Cheryl Pope and Lt. Theo Kojak in “Die Before They Wake”

It's all over, isn't it, Lieutenant?

It's never over. Oh, maybe we slow down the merry-go-round a little bit. But then some creep comes along and starts it all up again.

Then why bother?

I don't know. Maybe some good kid gets a chance to jump off that slow merry-go-round?