[to Daniels] You're not wrong, Lieutenant. In this state, there's a thin line between campaign posters and photo arrays.
S1 E7One Arrest
You know why I respect you so much, Bunk?
Mm-mmm.
It's not 'cause you're good police, 'cause, y'know, fuck that, right?
Mm. Fuck that, yeah.
It's not 'cause when I came to homicide, you taught me all kinds of cool shit about . . . well, whatever.
Mm. Whatever.
It's 'cause when it came time for you to fuck me . . . you were very gentle.
You damn right.
See, 'cause you could have hauled me out of the garage and just bent me over the hood of a radio car, and . . . no, you were, you were very gentle.
I knew it was your first time. I wanted to make that shit special.
It was, man. It fucking was.
S1 E8Lessons
Ayo, lesson here, Bey. You come at the king, you best not miss.
Lester, are we still cops?
Technically, I suppose so.
OK, I was just checking.
WSWallace's Little Brother
Eight?
Damn Cyril look! Close your eyes. You workin' a ground stash. 20 tall pinks. Two fiends come up at you and ask for two each, another one cops three. Then Bodie hands you off ten more. But some white guy rolls up in a car, waves you down and pays for eight. How many vials you got left?
WSWallace's Little Brother
Fifteen?
How the fuck you able to keep the count right and you not be able to do the book problem then?
WSWallace's Little Brother
Count be wrong they fuck you up.
[Daniels has just given Damien Price's money back to him]
Hey, what the fuck? Let me guess, the Deputy? How's he got onto this so quick?
I told him.
You told him? Why would you be fucking telling him?
He's the Deputy for Operations, and I just jacked up an aide to a state senator. How do I not tell him?
Yeah, Lieutenant, if you've noticed, there hasn't been a complaint so far from the senator. And you know why? Because what the fuck is his driver doing coming out of the high-rises carrying that kind of money?
That's what I told the Deputy.
Yeah, and what did he say? We should mind our own business? Fucking give the man back his money and go the fuck away?
Pretty much. Except he said a few things for my benefit, too. Like how I had shit all over him. Like how he was shutting us down at the end of this week.
The fuck he is.
We're done. I go past Friday, and I'm buried. He told me that.
He's gonna bury you? For what? You're doing your fucking job.
You think the job is going to save me? You think it's going to save you? Chain of command, Detective. That's all I got from the Deputy today.
Chain of command? Well, did you tell your major about the senator's driver? Did you tell the Colonel? No? Then where's your fucking chain of command?! What's the shift lieutenant doing going up the back stairs to the Deputy Ops?!
What are you saying?
Nothing.
Goddamn right.
Why, he got something on you? You say you got the Deputy's ear. What the fuck's he got on you?
Only rank, Detective.
Look man, I do what I can do to help y'all. But the game is out there, and it's either play or get played.
S1 E9Game Day
What the fuck was that?
That was my Korean counterman.
Sounded Chinese.
Like you can fucking tell the difference.
Ayo what's up playboy? How come you wearin' that suit, B? For real its 85 fuckin' degrees out here and you try'na be like fuckin' Pat Riley
Proposition Joe : Look the part, be the part, motherfucker.
You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don't know where the fuck it's gonna take you.
Well, you know what they say: "stupid criminals make stupid cops". I'm proud to be chasing this guy.
Hey, yo! Y'all need to open this door, man, before I huff and puff. C'mon, now, by the hairs of your chinny-chin-chin.
TTerrell
Omar, you best roll out. We up in here with a Mac-10.
I thinks not, Terrell. I thinks not. Y'all might need to think this through and stop wasting my time. 'Cause Omar can come back tomorrow. And the next day. And the next day. And I will put a bullet in all y'all behind what happen right now, you heard?
[a garbage bag is dropped from the window and Omar inspects the contents]
Fair enough.
Yo ref, yo ref, yo ref... what the fuck? The boy was fouled, clear, straight up... how you going to not call that?
RReferee
Look, if you want I can put time back on the clock and replay it...
Are you talking about a do-over, baby? Are you talking about a fucking do-over? That's not how the game is played. You can't do that! Fuck, can you believe this shit? This nigga talkin' about doin' it again!
RReferee
Look, I don't want any trouble, okay...
Ain't going to be no trouble over no ball...
Man, you supposed to be the ref, right? Why don't you stand up for your fuckin' self, you pussy! You can't just let any ol' motherfucking nigga get in your face... understand? Now walk away. Walk away. Turn around and walk the fuck away... ignorant motherfucker.
We cool?
Yeah, we cool baby, you tell your people to come up here to the park Saturday at noon. Of course, you come on the West Side again, without a ball, I'm a light your ass up.
S1 E10The Cost
I'm doing like one of them marriage counselors. Charge by the hour to tell some fool he need to bring some flowers home. Then charge another hour telling the bitch she oughta suck some cock every little once in a while. You know, keep a marriage strong like that.
Look, forgiveness from other folks is good, but ain't nothin' but words comin' at you from outside. You want to kick this shit, you got to forgive your own self. Love yourself some, brother. And then drag your sorry ass to some meetings.
Meetings?
What the fuck do you wanna hear? That you're strong enough to do this by yourself? Gettin' clean's the easy part. And then comes life.
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