Jo Danville quotes from CSI: NY

Jo Danville

What's with the car?

The original architect had a thing for big-boy toys and drag racing. Been up here 40 years.

Mac Taylor

I had daydreams of owning one well into my 20s.

Jo Danville

I'm assuming yours didn't come standard with a dead body.

Mac Taylor

That wasn't even an option.

Jo Danville

Honey, what are you doing here?

We have to leave New York. This whole move-to-the-Big-Apple thing is not gonna work.

Jo Danville

Oh, honey...

Mac Taylor

Take all the time you need.

Jo Danville

(mouths) Thank you.

I'll give this stupid school another shot.

Jo Danville

Thank you. I owe you one.

A new pair of soccer cleats and some shin guards?

Jo Danville

That's two (laughs) It's a deal.

Sid Hammerback

I enhanced the tattoo on the radial border of the Vic's upper arm and discovered this, what appears to be a wee little leprechaun holding a... basketball?

Jo Danville

Looks like a homemade rendition of, what? The Boston Celtics' mascot?

Sid Hammerback

Oh. Well, not a very good one.

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.

All right, I'll start beating the bushes.

Jo Danville

Hang on. I might have a less obtrusive way. We do have his telephone number (dials and hands her cell to Flack) It's for you. [The phone rings; Flack notices it belongs to the bartender]

Gotcha. [The bartender realizes what's going on and runs away] Less obtrusive?

Jo Danville

Smug little punk. He got off too easy.

I agree. You should have put him under the dumpster.

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.

Tyler is so lucky. He gets to do whatever he wants in college.

Jo Danville

You know, college is not that easy. Giant textbooks and really hard tests.

Tons of hot guys.

Jo Danville

What exactly do you know about hot guys? Don't you make me have to interrogate you.

Sheldon Hawkes

His vitals look good. He's a little dazed and confused but I think he's gonna be okay.

Jo Danville

If it weren't for these he would be blind right now.

Danny Messer

What the hell happened?

Sheldon Hawkes

Well, he was retrieving the slug from our second sniper vic and all of a sudden, her head just... exploded.

Danny Messer

Exploded?

Sheldon Hawkes

Yeah.

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.