Mac Taylor quotes from CSI: NY

You can run your little game on me all day long. All you got is what? Possession of stolen property and some kid who needs to wash his hands a little better.

Mac

You just better hope that little boy doesn't die.

Stella

Cocky bastard.

Well, he's been in that chair before. He knows the drill.

Stella

Man takes a big risk crossing a picket line.

Mac

And this concrete tomb might just be a message.

Stella

This lovely stack of papers needs your signature.

Mac

[gesturing to his broken hand] Yeah, I'll do my best.

Peyton

I could make this all much easier. I could just ask Kevin over dinner if he happened to kill his bird and his friend.

Mac

And ruin all the fun?

What do you want from me, Flack? It's like I told you, I'm standing on the corner when I see the guy. He's staring right at me. I'm thinking 'you got to be kidding me? That's the guy.' He gives me one of these stupid grins, he books, I chase after him, I call it in. Five minutes later, you're right behind me.

Mac

Casey's just walking down the street?

Yeah.

And what? He's wearing a shirt that says 'I just escaped from Pennsylvania State Prison, and I all got was this lousy T-shirt?'

Jo Danville

(about finding the dead girl upon her arrival at the crime lab) My first thought was, "It's a practical joke. You know? Welcome to the New York Crime Lab."

Mac Taylor

We usually sabotage a pair of latex gloves or have a tech pose as a dead body in autopsy, then suddenly pop to life, but murder? Not our style.

Jo Danville

Good to know.

Jo Danville

(on the phone) Hey, what's up? No. No. Because I said so. No, no. Absolutely not. Because I (looking at Mac, a bit embarrassed) said so. I love you, too.

Mac

Was that your son?

Jo

No, my momma.

Adam Ross

Mac! You gotta come back to the lab.

Mac Taylor

What? Why?

Adam Ross

Because... because I think I just saw a woman get murdered.

Jo Danville

Are you absolutely sure, Adam, it was murder? While I was at the FBI, we saw hundreds of fake snuff films and Internet hoaxes every year. Staged suicides, bogus kidnappings... it can be very convincing.

Mac Taylor

You're certain what you saw was real?

Adam Ross

(sighs) I saw a man in black walk up behind a beautiful woman and choke the life right out of her. I've never seen anyone get murdered before. Until tonight.

Mac Taylor

Adam, you all right?

Adam Ross

I've been better.

Mac Taylor

You want to talk about it?

Adam Ross

What's there to say? He strangled her, she died... end of transmission. I'm gonna wait in the car.

Jo Danville

Is the mother gonna make it?

Mac Taylor

She's not conscious yet but the doctors say she'll pull through. It's nothing short of a miracle. I've never seen anyone take a beating like that and survive.

Jo Danville

I wonder if I'd even want to. How do you go through life knowing your kid killed his father and tried his best to kill you?

Lindsay Monroe

(about Billy Travers) He was either extremely careful or we have to consider that he didn't do this.

Mac Taylor

At the scene, I thought that might be the only chance to talk to her. When they said there was no forced entry, that prompted me to show her a photo of her family.

Lindsay Monroe

And she was responsive, right?

Mac Taylor

She was. She looked me in the eye and understood me. But maybe I pushed too hard in the moment.

Mac Taylor

Mrs. Travers, do you remember what happened last night?

No. I just remember waking up in this room.

Mac Taylor

I realize this is hard, but can you tell me why your son would have done this?

Billy?

Mac Taylor

Yes.

You think Billy did this to me?

Mac Taylor

Last night, you identified your son. To me. I showed you a photograph and you indicated that he had done this.

No... no, I did no such thing. No, Billy didn't do this. He would never do anything to hurt me or his father.

Mac Taylor

Mrs. Travers, I know you've been through a lot...

Who are you?

Mac Taylor

My name is Mac Taylor.

Why did you come here? To tell me that my son did this to me? To tell me these lies?

Mac Taylor

I don't want to upset you...

No, you listen to me! You leave Billy alone, do you understand me? He would never do this! Now, go! Get out! Leave my family alone!

Sid Hammerback

Oftentimes, damage to the temporal lobe results in seizures and those seizures have a tendency to start in the hands.

Mac Taylor

So it's possible the movement of her finger up and down was involuntary. You think I made a mistake showing her the photograph?

Sid Hammerback

Well, like you said, she was responsive and obeying commands. I hate to play devil's advocate here, Mac, but a defense attorney would have a field day with that ID. Bottom line, we don't have a picture of what happened in her brain when she moved her finger. So there's just no way to know if her ID is reliable.

Mac Taylor

And now she's defending her son.

Mac Taylor

Judge let Billy Travers out on bail. As of now, the mother's I.D. is all we have and I'm not even sure we have that.

Jo Danville

Should we offer her some kind of protection?

Mac Taylor

She'll refuse. She's on her son's side now. So unless we come up with a forensic link, he'll be at her bedside by the end of the day.