CSI: NY Season 7 quotes

Mac Taylor

By antics, you mean telling the truth?

Look, your own people is one thing. I trust you're not going to be tearing up any directives from above in front of the press.

Mac Taylor

No, no. They were smart enough not to send me anything on paper this time.

All right, wait, wait, listen. Neither of us is to utter the word sniper, is that clear? That's a direct order from Chief Sinclair to me. Now it is a direct order from me to you. Is that going to be a problem?

Mac Taylor

They have a right to know.

The public has a right to know what we tell them.

Mac Taylor

I'm not going to lie for you or anyone else.

Who said anything about lying? Mac, look, I walked the beat just like you did, all right? I know where you're coming from but there is a difference between lying and withholding a truth.

Mac Taylor

I don't think there is.

It's not your call, all right? And I'm not about to create a citywide panic.

Mac Taylor

Well, I don't think we can control that in this day and age, and why even have me up there at all?

You're the head of the crime lab. It's gonna look like I'm withholding something if you're conveniently absent.

So what you're saying is both victims were shot from a distance, through a window, by an unseen gunman who was possibly perched on a rooftop? Sounds like a sniper to me, Detective.

Mac Taylor

Me, too.

Thank you. That's all for now (to Mac, as they walk away) What the hell was that?

Mac Taylor

Look, ask yourself one question. If you were a civilian, would you want to know?

You're a piece of work, Taylor, you know that? What the hell am I supposed to tell the commissioner and the mayor now?

Mac Taylor

You tell them I never uttered the word sniper.

Danny Messer

How's he doing?

Sheldon Hawkes

Well, doctor says he's fine. In fact, I hear he's already back at the office. They told him to take the rest of the week off, but you know Sid.

Danny Messer

Right, right. I mean, he's not happy unless he's looking at dead things.

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.

Sheldon Hawkes

There are no bank accounts under the name Michael Reynolds. No credit cards, either.

Jo Danville

In a lot of cases like Michael's, victims just want to fall off the face of the Earth, disappear, hide somewhere no one can find them.

Sheldon Hawkes

Consistent with the method of killing.

How sure are we it's the same guy?

Mac Taylor

Sure as I was before.

So, I hear you've got a primary suspect. Somebody you're familiar with?

Mac Taylor

Michael Reynolds, missing person 15 years ago. I handled the case.

Complete whack job?

Mac Taylor

Well, he was held against his will for three years, physically and emotionally abused the whole time. It affected him, if that's what you mean.

Your stunt at the press conference didn't stop him from killing this guy, did it?

Mac Taylor

I want you to go to the commissioner, tell him we're going public... with the whole thing; Everything we know. This whole city should be on high alert. Otherwise, I promise you, there will be a fourth victim.

Jo Danville

Michael Francis?

Lindsay Monroe

Another dead end.

Jo Danville

Francis... Francis, Francis. Stockholm Syndrome. In a lot of abduction cases, the victim will actually start to sympathize with his captors.

Lindsay Monroe

Right, especially when they're held a long time.

Jo Danville

And Arthur Francis was Michael's abductor. Michael Reynolds is Michael Francis. He took his kidnapper's last name.

Danny Messer

It's hard to tell in this place but I am seeing indications of a struggle. And if he took himself out, where's the gun?

Could be under his body.

Danny Messer

(checks) No. No gun here.

Well, I'm no expert but I've seen enough guns in my time to know that they don't just grow legs and walk away.

Danny Messer

No, he didn't commit suicide. Michael Reynolds was murdered. What a life. He gets kidnapped, kept for three years, escapes... only to be murdered 12 years later.

Mac Taylor

Michael had a brother... Tom Reynolds.

Lindsay Monroe

Mitochondrial DNA from the hair was a match to Michael.

Mac Taylor

Mito's shared by all maternal relatives, including brothers, so it would also be a match to Tom.

Lindsay Monroe

So he's our shooter. Why?

Jo Danville

Off to one side, unnoticed. Everyone else around him is celebrating Michael's return. Tom is just standing there.

Mac Taylor

Emotionless, neglected.

Lindsay Monroe

So you're telling me he starts shooting people 'cause he didn't get enough hugs and kisses from mommy and daddy?

Lindsay Monroe

He murdered his brother, then he goes on a shooting rampage. Getting to that point cannot be that simple.

Jo Danville

No, it's not. It's usually a preexisting condition, a genetic anomaly of some sort that renders them susceptible.

Mac Taylor

Nature combined with nurture.

Emptiness. Loneliness. Abandonment! How much can one person take? How much can one person do? 'Cause I've tried. God, how I've tried.

You make my life a living hell! And for what? What did I do to deserve this? I'm tired of... of waiting for something to change, because nothing changes. Always just stays the same!