No recriminations, not yet. Not until we finish this. No one in the Mahoney organization sleeps tonight. We take everyone. We take every house, we kick in every door. Georgia Rae wanted a war, well guess what, she's got one. Now let's go.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
I'm glad we got out of the office. Smell was getting to me.
I hadn't noticed.
You didn't notice the smell? You didn't notice the blood and the powder residue? We're workin' right in the middle of a crime scene.
I noticed, okay?
I knew Keckham pretty well, from the mayor's detail. Decent guy.
I worked with Charlie Moore in the Western. Same sector. He's a good man.
You know something, I didn't see it. Didn't see it coming, didn't see him. And he's comin' in there and he's playin' all hard, but we get a lot of guys that come in there doin' that same thing, you know?
You think we were supposed to know he was the one? That this punk, out of all the other punks who come through the squadroom, this one's goin' over the top? Please.
Well, I'm runnin' around in my gun locker and I'm tryin' to get my backup gun cause my gun is in my desk. It's in the bottom left drawer. He's blowin' up the place, and my gun is sittin' down there; it's sittin' with the pencils, with the paper clips.
Nobody was ready.
Well, I'm ready now.
Ready for what?
Anything, Frank. Anyone.
He had a gun! That is the truth! He had a gun. [lowers arm]
The gun is down?
He had a gun; he had it!
The gun is down. Mahoney lowered his gun. You fired. You were no longer in fear of iminent threat. You shot him down.
Give me your badge, Mike.
I have this one son of a bitch sighted. I have my gun up, and, I don't know. I don't. I blanked. I froze. I didn't even hear the shot. Next thing I know, Tim's layin' on the ground, lookin' up at me. Bleedin'. Because of me.
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Frank, don't do this. You didn't know this was gonna happen.
Dear God, make Bayliss fight. God, please. I swear, I will do anything. Let him live. I'm askin'. I'm beggin'. Help my friend. I want him to live.
Frank.
[throws badge on table] I'm done.
What?
Bayliss is in there because of what? A partner who can't get him through safely to the end of the shift.
Look, this is not your fault.
Yeah, it's mine. And I'll carry it. I gotta carry it. Bayliss is in there because of me. And you. And Lewis, Kellerman, and Stivers. All of it. But what is it? What is it really?
Frank.
It's a lie. A damn lie. Now, maybe you can live with this lie, but, me, I just walked into the box with a man I served with. A fellow detective, Kellerman. I watched him turn to dirt. You told me to do it. I did it. Now you want me to look away. Live this lie. If I had listened to you...if I had just listened, I never woulda come back to the job. Then Tim, Tim is not layin' in that bed, with all those damn tubes stickin' out of him. I know that smell. Smells like death. I couldn't listen, could I? There's no truth for me anymore, not anymore. I can't be out on the street. I'm never goin' back in that box ever again. It's done. I'm finished.
Life's an illusion. Reality is an illusion. You take this squadroom for instance, you know, after the big shootout. Last May, the bosses wanted to renovate. They reconfigured the whole place so that those of us who watched three uniforms die could put aside the horror of that moment and go about our jobs. That was actually quite enlightened of the bosses, really, but, it was quite futile, because this squadroom is the same squadroom, and our memories of that moment are as vivid as they ever were. All of this is just... it's an illusion.
Bayliss, this is your first day back on the job.
Right.
Do me a favor? Shut up.
You don't want to partner with me. I'm bad luck. I'm a curse: Bolander, Russert, Kellerman. I'm like a black hole. You partner with me before you hand your badge in.
Look, look, look, it's not a permanent thing; I'm not asking for a long term commitment.
I understand. You stayed with Pembleton for six years, he broke your heart, and now you're just looking for a one-nighter, huh?
Yeah, something like that.
I died, y'know, after I got shot. It's...
You mean you had a near death experience?
Oh, no, not near death. I, uh, actually died.
You mean you were going towards a bright light and all your ancestors were waving "howdy"?
No... It was more like I, uh... more like I could feel all the... I don't know, the different... parts of me, the... elements that make up my physical presence - water, air, earth - I could feel them... breaking apart, dissipating... Yeah, becoming one with, um... The greatest force of energy in the universe.
Tim, this Zen detective thing is starting to really rub my rectum the wrong way.
Oh. I don't expect you to understand unless you understand, John.
See, that's exactly what I'm talking about.
What?
It's like being partner with a fortune cookie.
When it comes to silence, we Sicilians have a patent.
You see this, this is what I'm talkin' about. You see this memo from the bosses?
Which one? We get three a day.
In an effort to maintain the pristine condition of the newly renovated squadroom, all Homicide personnel are asked not to hang personal items on the wall. This includes family photos, sports paraphernalia, and bumper stickers. Staff members are also asked not to use thumbtacks or Scotch tape to affix- and I love that word affix- any papers, schedules, or menus on said walls.
Let me see that. [takes memo]
How long do you think we're gonna be able to maintain this pristine condition?
[tacks memo to wall] Not long.
This place's gonna be a dump by Christmas.
EREmergency Room Doctor
The victim's name is Scotty Meyers, gunshot to the head.
Did he say anything about who shot him?
EREmergency Room Doctor
No, ADASTW.
What?
EREmergency Room Doctor
Arrived Dead And Stayed That Way.
That's a book that I got for Rene.
Zen for Beginners?
Yeah, she was asking me some questions about Buddhism.
And you're concerned with her spiritual well-being.
Absolutely. Well, y'know, probably I'm also thinking she might go out with me.
Let me get this straight: you're interested in Rene romantically?
Yeah. Yeah, why not? She's single, she's beautiful, and she's very open-minded.
I knew about you all along, Timmy.
What's that, John?
Beneath all that dogma- you're still a dog.
How the hell could Susan Dehen not know she was sleeping with her boyfriend's brother.
Well, you said they looked exactly alike, right?
Yeah, but in bed, there's a lot more going on than the visuals.
Sound...
Taste...
Smell...
Touch...
Cable.
It's like this dream I had when I was a kid: first day of school, wandering around the halls, looking for the right classroom. People are staring at me, and this girl I had a crush on - Helen Rosenbaum - she's laughing and pointing at me, and I realized I didn't get dressed. I'm buck naked. All I have on is my shoes and socks.
Black socks?
Argyle.
I had that dream.
Everybody has that dream. It's the human condition in a nutshell.
You haven't experienced the Giardello summons yet, the full force laser beam Gee-Ray; strips varnish off furniture, enamel off teeth?
Not yet.
You're in for a treat.
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