Sid Hammerback quotes from CSI: NY

Jo

Looks like a busy day down here.

Sid

That's what I get for taking yesterday off.

Jo

Well, I hope you spent it at least relaxing.

Sid

I think I stopped relaxing during my first year of med school.

Jo

Should I call you the Guardian Angel?

Sid

I should've worn gloves, but I didn't exactly think I was committing a crime.

Jo

Well, you weren't. Still, I couldn't help trying to figure out why you would be giving $10 million of your hard earned patent money to complete and total strangers. Until I realized that all these people had lost someone they loved. Somebody whose autopsies were on your table.

Sid

What are you, a detective or something?

Sid

More than anything else, I wanted to reassure those people that somebody out there still understands there's always more than one victim in a crime.

Jo

Sid, I can't imagine how you've changed these people's lives.

Sid

Well...

Jo

But do you really want to give away all your money?

Sid

Well, it's like they always say, you can't take it with you.

Jo

What's the prognosis?

Sid

Oh, you know doctors. They've all got their opinion. But, you know, we've all got an expiration date, right? Whether it's tomorrow or ten years from now. It's what we do before then that matters. That's why I gave the money to those people, Jo. I mean, most of us aren't around to see what happens to the inheritance that we leave behind. I want to know what kind of difference I've made.

Jo

Are you in any pain?

Sid

Not really. But if there comes a time when I can't do my job, I won't hesitate to step aside. Just please, please let it be on my own terms.

Jo

I promise. Promise me you're not telling me goodbye.

Sid

No. Are you kidding me? I've got way too much work to do. No, this is only... good night.

Hey, Sid, how come they only ever call you out to the really strange ones?

Sid

They... didn't call me. Uh, this is one I was not going to miss.

Sid

I found a trace of white powder in his nostrils. Just got the results back from the lab.

Mac

Cocaine?

Sid

Flour. Bleached and all-purpose.

Sid

He's missing his gallbladder.

Mac

Laparoscopic surgery. That's pretty rare for a guy this young.

Sid

Very rare. Probably no more than a couple of dozen patients in the last year in local hospitals.

Mac

Well, who needs fingerprints?