Russell Taylor quotes from The Closer

Taylor

Chief Johnson?

Brenda

Yes?

Taylor

I just want to make sure I understand why you're bringing Det. Xavier back in?

Brenda

I want to question him.

Taylor

Why?

Brenda

Because I need more answers.

Taylor

Did you ever ask him where he was last Saturday morning when the murders were committed? Because I looked into it, and he was at home, on the phone for two hours.

Brenda

Well, his line was busy. That doesn't mean he was on it.

Taylor

I'm trying to help you here, Chief. Xavier has an excellent record, and yes, Tim Martin, he might have been a womanizer, but if you can't tell how much people respected him around here, you're not looking.

Brenda

Trust me. I see it.

Taylor

If you end up smearing a man who gave his life to the badge ...

Brenda

I have factored your concerns into how I'm dealing with this case. Anything else commander?

Taylor

No ma'am. Just trying to be of assistance.

Hubbard

[agitated] I'm his father! Charlie's my son! I taught him how to walk! And I taught him how to read! And I taught him... I've been with him through seven surgeries and 38 procedures! And where was the great Tim Martin when it mattered, huh? Huh? Where was he? When Charlie's life was on the line? Where was he? Where was Tim Martin?

Brenda

I don't know, Det. Hubbard. But I know where he is now. I saw his brains splattered all over the floor of an abandoned warehouse while his body was being eaten by flies, and I can't help but think you may have overreacted.

Hubbard

You can't. You can't tell Charlie about him, this, you won't do that.

Brenda

I can and I will.

Taylor

Hey, hey, hey. Write it all down and we'll get you a deal from the D.A.

Brenda

You can wear a bracelet and stay with Charlie until his illness...resolves itself.

Taylor

Chief Johnson?

Brenda

Yes?

Taylor

I just want to make sure I understand why you're bringing Det. Xavier back in?

Brenda

I want to question him.

Taylor

Why?

Brenda

Because I need more answers.

Taylor

Did you ever ask him where he was last Saturday morning when the murders were committed? Because I looked into it, and he was at home, on the phone for two hours.

Brenda

Well, his line was busy. That doesn't mean he was on it.

Taylor

I'm trying to help you here, Chief. Xavier has an excellent record, and yes, Tim Martin, he might have been a womanizer, but if you can't tell how much people respected him around here, you're not looking.

Brenda

Trust me. I see it.

Taylor

If you end up smearing a man who gave his life to the badge ...

Brenda

I have factored your concerns into how I'm dealing with this case. Anything else commander?

Taylor

No ma'am. Just trying to be of assistance.

Taylor

Congratulations, Chief. You got your mistrial.

Brenda

It's not my mistrial; it's my arrest. You'd think people would be happy to put a genuine killer behind bars.

Taylor

Aram Asourian is the leader of a mob family.

Brenda

Well, maybe next time you can pair him up with a crime he's actually committed. Personally, I always feel better about the justice system when it matches up murder charges with the right person.

Taylor

Then it's too bad Vahan didn't confess to killing the juror, too.

Brenda

Well, maybe he didn't. But Bela Rose didn't die a natural death. And thanks to Lt. Flynn's determination, which I know you in the L.A.P.D. are desperate to acknowledge, I now can talk to the jurors who actually saw her die.

Taylor

Congratulations, Chief. You got your mistrial.

Brenda

It's not my mistrial; it's my arrest. You'd think people would be happy to put a genuine killer behind bars.

Taylor

Aram Asourian is the leader of a mob family.

Brenda

Well, maybe next time you can pair him up with a crime he's actually committed. Personally, I always feel better about the justice system when it matches up murder charges with the right person.

Taylor

Then it's too bad Vahan didn't confess to killing the juror, too.

Brenda

Well, maybe he didn't. But Bela Rose didn't die a natural death. And thanks to Lt. Flynn's determination, which I know you in the L.A.P.D. are desperate to acknowledge, I now can talk to the jurors who actually saw her die.

Taylor

You know, a non-fatal gang related shooting on 81st Street isn't usually considered the jurisdiction of priority homicide. Seems less like you're doing your job than more like you're doing a favor.

Brenda

I'm not doing anyone any favors.

Taylor

Just -- can I just say thank you?

Brenda

For what? Wesley's still dead.

Taylor

You saved his reputation.

Brenda

A lot good that does him now.

Taylor

Maybe so, but that's all his parents have left.

Taylor

You know, a non-fatal gang related shooting on 81st Street isn't usually considered the jurisdiction of priority homicide. Seems less like you're doing your job than more like you're doing a favor.

Brenda

I'm not doing anyone any favors.

Taylor

Just -- can I just say thank you?

Brenda

For what? Wesley's still dead.

Taylor

You saved his reputation.

Brenda

A lot good that does him now.

Taylor

Maybe so, but that's all his parents have left.

Taylor

This business with the bride would have been far worse had Chief Johnson actually done anything effectively to defend herself.

Brenda

When Ms. Morgan attacked me, I made a conscious choice not to respond.

Taylor

Clearly.

Taylor

[concerning Baxter's previous complaints] You know, Chief, we get this kind of stuff all the time. It's hard enough staying on top of the crimes we find, much less the ones people make up. And the guy was, you know...

Brenda

I know exactly what happened. Mr. Baxter's old and...difficult. Because of that, he was dismissed out of hand. And I know that's what happened because that's exactly what I've been trying to do to him myself. And when we just dumped a complaint in the trash, a few more human beings went with it.

Taylor

Anthony Lambert, Tim Zwick and Daniel Zcebrowski all insist that on the night of the rape they were at the movies, and on the night of the murder they were driving around Hollywood.

Daniels

And they said Darrin was with them on both occasions.

Brenda

That's funny, Mark Yates told me on the night Michelle died Darrin was with him. I worry when a suspect has extra alibis.

Taylor

Two patrol officers from the Hollywood division wrote up a suicide last Sunday. Morales calls back from the morgue, says the guy was murdered.

Brenda

Hollywood Homicide detectives didn't follow up?

Taylor

Did you not hear the words "suicide" and "Sunday"?

Tao

What makes a good marriage? I think patience.

Patience. And separate bathrooms.

Provenza

Up until now, you guys had avoided all the big mistakes people make in a relationship: getting married, buying a house and having kids. I look at this wedding today as a big red flag.

Gabriel

Hi. I just wanted to say that I have really enjoyed working with both of you, truly. And this really couldn't be happening to two nicer people. Congratulations, you guys.

Flynn

Hey, you guys. Enjoy Italy. You've earned it. And make sure you "sleep in" a lot your first week out. Heh heh heh.

Daniels

I don't know much about successful relationships, but you seem to have one. And I'm happy to have been a part of your lives.

Buzz

I just wanted to say that its really nice to have been invited to the reception, and I hope this little tribute is something you will like, and keep and remember.

Sanchez

My wife died six years ago and I've never taken off her ring. Always love each other. Always.

Pope

Well, I'm...happy for you. Both. May each year bring you closer together.

Taylor

So...just say something nice?

Buzz

That's what I did.

Taylor

Okay, let me think...