Third Watch quotes

Kathy: I'm just so… tired.

Carlos: Take a nap. Look, you gotta hang in there and see how things are gonna turn out, 'cause you could miss out on something great just because you gave up on it before you gave it a chance. (Carlos looks at Levine) Gotta give things a chance.

Sully (to Finney): Listen, Junior Hero. I know you think your ass is special because your old man's a honcho. But your old man is a thug, a thief, and a murderer. And nothing you ever do on this job's gonna change that.

Sully (to Davis): I'm gonna tell you this story one time. I'm gonna tell you the "see spot run" version and when I'm done telling you, we're done with it. It was a long time ago. There were a bunch of dirty cops who were taking payoff money from drug dealers. About a dozen or so of them. Some you never heard of… your father and CT Finney. When it became clear that the house of cards was gonna cave in, the rest of the gang had a brainstorm. They'd pin it on the black guy. 'Cause, you know, 'cause that would be an easy thing to do. Your father saw it coming. Decided to head 'em off at the pass. CT Finney got wind of it. You know the rest.

Davis: What are you saying? What, Captain Finney killed my father?

Sully: Your father was going to IAB the next day. We got a bogus call. Your father ended up dead. A month later, CT Finney's in a nice corner office downtown. You can draw your own conclusions.

Yokas (to Cruz): I can't figure this. Why the hell would you go through all that to protect me?

Cruz: I don't rat out cops.

Yokas: Look, we're not friends. I don't even like you.

Cruz: You know what? I spent the entire day with a bunch of people telling me how much they don't like me. So you wanna fight, let's go. Let's go, let's just get it over with.

Yokas: I told you that night I didn't want you to be involved.

Cruz: I was already involved. He was my prisoner.

Yokas: And I told you that I would face my punishment...

Cruz: This isn't about you! I don't rat on cops. It makes no difference who they are or whether I like them or not. I don't rat on cops.

Yokas: I don't owe you anything, Cruz. I didn't want you to do this.

Cruz: Fair enough.

Davis: You know who Cathal Finney is?

Monroe: Yeah, it's Brendan's Father.

Davis: Yeah, um… Sully thinks he killed my dad.

Swersky: Councilman Daniels' wife has been calling the PC's office off the hook. Husband didn't come home last night.

Sully: What's she want us to do?

Carlos (to Grace): Girls always want the honey when other bees start buzzing around it. Look, if it doesn't work out, I'll break you off some.

Grace: You guys got here fast.

Cruz: We've had an APB out on Councilman all night.

Carlos: He's a jerk.

Grace: Would you stop?

Carlos: He punched me, on my good side.

Cruz: You have a good side?

Finney (to Davis): I thought you and I were partners. You got problems, so do I.

Davis: This ain't Boy Scouts, Fin.

Sully (after hitting the rapist with his car): You dented my car, moron!

Finney (to CT Finney): Yeah, I'm learning a lot from Davis too, you know? I was expecting Denzel in Training Day, but, you know, he's nothing like that.

Davis (to Morris): I don't get it, man. 21 years ago, you were begging for somebody to listen to you. Why are you flipping the script now? What's he got on you? Is he sending your mom checks? Kicking you back cigarette money? What?

Cruz: It's over. Put the gun down.

Daniels: No.

Cruz: Jonathan…don't do this.

Daniels: I'm not doing anything. You are.

Cruz: I'm not gonna shoot you.

Daniels: How can I live with this?!

Cruz: How's your family gonna live without you? Huh?

Daniels: Stop talking. Just do it!

Cruz: You don't wanna die.

Daniels: I'm dead already.

Cruz: I know what it feels like. I know what it feels like to…to wanna wash the filth off you.

Daniels: Pull the trigger.

Cruz: You think it was hard for you to step up? I'm a police sergeant.

Daniels: Do it!

Cruz: I do that, they win. We can't let them win.

Cruz (to Daniels) You went to Yale. You'll get this knocked down. You'll be out in no time and then you'll write a book about it. That's what happens to people like you. I, on the other hand, have to get up every day, by myself, and talk worthless pieces of crap of ledges! Now, I'm not gonna ask you again... get up!

Sully (to Davis): If I had gone up against the department on this, do you think they would've let your mother keep your father's pension? Huh? How was she supposed to take care of you and your sisters? How was she supposed to pay for you to go to Columbia?

Davis: Well, that doesn't make it right.

Sully: This isn't about being right. This is about what is. I keep trying to tell you we're solving problems out here and that's what I did.

Davis: That wasn't enough, Sul.

Sully: All right, you know what? You can think whatever you wanna think. I don't give a damn. But don't you ever question my loyalty to your father again. You don't have that right.