Sheldon Hawkes quotes from CSI: NY

Mac

Eckhart was supposed to meet his wife at Lincoln Center after work.

Stella

But when he was running late, he told her to go to the surveyor's office instead.

Mac

Figured if they were going to miss the show, they might as well be together.

Danny

So, he blamed himself as much as everyone else.

Lindsay

Maybe more.

Hawkes

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Stella

And sometimes the fate of others.

The hotel manager said that the girls did not check in with them.

Hawkes

So the guys either met them at some point that night and they all went back to the hotel to continue the party.

Danny

Right, or they were the party. Hired to, erm, blow out the birthday boy's candle

Hawkes

Reggie, what is it? What did you want me to know?

... I'm the man who killed your sister.

Hawkes

(bitingly) You may save my life in here, but you killed my sister. And there's no redemption for that. Not in my book, no matter how hard you try.

Don't you want to know what happened?

Hawkes

My sister never had it easy. She got mixed up with drugs, met people like you. I can fill in the blanks, all right? Trust me, I see it all the time.

You're wrong, man. Maya was a good woman.

Hawkes

(cynically) Yeah. A good drug addict.

No, man, she-she beat that. Maya was already clean when I met her. I wasn't, and she made the mistake of trying to help me.

Hawkes'

(surprised) She got clean?

Yeah. Listen, man... I was high at the time, right? And we got into a fight. You know I-I had no idea what was happening until it was over, man. I swear, I had no idea, and then I lied to the cops. I told them she got killed by some dealer she was trying to buy drugs from. After that, I was out of control. Took two more lives and ended up here. Man, not a day goes by I don't think about what I did.

Hawkes

It's definitely been discharged. Won't know exactly when until I get it back to the lab.

Lindsay

Where did you find it?

Hawkes

Trash can. Over there, right on top.

Lindsay

Meaning whoever dumped it was in a hurry.

Danny

Or they were just plain stupid.

Hawkes

The stria on the slug that was lodged in Nicky's backpack matches Castro's gun.

Stella

Well, if Castro shot Nicky, then how did Johnny Cook's DNA end up under his fingernails?

Hawkes

Castro was due to strike First Federation.

Stella

We believe that he was casing the branch, he saw Nicky and Sam robbing the bank, so he followed them into the alley and robbed them.

Hawkes

The gun I found on top of the trash can belonged to those boys, Flack.

But you have zero forensic evidence to prove that. And please, one of you tell me where those kids got a gun.

Stella

You got to let go of your feelings for this kid, Flack. Sam Harris was lying to you.

Sam Harris does not have it in his DNA to lie like that.

Stella

Unless he had a very good reason.

Sheldon Hawkes

You got to be hurting a little bit today, huh, man?

Adam Ross

I got a, uh, you know, three-day suspension. It's pretty painful.

Danny Messer

Ah, come on. Hacking after Mac told you not to? You're lucky he didn't suspend you from the flagpole out front.

Sheldon Hawkes

Yeah, you go home, lick your wounds, uh, catch up on your soaps. You'll be fine.

Lindsay Monroe

You want to take the front door or you want the bedroom?

Sheldon Hawkes

I'll leave the bedroom to you two.

Lindsay Monroe

Thanks. Bed or floor?

Danny Messer

I'll take the floor.

Sheldon Hawkes

Looks like Manny Ravarra's playing you.

Danny Messer

Why would he want to go down for a murder he didn't commit?

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)

Sheldon Hawkes

Torres was a big time gangster, but I guess it's true what they say: you live by the gun...

Sid Hammerback

You get gunshot wounds.

Sheldon Hawkes

Sounds like a bad name for a monster movie.

Adam Ross

Close... it's the nickname of that weird little thing I found at the bottom of the mezcal bottle. Yeah, its real name is snakehead fish, all right, and it's illegal in all 50 States.

Sheldon Hawkes

Then it couldn't have been that easy to get. How did it end up at our crime scene?

Adam Ross

Uh, I don't know, maybe it was left as a message. You know, these things are pretty vicious. They eat everything, even their own kind.

Sheldon Hawkes

The message could be in the name. Snakehead... reference to the Mambas?

Adam Ross

I'm trying to track down where you can buy these things and then maybe I can figure out who purchased it.

Sheldon Hawkes

How are you going to track it down if it's illegal and off the books?

Adam Ross

I... I know a guy that knows a guy that... knows a guy that knows another guy.

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.

Adam Ross

Our fish smuggler remembers a tough-looking Puerto Rican guy buying from him.

Sheldon Hawkes

He get a name?

Adam Ross

No, but he did specifically ask for three snakeheads.

Sheldon Hawkes

So our killer asked for three, and only two have been used. That's pretty simple math.

Adam Ross

Which leaves one more victim yet to be determined.