Rookie Blue quotes

  That it doesn't matter how well we did at the academy.  That you might be a legacy and think you know the job inside and out.  Maybe you're hip to the street.  Maybe you can shoot a paper target from a mile away.  It actually doesn't matter.  There is absolutely no training that prepares you for life on the street.

Andy McNally

  I don't like being raked over coals for not knowing the "secret handshake".  You know, console yourself.  I'll probably be fired.  You know what?  There's still a dead guy lying in that house.  Oh, and there's another guy running free and clear with a gun.  So whenever you feel like this is out of your system, maybe you'd care to act like a cop for five minutes.

Sam Swarek

  [chuckles]  You've only been a cop for five minutes.

  One of 'em ran into an empty building.  It's a good place to hide a gun.

McNally

  Okay, which empty building? 

  You know, the one right near where you tackled me, tried to kiss me.  [McNally snickers]

  So?  How was it?

Andy McNally

  It was good.  [pauses]  It was terrible.  I don't know.  I don't know.

  You gonna be you gonna be okay? 

Andy

  Oh, yeah.  I'll be fine.

  Ah, first days are always the best.  New boots, new badge.  Whole world smells like fresh paint.  You've been set on earth to keep it that way.

  She's a rookie.

  Pfft.  It shows.

  [smacks him in the head]  Hey.  She caught you, didn't she?

McNally

  I can book him.  [turns and sees Swarek in uniform] 

  Oh, hello.

McNally

  You're in uniform? 

  Yeah, well, can't really work undercover now that everybody on the street knows I'm a cop, so thanks for that.  [to the thief Shaw is about to process]  She, uh, chase you down an alley and jump on you, too? 

  Yeah, yeah.

  Yeah, she does that.  [looks at McNally]  You sure he's not an undercover cop?

  Okay, so I'm sure you've had the talk.  Partners…you back me up no matter what.  Don't move less I tell you to.  It's my car, so my rules are the rules.

McNally

  Yes, sir.

  Good, so here's my addendum.  I'm here because I'd rather work the streets than man the wire room until a spot in guns and gangs opens up.  And while I do like working the streets, I did not ask to train a rookie.  I did not ask to have a partner.  I'm not your boyfriend.  I will not be holding your hand.

McNally

  Well, that's great, 'cause I don't date cops anyway.

  [smirks]  Sweetheart, you're not my type.

McNally

  What are you guys doing? 

  Just cleaning the place a bit.  Make it look a little less, you know, murder-y.

  [facetiously]  You all good, Gail?  Can I get you anything?  Gail's had paralysis ever since she found out her mom was coming in tonight.  Superintendent Elaine Peck.

  Super nice lady.

  You don't know her.

  Yeah, we had Sunday dinner, like, a month ago.  She was really great.

  She kept calling you "Craig." [Nash snickers]

  "Craig" is a great name.

  Well, at least we now know how to make the demon flee: speak the name of thy life giver.

  Why are you so happy?  Don't tell me.  You're jazzed about the open house.

  My 6-year-old gets to see where I work, and he's excited.  So he gets excited, I get excited.  It's an all-around exciting day.

  I guess he thinks, like everybody else, we play with plastic guns and yell "stick 'em up"?

  And apparent it's day three without caffeine for officers Shaw and Swarek.  Whoever caffeinates first pays the tab at The Penny tonight.

  You know what?  It was my wife's stupid idea, dude, and you didn't have to agree with it.

  [to the rookies]  We can get some of these happy hour soakers off the street, right?  Get close.  Smell their breath.  Pay attention to details stammering, lying, bottle of vodka kicking around in the backseat.  Epstein, you've been drunk, huh?  Picture yourself.

  [looks over at a grumpy McNally]  You wanna drive, just let me know.  We can switch.

McNally

  Why are you being so nice to me right now?

  I'm a nice guy.

McNally

  No, you are not.

  So I guess this means Andy and Luke aren't getting married.

  Not this week.  This week, they're taking a little space.

  Eh, one big break-up Every couple gets one.

  Hey.  That's my line.  You can't steal my theory when I'm sitting right here.

McNally

  Hope you're enjoying this.

  Yeah.  Why is that? 

McNally

  Oh, me and you, driving fast, chasing bad guys.  This really might be the last time we do this together.

  Oh, you miss me already.  That's sweet.

McNally

  So this undercover operation with Boyd…I mean, is it dangerous? 

  Well, they don't usually do deep cover on people with parking tickets Unless you got a lot of 'em, then it's a joint meter maid/E.T.F thing.  Why?  You wanna come with me? 

McNally

  Just thought maybe you could use the backup.

  Oh?

McNally

  I heard last time you were in deep cover, you got chased down and tackled by a girl.

  Overeager rookie.  Didn't want to make her look bad on her first day.

  They think he's driving a maroon SUV.

  All right.  Okay.  Well, we're getting somewhere!

  SUV's one of the most common cars on the road.

  [glares at Epstein]  Don't be a buzzkill.  It's a lead.  [to Diaz and Epstein]  Now you ladies keep an eye out.  I'm gonna go see if I can find some bushes need watering.

  Um pretty sure everything's frozen this time of year.

  I'm going pee, Diaz.  I'm gonna go pee in the bushes.

McNally

  You're gonna lie there, and you're gonna listen to me.  I'm gonna tell you a story.  It was just, you know, a normal night, and we were lying in bed.  And my stomach was hurting from laughing 'cause you were teasing me about something.  I don't remember what.  I must have fallen asleep or something, because all of a sudden I was having this this really terrible dream.  And I couldn't stop crying.  You know, I was crying and you weren't even really awake.  I remember you you grabbed me.  I remember you were just holding me so tight, all of a sudden, you said, "I'm right here.  I'm gonna hold on to you, and I'm never gonna let you go." Right then I knew that I would never feel more loved or more known.  Look, I know it's small.  I know it's a really small moment.  It's it's not even a good story.

  That was a pretty good story.

McNally

  I love you.  I love you.  You're my story.