Captain Nathaniel Barnes quotes from Gotham

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

Crime unpunished is a crime in itself.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

Anyone who doesn't wanna get shot, raise your hands!

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

"Free my wife"? He thinks that by killing 7 cops he can get us to free his wife? I'll free my boot up his frozen ass!

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

I don't know which one of you I wanna bash over the head with this cane more. [to Gordon] I get it. Life disappointed you. So what? Does that make you special? I'm done with you. You cross me again, I will have you skinned alive and your head put on a pike. [to Bullock] And you. When I came back, I saw the way you handled things while I was away. I swear I had this feeling right here. I thought I was having a heart attack. But it was pride, Bullock. In you. The next time I have that feeling, I'll know it was just gas.

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

This city's in a crossroads, Gordon. The question is, will good men fight for it, do what's necessary? The decision is yours to make.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

I need to know that one of you isn't going to get sucked into all these mind games that Miss Kean is going to be pulled out there.

Harvey Bullock

Not to worry - no one's ever accused me of getting sucked into mind games.

Jim Gordon

I nearly crossed the line.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

The line? Let me tell you something about the line. My third tour, we're stationed in the desert. We captured three insurgents, when this sandstorm kicks up. Zero visibility. Then we start taking fire. We're getting lit up. Suddenly, I'm alone. I come across one of our prisoners. He's a kid. His hands are zip-tied. But he figures what the hell, he's gonna use the sandstorm to try to escape; so I jump him. And I take my gun and I jam it in his mouth. I figured it was just a threat; show him who's boss, you know? Next thing I know... I just pulled the trigger. Blew his head off. That kid woke me up every night for years. Until I made my peace with him. See, I come to find out I'm just a man. And at the right moment, a man might do anything. Any man. There is no line. There's just the law. That's what separates us from the animals.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

Does the universe usually like you this much, detective?

Jim Gordon

First time.

Captain Barnes. Captivating story.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

It was.

You believe it?

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

[pause] I believe your investigation has not uncovered any evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

Careful. You're starting to sound like a lawyer.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

You're willingly confessing to murder?

Oswald Cobblepot

Yes. I'm not a criminal, you know. I'm just...insane.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

Bullock, this is your one and only chance to tell me where he is.

Harvey Bullock

Hand to God, Cap, I got no idea.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

Stop it! You're not smart enough to play dumb.

Harvey Bullock

We both know Jim did not kill Pinkney!

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

I know that a court found him guilty. He wants to prove his own innocence, great. I hope he does. The public, the people of Gotham, the people you and I serve, they have to know, they have to see we're impartial, you understand?

Harvey Bullock

"The people of Gotham" can eat my socks!

Bruce Wayne

Excuse me, captain. I find your flippant attitude to be inappropriate.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

I find you to be kind of a pain in the ass.

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

Look, you've caught some bad breaks. Blackgate, Lee... I don't know what happened when you went to see her, but I can take a pretty good guess. But at some point, you're going to have to make peace with the decisions you've made.

Jim Gordon

What if I can't?

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

Take it from me, you don't want to wake up one day and realize that 20 years have gone by.

I didn't kill anybody, man. I'm just the cleaner, that's it.

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

You're the cleaner, that's all.

Yeah.

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

You're just the guy who chops up the bodies and leaves them in a vat of acid, that's it.

What're you doin', man? Just take me in, okay?

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

Oh, I bet that's what you want. Me to read you your rights, make sure you get a lawyer. Two, three years from now I see youn on some corner, free as a bird. Any other night, yeah. It would eat at me, but yeah, I'd do it. Not tonight.

Toad, he's the one you want, he's the one who gave me the job.

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

Seeing a scumbag like you makes my blood boil. I just wanna punish you, make you suffer. Up until now I've been able to control it. But it's getting stronger inside of me.

[terrified] Toad, he's the one you want! Please, arrest me!

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

We're past that.

Capt. Nathaniel Barnes

You know that feeling, Jim, when you've won the battle, but you know you're going to lose the war?

Jim Gordon

Wars are fought one battle at a time, sir.