If you can't withstand scrutiny about anything--I need you to step aside.
I don't step aside. I step up.
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
Dutchboy. Hero of the hour.
Your daughter was sick, she wanted her mother.
You can't take a joke, so you make me look like a prick in front of my ex?
I'm sure your ex doesn't need any help from me seeing what kind of a prick you are.
You know, I thought I hated being on the DA's shit-list, but this is actually worse. I...I can't believe you're still freezing me out.
I can't believe you sold me out.
We do the bust for you, get the heroin off the street. You get closer to Antwon Mitchell, and your agent's cover isn't busted.
DDEA Captain
You're making a lot of assumptions.
The DEA's set up on a One-Niner bar, One-Niners are front and center on the tar trade. I'm a local, not a moron.
[Vic is fanning out his car as it overheats]
Big chief. Vic needum new driving machine, so he can catchum bad guy.
Knew you had some Spanish. Didn't know you knew smoke signals.
[referring to Rawling] What's she doing?
Standing on her soapbox.
She, uh, have her own or did you let her borrow yours?
Don't make this personal.
Vic : Ahh, the only difference between you and Aceveda, is you fooled me into thinking you actually had a goddamn backbone!
You were the red-headed step-child when I arrived here. I put my ass on the line to give you a second chance when nobody else would. I gave you power, I gave you respect. So keep your mouth shut before you lose both! I know this is hard, but I need you to look at the bigger picture.
I also looked into the crime stats. The numbers are up because you manipulated yours to make things look better. I'm getting punished because I reported mine accurately.
Sounds to me like now's a good time to start formulating an exit strategy for the seizure policy.
The only person who can take me off this is the Chief and not without one hell of a fight from me.
Aceveda: Well then, I'd start training. I just spoke to him. He's still blue in the face from having to explain to the ACLU lawyers why you put a cop like Vic, in charge of such a controversial program.
That's what all this is about, Mackey?
Aceveda: Starting tonight, Vic is the face of that church invasion. Pulling him off the street might buy you some slack.
He's working. I stand by my choice.
Aceveda:You just won't take help, will you?
Help from you? Sure. Orders? No.
Aceveda: If Mackey's off the table, I'm going to have to set my sights on the policy in general.
Hey, thanks for coming. Look, ah...I'm in some serious shit. [Vic points his gun at him] Hey, hey, what the hell you doing? What the hell's the matter with you?!
Bugged your car. It's you or me...right? I guess it's you.
No, no, no no, I, I'm I'm explaining, Vic, pl-please, listen to me. Goddamnit, listen to me. Look, Antwon killed Angie right in front of me and Army. He did it with our guns it...it's what I came to talk to you about.
Thought you had nothing to do with Antwon.
It's nothing that we haven't done before. Look, he's squeezing us. He says the body will turn up if, if, if I don't... But, I would never do that. Never! You know that! Look, I was just bluffing him to buy time. We took a run at Halpern, he showed us where Angie's body was, but we can't get to it just the two of us. Army's gun went off... Look, Halpern's still alive. But once Antwon finds out, I'm dead. I got Mara and Jackson out of town, but I'm....look I'm in trouble man. I don't know how it got this deep.
[Vic puts down his gun] You got one shot. [Motions to Shane's gun] TAKE IT.
No. No. I would never choose him over you. We let that Money train bullshit get in the way, but... come-on you're my friend. [Vic points the gun back at Shane] Look, I need you. Will you help me? [Vic slowly puts his gun down]
[to Halpern] You tell Antwon, I'm done with his shit! All of it! He tries to come after us, my family, or Vic...I'll walk up to him and I'll put a bullet in his head. You got that? YOU GOT THAT?!
[Vic breaks Antwon's door open with a crowbar]
Police! Antwon, get your ass out here!
[walks out, and sees the damage] You better have a warrant.
Warrant? I just saw your door busted wide open, wanted to make sure you're okay. (Sarcastically) You okay? The One-Niners started a campaign against police informants.
I'm done with this.
You think you can just go after anyone. You think you're indestructible?
I don't know what you're spinning.
[throws crowbar down] If you've given the word, that some informant or some citizen or some cop gets hurt...you're gonna be spitting teeth!
I'm going back to bed.
Make sure you get that door fixed. Anyone could just walk right in.
RRoger
May I see a badge number? [Dutch shows him his, he fake writes it down on the table without a pencil.]
Did you see the officers come out of the building?
RRoger
I'm going to need one of those, [Pointing to the badge] before I can be debriefed in the category.
Civilians don't have badges.
RRoger
When I get my badge, all things will be made known. Peace officer to peace officer.
[about two missing officers] Anything?
Canvassed the whole area, there's nothing.
Ohh shit.
Went knocking, half the people weren't answering their door, the other half were sleeping.
Let me use your radio. [Danny hands her the radio] Staff, Nine-Tango, I'm Code 6 on Alexandria Circle. Be advised, we have two officers unaccounted for, requesting Attack Alert. All watches will be held over.
OOperator
Copy that.
We should notify the families.
[to Antwon] You wanna talk about indiscretions? Secrets from the dark? How about when you were a kid? Thirteen, fourteen, fat, not very popular. Burying your head under the covers to drown out the screams of your sister; your six year old baby sister who your Daddy raped, night after night and you do anything to stop could you? Too much of a coward to stand up to your old man; but not your Mama. She emptied two loads of buckshot into his gut. So. Daddy's dead, little sister's in the psych ward and your Mama,..is doing life in Chino all because you were too much of a coward to come out from under the covers. But, oh boy, are you making up for it now. Oh yeah, you're street tough, you're a gangster, full of cop-killing rage. But you're still too much of a coward to even save your own son. [Antwon makes an audible sign of distress] Cuff him.
Here you got it all, don't ya'? You got money. You got power. RESPECT!
The hillbilly's been listenin' to my speeches.
It's too bad about your son, though. Tell you what, if my boy turned out to be a fag, I don't know what I would do. [Pauses] They say you're born that way. You doin' his mother out the ass when you knocked her up?
One time, doin' time, for a long time.
That poor little kid. He's gonna be found face down, in the shower, with a back full of shiv and an ass full of cum. Word hits the street, what's that gonna make you look like, huh? I mean, your people don't cop with the homo vibe.
My people... ain't your worry.
Yeah? But you know with all that money, all that power, at the end of the day, you're still just a nigger! With a faggot nigger son! And where's the respect in that?! HUH? Where's the respect in that?!
[Sits down and puts the cuffs back on.] Now... what were you sayin' about my nigger faggot son?
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