Boy, them Greeks and those twisted-ass names.
Man, back off the Greeks. They invented civilization.
Yeah? Ass-fucking, too.
S2 E11Bad Dreams
[To Spiros] Your way, it won't work.
S2 E12Port in a Storm
[to Major Valchek] I'll tell you the truth Major. Everyone who saw the punch wrote on it. And they've all got Prez throwing the punch, no question. They've also got you addressing a subordinate officer as uh, what was it? A shit-bird?
Fuck you. This is the Baltimore Police Department, not the Roland Park Ladies Tea.
NNick
Seniority sucks.
LLLa La
If you ain't a senior.
He knows my name, but my name is not my name. And you... to them you're only "The Greek."
And, of course, I'm not even Greek.
World keeps turning.
CClerk
Business or pleasure for you?
Business. Always business.
I bet you there's a fucking police detective somewheres else looking at a table full of heads right now.
S3 E1Time After Time
What makes you think they'll promote the wrong man?
We do it all the time.
Yo. Chair ain't recognized your ass.
But what if they don't cop our re-up, though?
Well, I'ma worry about that when it happen. Until then, Mr. Charles, we're going to handle this shit like businessmen, sell the shit, make the profit and later for that gangsta bullshit. [Poot raises his hand.] Yeah.
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Motherfucker, I will punk your ass for sayin such shit!
Yo, String, Poot did have the floor, man.
Shut the fuck up, this nigga too ignorant to have the fuckin' floor!
If that idiot worked for us, he'd be a deputy commissioner by now.
[cuing up the theme from "Shaft"] Carv. He's a complicated man, and the only one that understands him is his woman.
Seek therapy.
S3 E2All Due Respect
Anybody I want?
Anybody.
I want more than one. I want the Olsen Twins.
You got 'em. Slaves. All they live for is to get you off. But so now who are you gonna do for 'em? One guy, one act, one time.
Right, and the minute I name a guy, you're gonna be like, "I knew you're a cocksucker from the first time I laid eyes on you. Steve McQueen? Huh, that's your fantasy? You fucking closet case motherfucker."
Steve McQueen?
Fuck you. It's a setup.
Both Olson twins. Ashley. Kate...
Mary-Kate. And yeah, I admire her body of work.
They're yours. All you gotta do is name a guy.
I'm not catching, I'm pitching.
No problem.
So, what's my role in your little drama?
I thought you might broker a meeting, you know... help your fearless leader see the light about his new friend on the council.
And I should tell him, what? Make nice or invest heavily in petroleum jelly?
Hey, his ass, his choice.
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