Jo Danville quotes from CSI: NY

Adam Ross

(to Owen Hicks; impersonating a polygraph examiner)I understand there's a question to the veracity of certain statements that you may or may not have made and or heard during your confinement in the fine institution known as Rikers Island. Is that correct?

I have no idea what the hell you just said, man.

Adam Ross

Are you playing games with me, son?

No, I'm not playing games...!

Adam Ross

Because any heretofore games will not be tolerated. Okay?

Jo Danville

How long do you give him?

Danny Messer

Well, if Adam remembers to plug the damn thing in, I don't think he gets past the first question.

Jo Danville

First question? No way it gets that far.

Adam Ross

(to Owen Hicks as he gets him ready for the polygraph) This simply measures your blood pressure while the test is being administered. The information then relays to the pen thingy which will go haywire if you're full of... if you're being untruthful. And, based on the amount of sweat that's accumulated on your forehead... gross... is more than likely.

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.

Mac Taylor

If this is gonna work we got to trust each other. The DD-5 documenting Grace Travers recanting the I.D.... I saw you looking at it. Damaging to the case... you thought maybe I wouldn't file it?

Jo Danville

History has a tendency of repeating itself.

Mac Taylor

What happened in D.C. is not a part of my history.

Mac Taylor

Uncovering mistakes made by your lab and alerting defense counsel was part of your oath. Still is.

Jo Danville

Tell that to Senator Matthews. I still get letters from him blaming me for the outcome of his daughter's case. The mistake I uncovered was made by a guy named Frank Waters. Impeccable reputation. I worked with Frank Waters for 12 years, Mac. I went to his wedding, his kids' birthdays. So when I discovered he destroyed a document detailing a mistake he made interpreting DNA results, trust became just another word and Serena Matthews' rapist went free.

Mac Taylor

You had to make it public.

Jo Danville

It was a decision I don't regret making and I'd make it again.

Mac Taylor

Jo, my team does not sacrifice integrity for a desired result. Now that you're part of it, I promise you you'll never have to make that kind of decision again, okay?

(about testifying against his son, Paul in a rape case) Not a day goes by we don't second-guess our decision. Paul's our son.

Jo Danville

If you'd kept silent, you wouldn't have been able to live with yourselves.

It took a few weeks and several fights, but we decided that telling the truth was the right thing to do.

Jo Danville

It was. No matter how much it may have hurt. So you had no contact with Paul after that?

We tried, but Paul didn't want anything to do with us. He felt that we'd betrayed him so he just cut us off.

We moved a couple years later. Tried to put it behind us.

Jo Danville

Paul was digging by the side of the house for the spare key. But the locks had been changed and he used a crowbar to get inside. He thought it was you in that bed. Paul went back to the house to kill you.

Jo Danville

(To Sid) Can you tell us anything about the nature of the blunt-force object?

Sid Hammerback

(Stares at her, doesn't say anything)

Sheldon Hawkes

Sid?

Sid Hammerback:

I'm sorry, I just wasn't prepared for you to be so...

Jo Danville

Female? (smiles)

Torres was the leader of El Puño so this was likely a hit by a rival gang.

Mac Taylor

That means El Puño's gonna want blood.

Jo Danville

From what I've heard, these aren't two-bit, three-block dope dealers.

Mac Taylor

Far from it. They control East Harlem.

Drug trafficking, extortion, murder for hire, name it. El Puño's a one-stop shop for all bad things.

Jo Danville

Whoever killed Torres is gonna have a mark on their head.

Mac Taylor

Well, we got to find them before the streets do, or it's going to be war.

Jo Danville

Torres' death leaves a void at the top of his crew, so I thought I'd look at his replacements might be able to avoid a street war if we can talk to them. So I'm gathering this as I go. Seems, Torres was the face of this crew, but Lisa Brigosa... she's the brains and Rick Devarro is the street muscle. Although, given his penchant for getting arrested, Rick's not too bright.

Mac Taylor

There's one other. Luther Devarro.

Jo Danville

Any relation to Rick?

Mac Taylor

His older brother. Founder of El Puño, but more of an advisor at this stage of his career. I helped put him away 15 years ago. He was released last week.

Jo Danville

Gasoline on the fire.

Mac Taylor

It's one thing to be a street guy, another to be smart. But it's dangerous when both those qualities are embodied in one person.

Sheldon Hawkes

Two shootings. Same signature.

One gang, El Puño.

Jo Danville

So Torres' murder wasn't a rival hit by the Mambas; it was an inside job.

Sheldon Hawkes

So, just like a snakehead, someone in El Puño's eating their own.

Mac Taylor

I want to talk to each one of their power players. Lisa Brigosa, the Devarro brothers, Rick and Luther and Fernando Flores. Each one of them is either a potential suspect, or a potential victim.

Lindsay Monroe

Our robbers are wearing the very latest in B & E chic. This season no heist is complete without these little beauties.

Lindsay Monroe

I'm walking... I'm walking... I'm walking. I'm busting the safe, I'm making my escape.

Jo Danville

A must-have for the fashion forward felon.

Lindsay Monroe

$5 million worth of gems just fall in this guy's lap.

Jo Danville

And there he is, thinking it's the luckiest day of his life.

Mac Taylor

Turns out to be anything but.

Lindsay Monroe

Ted and Paul Kendricks. They're brothers. They were arrested a few years ago for trying to rob an ATM cash warehouse and use a plane as a getaway car. They served two years.

Danny Messer

Well, their lawyer was Roland Carson.

Jo Danville

What a coincidence.

Jo Danville

That's a lot of activity for someone who just had abdominal surgery. He's going to need medical attention soon.

Mac Taylor

Well, he's got five million reasons to play through the pain.

Jo Danville

It certainly is a unique spot for a body dump.

Mac Taylor

It's also a perfect place to commit murder.