a target on his back.