This isn't the way to Lompoc.
No, we're going to the airport.
We're taking the L.A.P.D. plane? I thought you were supposed to be saving money.
No, Sergeant, we're supposed to be finding a murderer and we are not doing it in the carpool lane.
S3 E1Homewrecker
So on paper, you transfer everybody from Priority Homicide to the counter-terrorism bureau...
Whoa, whoa, whoa....you guys don't have the mandated training for that.
See sir, that's the best part. The federal government will actually pay you to bring us up to code; thousands of dollars per person which you could add to your budget shortfalls.
Well, that's...that's fantastic! So officially, you would all be transferred to the counter-terrorism bureau, which would satisfy the state, while in actuality I could just loan you right back to Priority Homicide.
Exactly, sir. Because you only need more people in counter-terrorism when the threat level goes up. I mean, if you were to transfer them there permanently, you'd just be...
...paying people to just stand around most of the time. Yeah, I hate that. You know, Sergeant, for bureaucrats, this plan of yours is the equivalent of turning water into wine. My only question is, why are you here suggesting it instead of Chief Johnson?
Well, uh...sir, I thought she might like this idea better if she thought it was...
...my idea. Uh-huh. Well, I see you've worked out every detail, including who she's going to blame. That's real genius.
This isn't the way to Lompoc.
No, we're going to the airport.
We're taking the L.A.P.D. plane? I thought you were supposed to be saving money.
No, Sergeant, we're supposed to be finding a murderer and we are not doing it in the carpool lane.
So on paper, you transfer everybody from Priority Homicide to the counter-terrorism bureau...
Whoa, whoa, whoa....you guys don't have the mandated training for that.
See sir, that's the best part. The federal government will actually pay you to bring us up to code; thousands of dollars per person which you could add to your budget shortfalls.
Well, that's...that's fantastic! So officially, you would all be transferred to the counter-terrorism bureau, which would satisfy the state, while in actuality I could just loan you right back to Priority Homicide.
Exactly, sir. Because you only need more people in counter-terrorism when the threat level goes up. I mean, if you were to transfer them there permanently, you'd just be...
...paying people to just stand around most of the time. Yeah, I hate that. You know, Sergeant, for bureaucrats, this plan of yours is the equivalent of turning water into wine. My only question is, why are you here suggesting it instead of Chief Johnson?
Well, uh...sir, I thought she might like this idea better if she thought it was...
...my idea. Uh-huh. Well, I see you've worked out every detail, including who she's going to blame. That's real genius.
S3 E2Grave Doubt
Dont. Don't do this.
What? Sergeant, now is not the time to discuss this.
Kenyon Richards devotes his life to feeding and helping people, saving lives in some of the poorest communities in this city.
We will talk about this later. [She turns to go back in the interview room, but Gabriel intercepts her]
If you arrest him, you will be sending a message to every gangster in town there there is no point to change, that they're beyond forgiveness, that no matter who they become, they will always be who they were.
I am not sending a message. I'm solving a murder. That is my job. [Brenda tries to open the interview room door, but Gabriel grabs the knob.]
I thought our job was to protect and serve. Who are we protecting by sending him to prison? Who are we serving? Okay, I don't know who Kenyon Richards was 15 years ago, but the man he is today, the man that he has become, does not deserve this!
That is for a judge and jury to decide. Now, if you are ready to substitute your own personal sense of right and wrong for the law, which is what we are sworn to uphold, you should turn your badge in today. Step aside. Now. [Gabriel stares her down] I said, step aside, Sergeant! [Gabriel angrily releases the knob and Brenda goes back in the interview room]
S3 E3Saving Face
MMMichelle Morgan
[the body blocking the church stairs leading to her wedding] Excuse me! I don't know what is going on here, but this is MY day and I want that body moved this instant!
[about the video on YouTube] You shut down a church. And a funeral home. You arrested a bride.
I did that groom a big favor.
I'm sure, but his family's in the lobby and they, surprisingly, don't agree. The father of the bride who has money coming out of...whatever, you choose an orifice, is threatening a major lawsuit. Ray Hodge's relatives are furious, and what could have been just a minor embarrassment is now a complete disaster. Oh, and congratulations, Chief Johnson! You've just become the most downloaded, fully-clothed woman on the Internet!
This business with the bride would have been far worse had Chief Johnson actually done anything effectively to defend herself.
When Ms. Morgan attacked me, I made a conscious choice not to respond.
Clearly.
[with a mouth full] Nothing tastes better than somebody else's wedding cake. Mine tasted like prison food.
Do you think he... might have been involved with her? [about the dead girl]
MHMaggie Hodge
With Ray's heart, he couldn't raise a flag...and viagra would have been suicide.
[walking into a crowded hall] I am looking for some instant SHUT-UP! NOW!
Detective, what do you think of my lipstick?
Uh, you asking me as a friend or the Chief?
[handing the bride her cake topper] I'm sorry. I almost forgot. You know, giving this back to you, is almost as sweet as... the icing on your cake.
S3 E4Ruby
RSRoger Stimple
[to Gabriel, who is alone in the room with him] You see, every one pretends kids don't want sex. But they do. You remember when you were a kid? It's all you thought about. There's nothin' wrong with it. It's biology. And besides, black girls are different.
Is that right?
SStimple
I mean, look at her. Black girls are way more sexy and mature than white girls. It's why they have kids so young. You probably grew up swimming in black ass. It's the way they walk; shake-shake-shakin that thang...
[watching from the video room as Gabriel heads around to the other side of the table] Kill the feed, Buzz.
But the chief said...
I said, kill it! [Buzz turns off the camera feed and heads for the door] Do NOT leave this room!!
[clearly nervous] Why not?
Because Sergeant Gabriel is about to make a break in the case.
SStimple
[after having confessed to raping and murdering three girls] Wait, what's going to happen to me?
You'll be kept in isolation here until morning, then you'll be handed over to county under the supervision of the sheriff's department, and after that? I have no idea.
SStimple
You don't understand. If they put me back in general population, they'll beat me. They'll beat me.
No, Roger. I do understand. What I'm trying to tell you is: I don't care.
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