[Romano has a high class girlfriend] Well, that's the way people do things at the top of the social register.
Well, if you climb too fast, Romano, you're gonna get a nosebleed.
Oh sure, I always did want my blood to be as blue as my uniform and, of course, have a butler to call my boyfriend, so I didn't have to talk to him myself.
Ben Edward's daughter? Hooker, she's beautiful!
And she's my goddaughter, don't you forget that, Romano!
So you wanted to be a hero...
BE Ben Edwards
There's all kinds of reasons for ambition. I remember the day you took off that gold badge to climb back in that blue suit. I... [chuckles] I thought you were crazy.
I climbed to the top of the detective ladder. I found it empty. So I climbed back down, got back in touch.
206 Elm Drive is the address Stacy ran down on him. Do we give it to Holland, or what?
We're five blocks from Elm Drive...
You tried too hard, Holland. To hard and too fast.
H Detective Holland
It all fell apart because you felt sorry for some crummy security guard.
That's the way it goes, Holland. You had informants, connections, a hot record of arrests and the wrong kind of ambition. [a beat] I've got friends.
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