Andy McNally quotes from Rookie Blue

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.

  [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.

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.

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.

McNally

What's going on?

Uh, I I just dropped my go-bag.

McNally

A lot of go in your bag.

Are you hitting on me?

McNally

You're the new rookie.

Yeah, how did you know? Detective, right?

McNally

Not quite.

Officers, I, uh, apologize for the inhospitality. Myrna's about as warm as a frappuccino colonic.

McNally

Geno Jones?

I am he. And this is Myrna. She's leaving me because of her spinning instructor.

Correction. I'm leaving you for my spinning instructor and because you're a degenerate.

I'm a degenerate?! What kind of man wears spandex to work?

A man with confidence! What kind of man buys a piano and never plays it?

It's not my fault I have fat fingers!

  More than you wanted to hear? 

McNally

  No.  You are nothing like that man.  And if you ever doubt it, you just need to turn around and ask me.

  You know that taking 100 steps backwards is like taking 1,000 steps forward?  Burns a fifth more calories, fixes, uh, lopsided muscles, corrects posture.

McNally

  You know what they say?  That if you're running while you're talking, you're not trying hard enough.

McNally

  Dov, my apologies.  You're a rock star.

  Actually, I'm a muscular orc.

McNally

  Don't know what that means.

McNally

  I just want to go home.  I want to get into PJ's and sit on the couch and be completely boring with you.

  I got news for you.  You ain't never gonna be completely boring.