Danny Messer quotes from CSI: NY

Danny Messer

[impressed] High school wrestling team?

Detective Jessica Angell

Four older brothers.

Danny Messer

[during an autopsy of a decapitated man] Mr. Potato Head! The live version.

Detective Lindsay Monroe

More like the bloody, dead version!

Dr. Sid Hammerback

I used to play with Mr. Potato Head as a boy. I would time myself, see how long it took to assemble him. Some would say I was... obsessed!

Danny Messer

You? Obsessed? Nooo!

Danny

That looks to be male Caucasian.

Hawkes

Same as the foot that Mac found. Wrapping paper's a match too.

Danny

I'm thinking Christmas with the in-laws.

Stella

I'm old school, Danny. You know? I took an oath and I take it literally. My responsibility is first and foremost to the people of this city and the job that I do.

Danny

That's exactly what I'm holding out for a little respect.

Danny

(sifting through the vulture's nest) You are having as much fun as I am, now, buddy?

Adam

Welcome to my world, Messer. The low man on the totem pole gets all the exciting stuff.

Danny

Yeah! And what does that make me?

Adam

Low-man-on-totem's-pole friend

Mac'

Lindsay will be back before you know it, Danny

Danny

(about Lindsay) I asked her to marry me, Mac. Did you know that? She told me no. Said I was just asking her because she was pregnant.

Mac

Was she right?

Danny

No, I mean I... I dunno, Mac... I love her, I do. I know that, but I just know myself and and I don't wanna disappoint her... or the kid.

Mac

Those fears are normal, Danny. I know that because I felt the same way with Claire. All those doubts about who you are and what you're capable of. I wasn't in a hurry to have children with Claire. I always felt that in the end I might disappoint her or myself. Now she's gone and it's something I'll always regret for the rest of my life. Danny, God brought you and Lindsay together. I believe that. And you have been blessed with a gift. The greatest gift that life has to offer. You can choose to live in a place of fear or you can believe in the best version of yourself.

Lindsay

(as she and Danny arrive outside the City Clerk's office) ... Danny.

Danny

Look: I'm tired of being afraid, alright? You and me, we make sense, 'kay? You're everything I've always wanted. I want to be with you, and I can be the guy you want me to be. I know I can, I am that guy.

Lindsay

(close to tears) I know you are.

Danny

Then let's walk through this door together. 'Cmon, let's do it. Let's take that leap. (looks at her hopefully)

Lindsay

(kisses Danny) ... You got a money order?

Danny

(kisses Lindsay and hugs her, smiling, before they enter the clerk's office)

Hawkes

You got plenty of time on this name search. I mean, the kid's not even here yet. My mom and dad waited six weeks after I was born to name me.

Danny

Oh, they waited six weeks to name you Sheldon?

Hawkes

Yeah. What's wrong with that?

Danny

No, that's cool. That's a great name. I'll see you later, Sheldon.

Danny

What if she has twins, Adam? You hear stories about people being completely surprised. And you've seen Lindsay, I mean she's huge.

Adam

Whoa.

Danny

She knows it!

Adam

Relax, you saw the ultrasound. It's not twins, all right? You gonna be okay?

Danny

No, no, I'm not. I might go into cardiac arrest once she's giving birth.

Danny

How's Lucy?

Lindsay

She's great. Her first visit to the lab is a big hit.

Danny

(looking across the hall to where Lucy is surrounded by admirers) What, uh...what's Blake doing right now?

Lindsay

Oh, he's so good with babies. She adores him.

Danny

No, she doesn't adore him. The only man in her life is me. (going over To Blake) Hey, buddy! Don't you have some DNA to look at?

Adam

(as Lindsay chuckles) Watch out, Blake, here comes daddy!

Lindsay

10 percent chance of walking? You told me it was 60.

Danny

I just didn't want to scare you.

Lindsay

You know what scares me, Danny? It's the fact that you think you need to lie to me.

Lindsay

Now don't get too comfortable in that chair.

Danny

Well, it's been a month and I haven't felt a thing. Nothing, no movement, no tingling. Nothing.

Lindsay

Danny, you gotta be patient.

Danny

We gotta start thinking that this might be the way it is, is what we gotta do.

Lindsay

Doctor said there's no permanent damage to your spine. Inflammation from the gunshot wound is causing temporary paralysis.

Danny

Yeah, but how do you forget the words like 'more than likely, best case scenario, 60% chance of recovery'? How do you do that?

Lindsay

Well, for one, I'm an optimist. For another if you don't recover, I'm going to kick your butt.

Mac

These guys aren't looking to kill, they're looking to scare.

Danny

Yeah, well, then why don't they use something other than guns?

Mac

No, think about it. All that gunfire, there's been one fatality. And at both the scene last night and the restaurant, most of the damage was to the awning and the top of the building. Their weapon of choice? Style SPP auto-machine pistol, small weapon, high-recoil, certainly not known for accuracy.

Stella

So these thugs are in the business of fear. They want the entire city to be at their mercy.

Lindsay

(as she sees Danny doing pull ups) Danny! What are you doing?

Danny

Processing the vic's phone.

Lindsay

Oh, of course. What was I thinking?

Danny

Flack had the vic's phone pinged. We found it in a dumpster. Waiting on DNA results from the trace I found. I figured I'd get a little pump in.

Lindsay

Don't you have physical therapy today?

Danny

Yeah, yeah, so I'm getting ready for it. (as she just looks at him) What? You see Lucy lately, huh? She's standing up in her crib, cruising along the walls of the apartment. She's gonna walk soon, Lindsay.

Lindsay

Danny, please tell me you're not competing with our ten-month-old daughter.

Danny

No, I'm not competing with our daughter. All right? I'm just sick and tired of being in this chair. I want to run through Central Park with my daughter on my shoulders, okay? I want to chase down boys who try to hit on her. I want to dance with you and her at her wedding. So, if you don't mind... (preparing for another round)

Lindsay

(placing her hands at the sides of his neck, caressing it, and leaning in) I don't mind at all.

Hawkes

(after seeing Danny conclude his therapy early) So what was that?

Danny

What?

Hawkes

Danny, you gotta try way harder if you're gonna get up out of this chair.

Danny

Doc, you know what? I got a policy, buddy. I don't take advice unless I ask for it.

Hawkes

I got a policy, too. I'm always up-front with my friends. And with an injury like yours, you should have been up out of that chair weeks ago. You're not pushing yourself.

Danny

Are you kidding me?! I'd like to give you five minutes of the pain I feel every time I take a step.

Hawkes

Danny, I treated hundreds of trauma patients that would trade places with you in a minute.