Benson and Velasco in “Unfinished Business”

Benson

I feel bad for you, Velasco.

Bad? Bad how?

Benson

Because you're 180 pounds of water in the shape of a man, and you take on the shape of anything that you're poured into. Duarte asked you to flip a banger, and you end up playing just as dirty as the guy that we're hunting. I mean, up until now, Velasco, you've been living a performance, not a life. That changes now. Understood?

What do you want me to do?

Benson

You owe a debt to the two people that were killed, even though they were drug dealers. It doesn't have to happen today, and it doesn't have to happen tomorrow. But you will find that friend, and you will bring him to justice.

[as Benson starts to walk away] Captain, wait. People change, you know?

Benson

Velasco, being a cop isn't some sort of penance. Putting your friend away for murder is.

So that's what it takes for me and you to be all right?

Benson

That's what it takes for me and you to be all right.