Bosco quotes from Third Watch

Tommy

If I could just go home.

Bosco

You're not going anywhere, all right, until I see the spot. Capice?

Monroe

Oh please, don't start speaking Italian to the guy, because he's having a hard enough time keeping up!

10-4 David. Standby.

Bosco

Standby my ass.

Tommy

It was a lot.

Bosco

And then you cut his throat? And in all that time, all that stabbing, he never stopped fighting back? Huh? How about when you cut him from the corner of his mouth all the way back to his ear?! Or when you cut his eyes out?! He stop fighting back then?! And when you got behind him to cut his throat--- which you must've done or you'd be covered in his blood. You couldn't have just run away? Huh?

Tommy

He was so big, see...

Bosco

How'd you cut your hand, Tommy?

Tommy

I told you, Jeremy....

Bosco

No, he didn't.

Tommy

Yes...

Bosco

He would have cut you on the palm. Nobody gets a defensive wound on the back of their hand. You did hold him up against the wall, right? Right? You pushed him back against it while he was begging for his life and then you cut yourself on one of the upswings while you were stabbing your friend in the face!

Tommy

Bosco, hey, can I ask you a question? You think this is gonna affect my chances of becoming an attorney?

Bosco

You know what? This probably won't affect your chances of being an attorney one damn bit.

Bosco

When's your 46?

What?

Bosco

Your next 46. When is it?

Oh, it's uh.... (reaches for his gun)

Bosco

(firing) Wrong answer. Your 46 is your vacation.

Cruz

Yeah, you'll be spending yours upstate.

Bosco

Monroe, sometimes the right thing to do isn't the right thing to do.

Monroe

Mm-hmm, Bosco. And most of the time, it is.

If you can't beat me, join me.

Bosco

Oh, I can beat you.

No, you can't.

Bosco

You go near my mother again I won't be wearing this uniform next time you see me, capice?

Yokas

Bosco, I want you to ask Swersky to put us back together.

Bosco

You do?

Yokas

If I'm coming back, I'm coming back all the way.

Bosco

I thought you wanted me out of your life.

Yokas

All the way.

Bosco

Did you see my brother?

Cruz

It was his car. The driver of his car.

Bosco

Did you see him?

Cruz

I saw him.

Yokas

You're lying.

Cruz

You don't want to mess with me right now!

Yokas

You're lying. You never saw...

Cruz

It was a... This guy killed a cop! Somebody that I care about!

Swersky

I want an alarm out for the car and for this Mike Boscorelli. Do you know what he looks like?

Yokas

Yes, sir.

Swersky

Then do it.

Bosco

As a cop killer?

Swersky

For questioning.

Bosco

In the death of a cop. You know what that means.

Swersky

I don't have a choice, Bosco. And I'm not sure it would change if I did.

No.

Bosco

Just tell him, Ma. He has to turn himself in to me. To me.

Yokas

I know. Can I do anything to help?

Bosco

You don't have to be involved.

Yokas

Yeah, I know that too.

Bosco

Do I?

Mikey

Oh, you don't believe me? Okay, go to hell.

Bosco

I'm taking you in.

Mikey

Oh, great. Oh, that's how you're gonna help me?

Bosco

Listen to me. You're wanted. Do you understand that? You're wanted as a cop killer. Do you want Mom to have to go to your funeral? Do you want her to have to pick out the box you're gonna be buried in?

Bosco

Listen to me. The Police Department believes you killed a cop. They don't give a damn if you never make it to trial.

Mikey

What do you believe?

Bosco

Doesn't matter.

Mikey

It does matter. We're brothers. We're family.

Bosco

Family? You both say it, but you have no idea what it means.

Bosco

You call this smart?!

Cruz

Works for me. Works for his attorney.

Bosco

Well, it doesn't work for his brother.