Rookie Blue quotes

  I'm sitting in a bathtub waiting to hear if my friends are still alive drinking bourbon with the coolest chick ever.

Uh, you want to play? That's––

No, no no. But I need a word.

All right, a word, a word. This man needs a word. Somebody get this man a word any word and a drink.

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.

I don't know, Sam. I guess I just thought maybe this could be an opportunity for you to be open.

Sam Swarek

Open to what?

[sighs] To us, to family.

Sam

You crazy? [chuckles]

[sighs and chuckles in resignation] Oh, man, can you ever hold a grudge.

Sam

You know, you ended up with the forgiveness gene. I only got the backbone gene. Your ability to tolerate men like him is, um well, it's amazing is what it is.

Get over it, Sam! He's our father.

Sam

Who art in heaven. See? I do know a prayer.

[to McNally] Sam will never change. He's my brother, and I love him. And I know he's reinvented himself and he's saving lives and rescuing puppies whatever. But, uh, eventually, life will throw you a pile of lemons. And, uh, when that day comes...there's no lemonade, not with Sam. He'll just keep hurting you. So be careful.

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!

[to Peck and Epstein] You two ever pull something like this again, you'll be on desk duty until the rapture.

Sam Swarek

  Sitting here, looking at you, and I see your sad, angry old face, and I realize I'm free.  And I'm not gonna waste one more emotion on you.

  What is this?  Your "I forgive you" speech?  It's pretty lame.  Just listen to me, okay?  I do not forgive you. 

Sam

  You don't have to, 'cause I never felt guilty for one second. 

  You deserved everything you got from me.  Do you hear me on that? 

Sam

  [deadpan]  I forgive you, pop.

  How sweet.  Just get the hell out of here.

  Dov, it's not your fault.  Really, I'm just mad at myself.  I mean, God, I get drunk off tequila, marry some guy 'cause I think it's hysterical, and then he's in charge of my major life-threatening surgeries.  And, look, it is not your fault.  I am so sorry.

  Forgive and forget? 

  Forgive and forget.  [flirtatiously]  Want to get drunk and make out?

  [smirks]  Yes, but not on tequila.

  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.

  When things are tough, sometimes we convince ourselves that the way to be strong is to shut everyone out.  But I want you kids to know that that's baloney.  You've got to keep an open heart.

  Jarvis is looking for you.

  Me?  Jarvis?  For what?

  My job is not to question him and your job is not to question me.

  The best that you can do for your kid, the best is just to be happy yourself.

  How'd that budget meeting go? 

  They want me to make a 15% employment cut at this division.

  What? 

  But I told them these are my people, and I'm not gonna reward hard work with unemployment.

  You–– you said that? 

  [chuckles]  Doesn't sound like me, right?  I'm a bottom-line kind of a guy.  That doesn't matter to me as much these days.

  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.