Loretta Wade quotes from NCIS: New Orleans

Wade

I'd say good morning, but 7 a.m. is too early to deal with this kind of tragedy.

Wade

This town really gets into your DNA. I flew out here for a visit in 97. Still got the return ticket. I know folks die the same here as anywhere else, but in New Orleans, most people depart with a good heart and a whole lot of soul.

Pride

Let me re-phrase the question. Why did the sailor cross the road?

Wade

Let me re-phrase the answer. The sailor crossed against his will. Something made him do it. Now he's dead.

Pride

Talk to me Loretta.

Wade

Steinbeck.

Pride

Pardon?

Wade

Gone are the days when people died of working too hard in the field. And old age was a legitimate medical diagnosis. I bring up Mr. Steinbeck because those were simpler times. Now it's all about peeling back the layers. Cases like this are mysteries, wrapped in complex enigmas.

Wade

Sebastian's a connoisseur of conspiracy theories.

Sebastian

Well they're not conspiracies, okay? They're discernments. Just wait until I show you how the fake moon landing fits in with why we haven't found Bigfoot yet.

Wade

I broke up with James.

Pride

Why?

Wade

He was too interested and available for my tastes.

Pride

Since when is available a problem?

Wade

He's never been married, Dwayne. Any man his age who has never made a serious commitment, sends up red flags.

Pride

Loretta - you're his age. You've never been married either.

Wade

This is why I like the dead. They don't call me on my hypocrisy.

Wade

No matter how quiet and gentle a soul, you get 'em behind a wheel and suddenly they revert to the most base and primal.

Pride

I know - I've driven with you!

Wade

What we are doing here is called a live autopsy.

Yes, I can see why that would be uncomfortable.

Brody

Everyone always accuses me of running. But there is a difference between running and putting something behind you!

Wade

There is. But if you keep avoiding that something, people still wonder if you have your track pants and jogging shoes on.

Pride

Heard Sebastian dug deep today.

Wade

He did indeed. Sidekick no longer. He's been my silver lining on an otherwise cloudy day.

Wade

[Speculating about the latest victim's cause of death] No way to tell for sure until I get...

Pride

Get him on the table?

Wade

Yeah.

Pride

Gonna get you a t-shirt made with that written on the front.

Sebastian

And yet someone got to go to the crime scene today.

Danny

Jealousy ain't a good look, bro.

Sebastian

Me? Jealous? Why would I be jealous? After working here for, like, five years and only getting to go to the crime scene from time to time.

Wade

Danny merely drove me.

Sebastian

I have a license. I can drive.

Danny

Says the dude who's afraid to make left turns.

Wade

Hello, Dwayne.

Pride

Not taking my calls. Something I said, Loretta?

Wade

Busy morning, that's all.

Pride

Just following up on Armstrong.

Wade

Of course. After further examination of the petty officer, my initial suspicions are correct.

Pride

Cardiac arrest?

Wade

From Larrabee Syndrome. A fatal spasm of the coronary artery. Investigation's open and shut as far as I can tell.

Wade

Even planning a long lunch.

Pride

Contact Jefferson Parish SWAT and EMTs. We're headed to the morgue now.

LaSalle

Never heard of Larrabee Syndrome.

Pride

Cause it's not a syndrome. Captain Adam Larrabee. Case we worked on before your time. He died in a hostage standoff.

Wade

Safe for tonight.

Pride

Tonight. Tomorrow's another story.

Wade

In my opinion, she was poisoned.

Pride

So this "plane crash"...

Wade

Just became a murder investigation.