Mac Taylor quotes from CSI: NY

Mac

Eckhart was supposed to meet his wife at Lincoln Center after work.

Stella

But when he was running late, he told her to go to the surveyor's office instead.

Mac

Figured if they were going to miss the show, they might as well be together.

Danny

So, he blamed himself as much as everyone else.

Lindsay

Maybe more.

Hawkes

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Stella

And sometimes the fate of others.

Mac

(toasting during dinner) Here's to a great team and to getting Hollis Eckhart off the streets.

Stella

Yes. And to reminding us that life is fleeting and we should hold on to the people we love while we can.

Mac

Sam Harding was an inventor. This room, maybe this entire penthouse was his greatest creation.

Okay. Knowing that, how do we find Richard Lawson?

Mac

We play Sam Harding's game.

Stella

Things just got a lot more difficult.

Mac

(ominous) And a lot more dangerous.

Danny

Jones put up seed money for Harding's invention business. But it sounds like their deal eventually went sour 'cause Harding filed a suit in 1923 for patent infringement but it was dismissed. Jones comes up missing shortly after.

Mac

Sam Harding had motive to make that happen. Harding thought Jones stabbed him in the back and when he didn't win in court, he got revenge.

Danny

We just solved an 86-year-old murder. Not bad for a half a day's work.

Mac

Well, it gives us the rest of the day to tackle the remaining unanswered questions: who broke into the penthouse? And who made the 911 call?

Sid

Did you know that between 400 and 1400 A.D. there was a common belief that mummia was a potent medicine with curative powers? People used to grind up mummy parts and put them on their bodies to get well when they were sick.

Stella

(musing) Mmm, take two milligrams of mummy and call me in the morning.

Sid

(chuckles) Something like that.

Mac

Sid, I thought you had hobbies outside of work.

Sid

I take it my interest in the history of my profession and the fascinating world of the post-mortem does not strike you as an enjoyable pastime?

Mac

(to Stella) Let's take him to a Jets game this weekend

Mac

(about Richard Lawson) If this guy's a successful real-estate agent, what's he doing breaking into Sam Harding's penthouse?

Stella

Well, before he died, Harding set up a trust to take care of his home, keep it empty after his death. Nobody was allowed to go inside, not even the building's super or maintenance man.

Mac

He wanted to hide the fact that he murdered Walter Jones and left him there to rot.

Stella

His secret and Jones' body would've remained undiscovered, except this week the rule against perpetuities went into effect.

Mac

That stops dead people from owning property forever.

Stella

Right, which means the penthouse was just about to be put up for auction by the state.

Stella

(helping Mac carry a Christmas tree) So you had to pick the biggest one, huh?

Mac

It's a Taylor family tradition. Every Christmas we visit all the tree lots looking for that one. And then the day after New Year's, when everybody puts their trees out by the curb, my dad would drive us around the neighbourhood to see if we could find a bigger one than ours.

Stella

And?

Mac

17 Taylor Christmases, never once did we find a tree that beat us.

Mac

That's the victim, but who's the other guy?

Stella

They're both James Manning. The moment I saw him, I knew there was something familiar about him. And then when I saw that scar on his hand... I ran him through CARS for past collars and came up with this booking photo.

Mac

It's hard to believe they're the same person.

Stella

Put some meat on his bones and a shave and he looks like a completely different guy.

Mac

It's never a good thing when you look better in the autopsy photo than you do when you're alive.

Mac

You chose people who were vulnerable and broken. People you knew had nobody to question your motives. What's it like to live without a conscience?

Grace Chandler

It's like being rich. Something you probably know nothing about.

Mac

Putting people like you away for the rest of your life, doing good... that makes me rich. Something you probably know nothing about.

I'm thinking our vic's wallet and jewelry were on someone's Christmas list.

Mac

Along with his life.

Grace Chandler

I know you think I had something to do with this.

Mac

Most of the people who sit in this chair... they lie. Each time that happens we get a little bit better at knowing who's telling the truth and who's not.

Grace Chandler

And how about me, Detective. Am I a liar?

Mac

I'll let you know.

Mac

I'm going to go get Grace Chandler. Stella, you go get Sam Baker, get him out of lockup, and bring him down to Interrogation. You two pick up Debbie Fallon, get her over to the precinct.

Stella

What's going on?

Mac

We got ourselves a triangle. Except it doesn't involve love. It involves murder.

Stella

Manning fights his way back from the streets and seems to have a great life ahead of him.

Mac

So, how does he end up in that alley right back where she found him?

Mac

That's the victim, but who's the other guy?

Stella

They're both James Manning. The moment I saw him, I knew there was something familiar about him. And then when I saw that scar on his hand... I ran him through CARS for past collars and came up with this booking photo.

Mac

It's hard to believe they're the same person.

Stella

Put some meat on his bones and a shave and he looks like a completely different guy.

Mac

It's never a good thing when you look better in the autopsy photo than you do when you're alive.

Sid

I'm thinking maybe I missed something.

Mac

Sid, Natalie was pronounced dead in Michigan. Why are you blaming yourself?

Sid

Because I dismissed her mother's suspicion as that of a grieving parent. Perhaps if I'd looked more closely, I might have been able to prevent the death of her teammate.