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Meldrick Lewis quotes from Homicide: Life on the Street

Played by Clark Johnson · 92 quotes · page 3 of 7

Meldrick Lewis

4th most-quoted character in Homicide: Life on the Street: in 92 of its 413 quotes
Most scenes with: John Munch (18), Frank Pembleton (11), Mike Kellerman (11)

Scenes with Meldrick Lewis 70

Oh, so that's what cous-cous is.

Lewis

Where is it written a man can't try something new every now and again?

Who's the dolly? Who's the dolly?

Lewis

What?

I've never seen a man eat cous-cous unless a woman was involved. Who is she?

Lewis is in love with Emma Zoole. Let me clue you in on something, pal. Cous-cous is not gonna make a difference. I've gone the health food route. Stir-fry this, low-fat that; what this is really about is control. If you allow her to control what it is you eat, it's curtains. How much more primary, how much more basic can you get than what a man puts into his stomach? Munch and crunch all the veggies you want, but in the end, new girl or not, you're out. Because you did not take a stand and that's what this is about. Not health, not love, not living fat-free. This is about women trying to dominate men.

Lewis

It's just cous-cous, man.

How was it?

How was--how--how--was what?

Your date with Emma. I heard you took her to an art gallery.

Lewis

DATE?! You had a date with Emma?! You went behind my back with Emma?!

Me? Meldrick, look at-- No, no, I would not do that.

Hey Bayliss, Beau says you slept with Emma Zoole in a cuffoon or something?

Lewis

What is she-- You went to bed with Emma?

No, Meldrick, no. We did not go to a bed together.

Lewis

You slept with MY Emma?!

I thought I smelled sex around here.

What is a cuffoon?

I don't know. Beau was laughing so hard when he said it, he had to sit down.

Lewis

You are a disloyal son of a bitch and I don't want anything to do with you.

What happened to the good old bar where you just go in and talk to the bartender, you think, you get depressed, and you drink, and you go home and puke?

Lewis

It's outdated, Munch.

[Munch and Lewis are talking about a historic building they plan to turn into a bar]

PSPenelope Smith-Haddon

Surely you can understand our desire to protect that history, especially in connection to George Washington.

George Washington?

PSPenelope Smith-Haddon

George Washington... In 1793, he was traveling from Mount Vernon to Philadelphia. He stopped here.

He stopped here?

PSPenelope Smith-Haddon

Of course, it was a residence at the time.

Lewis

George Washington slept here?

PSPenelope Smith-Haddon

Well, no...

He had dinner?

PSPenelope Smith-Haddon

No.

Lewis

So what did he do here?

PSPenelope Smith-Haddon

Apparently the President, just coming from a dinner party where he had consumed quite a bit of wine, was in something of a bind. He had no time to seek out a public chamber pot.

Are you telling us the reason we can't tear down the bathroom is that it's where George Washington once took a whizz?

[She nods]

Lewis

Hey, look, are you capable of giving us a straight answer, or do we need to drag your narrow behind downtown, and you can finish your lunch at the stationhouse.

PPreacher

You got Natty Boh on tap at your office, I'm in.

DWDet. Walker

Mrs. Holton, we need to ask you a few more questions.

HMrs. Holton

Who's he?

Lewis

Detective Lewis. Homicide.

HMrs. Holton

A good-looking Police Officer? How come you never brought nobody good-looking with you before?

DWDet. Walker

Good-looking? You need glasses, Mrs. Holton.

Lewis

[advising Felton] Just keep goin' on.

Meldrick, that's like the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my whole life.

Lewis

Now you're just spittin' on my advice. You ask me down here and I open up my heart to you and you gonna spit on my advice, just like that?

Basically, yeah.

Lewis

Gimme back the giraffe.

No.

Lewis

You don't want my advice, then gimme back the damn giraffe!

Lewis

I gotta hand it to you, baby. You got some nerve on you. Do me a favor, would ya? Would you autograph this for me?

What are you talking about?

Lewis

And put the date and something personal. Never know; could be valuable in the future.

What is going on around here?

Lewis

You don't know?

No, I don't.

Lewis

You ain't been across the street?

No, I haven't. Is there something across the street I should know about?

Lewis

Yeah, you need to take a look at the photo exhibit at the gallery over there.

I do?

Lewis

Yeah. Absolutely. Go way in the back, up against the wall, you'll... you'll know what I'm talking about. You know, I would've never had the nerve to do something like that. And I thought you were all talk, ya big fella. Ohhh, Munchkin. Whoops, guess we can't call him that anymore, huh?

Maybe you can tell me about the Battisto case.

Lewis

Well, we're moving along slowly but surely, we're trudging through it. Uncky Frank is on top of things.

You know, it might help if I had a partner who didn't whine so much, but hey, let's not get caught up in the details.

Lewis

I'll come with you, Stan. Besides, I kinda like working with you Big Man. You're like a father figure to me.

A father figure?

Lewis

Yeah, a father figure.

You ever repeat that, I'll gut ya.

We need new customers or we're not gonna have a bar.

Lewis

So what? Ladies night? Wet T-shirt contest, what?

Turtle races. I've always enjoyed them.

We're sinking here, Stan and you're talking about turtle races.

Fix me a drink. Scotch

You sure you should be drinking? You just got outta the hospital a month ago.

Are you gonna pour me a drink or do I hafta wreck this place again?!!!

Let destiny be your guide, Big Man.

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