Giardello and Russert just showed up.
Well, you know what that means, huh, buddy?
Congratulations Timmy. It's a bouncing baby red-ball. Got any cigars?
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
What amount of stress could make anybody just go out and start shooting at people?
See that's the thing, he's not feeling any stress.
How can you tell?
Being a marksman is all about precision.
Munch, let's go!
I've got things to do.
I'm not asking you out on a date, John, come on!
You're the sarge, sarge.
You one of those toilet intellectuals? You need a little something to read to keep you r-r-regular?
I'm not worried about the sniper getting me. One bullet in my noggin, that's it, it's over, I'm fine with that, but I will NOT stand by and watch you get shot again.
What're you talking about, John?
Do you think I could ever forget you and Stan and Beau getting shot? And all I could say to Gee was 'they messed up my shoes with their blood'. I was in such shock from seeing your blood everywhere, I couldn't do anything.
Alright, John.
It's not alright!
MPMary Pembleton
It's alright for you to be scared for me but it's not alright for me to be scared for you? What do you think I feel every day seeing you go out?
This is different!
MPMary Pembleton
No it isn't, you always tell me 'it's the job', 'it's the job', well you know what, Frank? This is MY job. And I'm not leaving until it's done.
It wasn't your job to save Mariner's life. Why does his death bother you?
I was the primary, Frank!
YOU DID YOUR JOB! Nine names in red turned into nine names in black and if Mariner wasted himself, so what?
Wait a second, YOU are always telling me how you see ALL lives as being as important.
Yeah well if I was God, I'd have a hard time taking Mariner's death, and the deaths of nine innocent people and weighing them the same.
PPPennsylvania Police Officer
Regulations stipulate that a policewoman escort a female prisoner.
[motioning to Kellerman] Meet Det. Michelle Kellerman.
Hi.
PPPennsylvania Police Officer
You're not a woman.
But I used to be.
Let me explain.
No, let me explain. My personal life is off limits to the squad room, alright? I learned my lesson when I was dating Ed Danvers and you were the biggest sinner. Jokes, gossip....
I can't disagree with you Kay. But that was the old me, the new me....
Is worse. Look, Munch, I know you may find this hard to accept, but I believe in secrets. I believe that we have to have truths about ourselves that we keep from our colleagues, our neighbors, our loved ones. I don't want any one person to know everything about me. I want you to have a few pieces of the puzzle, Gee, a few pieces, my sister, see?
Kay, everyday all we do is ferret out secrets. It's our job.
Not today, Munchkin.
Why do people choose cloth seats? Look how they absorb stains. Leather's the way to go for precisely this reason.
I agree.
You want glory, go work at ER. Homicide's fine by me.
LLandlord
I should've never let MC talk me out of the cleaning deposit. Said he was anal retentive about dirt. I thought that was a good quality in a tenant.
Law abiding is better.
So you prefer quantity to quality.
All junkies do.
If your husband was sentenced to death, why would you kill yourself and orphan your son?
Well Tim, you're the primary in this quickly deepening quagmire, I'll leave that question for you to answer.
Thanks. Hope you get polyps.
CRCol. Rausch
It's time for the mongrels of the world to stop taking advantage of the hard work and good faith most Americans have. You have a cancer, you cut it out. Because make no mistake about it gentlemen, these people are a cancer and they will drag us down with them. You sleep easier at night because of me, and you don't even know it.
Let me tell you what's gonna happen. Because you are mine now. I'm gonna put you on display. You and I are gonna be on TV, radio, for months and months and months. So others can see how much they like you and what you stand for, even if they don't know it yet. You will not make me a martyr because I'm an African American. You will be my martyr.
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