Phil Esterhaus quotes from Hill Street Blues

LaRue

Hey, in light of what's happened here today, has anyone given any more thought to my investment? It's an annuity for our loved ones, and it's still a thousand bucks a share to friends.

Goldblume

Uh, maybe I ought to talk to Rachel... again.

Phil

Yeah, maybe I'll give Grace a call... and Cindy, naturally.

Esterhaus

You know, since the word's out that you might move up to division, I have a few requests for transfer.

Furillo

How many?

Esterhaus

Twenty-eight uniforms, seventeen plainclothes, and one retirement. But you shouldn't let this in any way affect your decision.

Hunter

[describing the neighbor lady with whom he just spent the night] I mean, she is a very... uh, worldly woman.

Esterhaus

Well, then she'd certainly appreciate this, Howard. You know, last Sunday Grace and I took her four-wheeler up to the country and went nude... horseback riding. [chuckles] I'm still chafed.

Esterhaus

Change overtakes us all, Mick. And it can crop up anywhere. As for me personally, it was first apparent in matters of a sexual nature.

Hunter

Testosterone peaks and then starts diminishing. Many are out.

Esterhaus

Oh, sure, I was troubled the first few times it happened, but...

Esterhaus

Hello, Grace.

Grace

I'm wearing your favorite: Eau de Sade. You once said that it put you all out of control.

Esterhaus

A weakness I share with Weimaraners.

Esterhaus

Grace, I know you see in me some blue-clad symbol of male sensuality, but beneath this gabardine exterior beats the heart of a simple man with strong domestic desires. Grace, I have to know once and for all. In the twilight years, when the blaze has been reduced to embers, will we still be together? Semper fidelities at my side?

Grace

Philip Freemason Esterhaus, are you asking what I think you're asking?

Esterhaus

Oh, that's a good question. I mean, I...

Esterhaus

In light of the continuing and deplorable armed robberies of local ice cream vendors this past month, detectives Belker and Goldblume will undertake a second day of undercover assignment as D K E Tano ice cream drivers.

Hill

Nobody's going to buy ice cream from Belker!

Esterhaus

Well, it appears that a pair of our detectives were involved in a bit of street theater… their thespian exuberance got somewhat carried away.

Furillo

Our detectives?

Esterhaus

Yes, John LaRue shot Neal Washington.

Fay

You know there are fathers, and then there are fathers. As it stands right now, my little girl isn't going to have any kind of father at all.

Esterhaus

Fay.

Fay

I'd consider it an honor if you'd be her godfather. I mean if you could be there for her when she needs someone to look up to. 'Cause I gotta tell you honestly, I can't think of another man in the world I would prefer her looking up to than you, Mr. Philip Freemason Esterhaus.