Mac Taylor quotes from CSI: NY

Danny Messer

You're liking the voice mail caller for both Craig's murder and Jeremy's disappearance?

Mac Taylor

At this point, yes.

Sheldon Hawkes

That doesn't bode well for Jeremy.

Mac Taylor

Well, being kidnapped by a psychopath seldom does.

Jo Danville

What is this place?

Mac Taylor

Transportation Department warehouse.

This is where tired old street signs go to die.

Jo Danville

That's a service apron.

Mac Taylor

You know from experience?

Jo Danville

I worked in a burlesque club when I was an undergrad.

Mac Taylor

As a bartender?

Jo Danville

I never said that.

Mac Taylor

So how'd your negotiation go yesterday?

Jo Danville

Negotiation?

Mac Taylor

Your daughter seems rather determined to vacate New York City.

Jo Danville

She can be a stubborn mule like her mama. Seldom shy about what she likes and doesn't like.

Mac Taylor

Being thrown into the deep end is never easy. It helps to know there are people around that have your back.

Jo Danville

Well, Ellie's a tough kid. She's going to be fine.

Mac Taylor

I wasn't talking about Ellie.

Jo Danville

Thank you.

Adam Ross

The new voice mail was left using a second prepaid phone and just like numero uno, right, the SIM card was used once and then deactivated.

Lindsay Monroe

So Mrs. Harris' mystery caller is dumping phones as he goes.

Adam Ross

Sure looks that way. So, I compared the serial numbers on both the cards and guess what?

Mac Taylor

They were sequential?

Adam Ross

Yeah. Perp's not as smart as he thinks. He bought both the phones at the same store at the same time.

Mac Taylor

He alluded to a final message in the second voice mail.

Lindsay Monroe

So to leave it, he'd need a third phone which might still be active.

I'm tired of this BS. If you guys had anything on me, I'd already be in jail.

Mac Taylor

Or just visiting (uses his flashlight to reveal a U.V. stamp from Rikers on Reuben's hand) You're a bartender, Reuben. You really should wash your hands more often.

Sheldon Hawkes

The reptile remains we found in the basement were consistent with Bungarus Fasciatus, also known as the Banded Krait.

Mac Taylor

Where did they come from?

Sheldon Hawkes

My guess: Chinatown, black market. 15 minutes on the Internet, anybody can learn how to extract the venom. It's neurotoxic and fast-acting, causing near-instant muscle paralysis in humans. The lucky ones die fast.

Danny Messer

And the unlucky ones?

Sheldon Hawkes

Slow and excruciating respiratory failure. As the diaphragm becomes paralyzed, the victim suffocates. Death can take days.

Danny Messer

So these guys were literally trapped inside their bodies. I mean, unable to move, unable to talk.

Mac Taylor

Allison Scott knew exactly what she was doing. She wanted them to suffer.

How the heck did he survive all that time?

Mac Taylor

If you're asking the scientist, I'd say his particular body chemistry metabolized the poison slow enough to keep him breathing. Drinking condensation kept him alive. But if you want my personal opinion, I'd say science didn't have anything to do with it.

It's too bad they all can't have a happy ending.

Mac Taylor

I read in your file that, uh, you adopted Ellie.

Jo Danville

What?

Mac Taylor

I read files, too, you know.

Jo Danville

Ellie would've just ended up one of those innocent kids lost in a broken system.

Mac Taylor

Well, bringing her into your family was a noble thing to do.

Jo Danville

I didn't have any choice, Mac. She was love at first sight. She was so yummy. And if my son Tyler gave meaning to my life, Ellie just made it complete. It was the best decision I ever made in my life.

Mac Taylor

By antics, you mean telling the truth?

Look, your own people is one thing. I trust you're not going to be tearing up any directives from above in front of the press.

Mac Taylor

No, no. They were smart enough not to send me anything on paper this time.

All right, wait, wait, listen. Neither of us is to utter the word sniper, is that clear? That's a direct order from Chief Sinclair to me. Now it is a direct order from me to you. Is that going to be a problem?

Mac Taylor

They have a right to know.

The public has a right to know what we tell them.

Mac Taylor

I'm not going to lie for you or anyone else.

Who said anything about lying? Mac, look, I walked the beat just like you did, all right? I know where you're coming from but there is a difference between lying and withholding a truth.

Mac Taylor

I don't think there is.

It's not your call, all right? And I'm not about to create a citywide panic.

Mac Taylor

Well, I don't think we can control that in this day and age, and why even have me up there at all?

You're the head of the crime lab. It's gonna look like I'm withholding something if you're conveniently absent.

So what you're saying is both victims were shot from a distance, through a window, by an unseen gunman who was possibly perched on a rooftop? Sounds like a sniper to me, Detective.

Mac Taylor

Me, too.

Thank you. That's all for now (to Mac, as they walk away) What the hell was that?

Mac Taylor

Look, ask yourself one question. If you were a civilian, would you want to know?

You're a piece of work, Taylor, you know that? What the hell am I supposed to tell the commissioner and the mayor now?

Mac Taylor

You tell them I never uttered the word sniper.

Jo Danville

Blood on the beetle and mitochondrial DNA from the hair both got hits in CODIS Missing Persons.

Sheldon Hawkes

To the same person?

Jo Danville

A 9-year-old boy who went missing 15 years ago.

Mac Taylor

Michael Reynolds.

Lindsay Monroe

You know him?

Mac Taylor

I spent three years searching for him.

Mac Taylor

Michael had been missing for 72 hours when this case file came across my desk. He was on his way home from school when he was abducted.

Jo Danville

Did you catch the guy?

Mac Taylor

Took 3 years. Arthur Francis. Twice convicted sex offender. Whole time he was missing, we didn't know whether he was alive or dead. It was the first case I ever questioned which of those two options might be worse.

Jo Danville

I'm sure his own parents asked themselves the same thing.

Mac Taylor

At age 12, he finally managed to escape. Clawed his way through the floorboards to a crawl space.

Jo Danville

I can't imagine that moment for a 12-year-old kid. It's heartbreaking.

Mac Taylor

I went to see him a few times after he returned home. Made sure he was doing all right. He always wanted to wear my badge. He asked me if it was pure gold the first time he put it on. His brother Tom, too. I thought for sure one of those boys would become a cop. I tried to stay in touch with the family, but then another case came along, then another case and I lost touch. Now he's the primary suspect in a murder investigation.

Jo Danville

Mac... there's only so much this job allows us to do.