RVRembrandt Van Saveneau
If Evanhauer dies, it'll be the greatest contribution to art since the invention of the frame.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
[Watching the reconciled Dancys leaving together] They deserve each other.
Oh, come on, they love each other. It's obvious, like... what was that line he said? "A trout in the milk." Beautiful. Really beautiful.
You like that line, huh?
Yeah.
Well, that ain't Dancy. That's Thoreau.
C'mon!
Henry David Thoreau. That's where Yale Courtland Dancy stole that line. You can't let this job stifle your mind, buddy-boy. You gotta keep yourself free, easy, for cultural pursuits, y'know? That's right. Good reading, good music. Bowling. But you, that's all you think of is women!
YCYale Courtland Dancy
[Describing Evanhauer] He was a crass bumbler whose brush went down for the count every time it hit the canvas.
Somebody call for a cop?
Well, I called for one about an hour ago, but you know they're never around when you need 'em.
Well, here I am.
[Discussing the rapist] Well, what about his m.o.? Doesn't that tell you enough to translate for us?
LMDr. Lenny Murchison
What, the corner market? That's a natural, a regular game preserve. Chicks on display there like all the rest of the merchandise. Shouldn't need a psychiatrist to tell you that.
He didn't give me a chance, Mike.
Happens sometimes. Maybe nobody gave him one either. Like Lenny said, "In the beginning, there was childhood."
[On stake out for a serial rapist] Doesn't matter how many times you've done it, it still makes your skin crawl. A loose screw sitting out here somewhere in the dark, or walking around in that market, watching women. And they don't even know he's there. Gotta hand it to gals like Evelyn.
To be bait for a rapist? I wouldn't do it.
You don't have to worry, buddy-boy. Not with legs like yours.
[Entering a seedy bar] Two coffees, Tim!
TMTim Murphy
Coffee, huh? Gotta be A.A. or Mike Stone.
NCNick Carl
You know why I came back, Johnny? Because you asked. I didn't even think about it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come back. I don't like remembering what I used to be. All those years, and all that time, I remembered I have one friend. One guy I figured I owed. No questions. Do it, whatever it was. So, I came back for one more job.
TMTim Murphy
I'm sorry, Nick. I'm sorry.
NCNick Carl
Tim Murphy sorry? Yeah, I guess maybe you are sorry. We're all sorry. You, me, Johnny. We were born sorry. And I guess we'll die the same way.
CJCharley Johnson
A planchet. That's...
A metal disc that's ready to be stamped into a coin, right?
CJCharley Johnson
Right.
[In response to Stone's stunned facial expression] They use it in crossword puzzles a lot.
You got time to do crossword puzzles? I don't give you enough to do around here, huh?
[Identifying the body] That's Llewellyn. Looks like Groat used his Golden Rule before he could.
Which one is that?
Do unto others before they do unto you.
[to Groat] You were here, too, huh? The three of you. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
[On stakeout, discussing hitman Art Styles] He's with a girl. Mary Rae Dortmunder.
Mary Rae Dortmunder? That's a crummy name for a go-go dancer.
She's a teacher. Schoolteacher.
Well, that's better. Mary Rae Dortmunder. Now that's a good name for a schoolteacher.
MRMary Rae Dortmunder
Saint Exupéry wasn't only a children's writer; he was a pilot, and an adventurer, and a romantic. "The Little Prince" is about humanity... and love.
ASArt Styles
Mary Rae, where do you live?
MRMary Rae Dortmunder
I'm not sure I follow.
ASArt Styles
I mean, you're talkin' about Byron - Lord Byron - and those sisters.
MRMary Rae Dortmunder
The Brontës.
ASArt Styles
All that fairyland thing. I mean, you live out here somewhere, where the wallpaper never warps, the toilets don't back up.
MRMary Rae Dortmunder
Well, I just talk about what I believe, I guess.
ASArt Styles
Do you really know any people like you talk about? I mean here and now, on this planet, in this city.
MRMary Rae Dortmunder
There are people who think the way I do.
ASArt Styles
Who? Teachers?
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