THE "L" WORD (122) 1/14/2005 9:00p
I just kept waiting for "Detective Rice" to stick a lip out and say "we got shrimp terrorists, shrimp bombs, shrimp task forces, shrimp luck, shrimp coincidence, shrimp preparation, shrimp enemies…" and so on. Damn you Forrest Gump, damn you. .

Cruz: You are the man, John Sullivan.
Sully: Is that right?
Cruz: Goodbye King Rat.

Cruz: CT Finney’s gonna be somebody’s bitch by midnight.
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Carlos: What is it with women and the "L" word?
Grace: "The "L" Word"?
Carlos: You know…love.
Grace: Okay, look, first of all, it’s not all women. I mean, I have never told any guy that I love him. Secondly, I think Levine pretty much loves everyone.

Cruz: What happened?
Sully: I’m no expert, but I’d say an explosion.

Davis: There was an explosion, we gotta go.
Finney: Are we the Fire Department?

Finney: All I know is my dad’s turning himself in today because of what you think he did.
Davis: I’m not apologizing for that.

McInerney: You lost this one, CT! You take the plea.

Capt. Finney: This department used to know what loyalty and honor was. We used to have each other’s backs.
McInerney: No. No. We were just afraid of each other.

Yokas: {about Emily} We haven’t always gotten along.
Bosco: Neither have we. Things work out.
Yokas: Yeah, well usually with you and me it takes some sort of a tragedy to get us back together.
Bosco: Tough love.

Bosco: My release date’s up to the neurologist.
Yokas: What, are you gonna strong-arm him?
Bosco: Actually, he’s a she. I’m gonna have to go with my charms.

Davis: He’s going down Sully. Don’t worry about it.
Sully: No, he’s not. He was right. A patrol cop is never gonna be able to bring down a captain of the NYPD. This is what I was trying to tell you, Davis. This is real life. Nothing ever turns out the way you think it’s going to. Good guys don’t always win, the bad guys don’t always lose. It’s never simple, it’s never easy. This guy’s gonna win. He’s gonna beat this. And the people that are going down are the grunts. People like you and me. People like your father.

Finney: Damn it, Dad, I don’t care about that. I don’t give a damn if they’re jealous. I don’t give a damn if this case isn’t prosecutable.
Capt. Finney: What the hell is it, then?
Finney: Is it true?
Capt. Finney: That’s gotta be tough to ask that question.
Finney: No varnish, Dad. No technicalities, no legal BS. Just a simple answer, yes or no?

Man: Steven is not Steven?
Santiago: Not according to the real Steven Brett’s wife.
Cruz: Yeah, it looks like identity theft.
Man: You’re telling me that he’s no who he says he is?
Cruz: Yes, that would be the definition.

Santiago: Just got the prints back.
Cruz: That was fast.
Santiago: Hey, I’m Dominican, baby. We work fast.
Cruz: I’ve heard.

Rice: Raymond Guay is number two on our most wanted list.

{to Rice about Guay}
Cruz: Come on, this guy went to the trouble of slipping back into the country with a fake ID so he can what, buy some good muffins and work for a waste management company?
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Grace: You guys beat us here.
Finney: Yeah, what’s new.

{on the phone}
Capt. Finney: I want to say I’m proud of you…and I love you.
Finney: Wait, what’d you say? Capt. Finney: I said I love you.

Davis: What’s going on?
Finney: He said "I love you."
Davis: What are you talking about?
Finney: He’s never said that before.
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{to a dead Captain Finney}
Finney: You son of a bitch, don’t do this!

Carlos: For a while today I thought you were in that explosion. I knew you were going there. I heard it come over the radio and I--- My stomach flipped, I freaked out. I didn’t know what to do. I’ve never felt that way before, worrying about someone like that.
Levine: What are you saying?
Carlos: Your story about Jerusalem and the bombs. Everyone calling their loved ones…Who did you call, Holly? I got out of the bus and ran the last five blocks. I was afraid. Afraid that I’d lost you. But you didn’t call me. You say "I love you" but you didn’t call.
Levine: I--- I was…
Carlos: It’s not about saying the word. It’s about actions. It’s the best that I can give you right now, and if that’s not good enough for you then I am sorry, but it’s all that I can give you.

Finney: My sister and little brother shouldn’t have to pay. Please, Ty.

Cruz: So, is it working?
Rice: Hmm?
Cruz: The Task Force. I mean…are we getting them?
Rice: All the buildings that were standing on September 12th are still standing today.
Cruz: Mm hmm, but…
Rice: Guys like this are working hard every day to change that.
Cruz: Yeah, but how do you fight an enemy whose only purpose in life is to die?
Rice: Their purpose is to kill as many of us as possible. Dying is just one of the methods.
Cruz: How do you fight it?
Rice: A little luck, coincidence, preparation. You just gotta be willing to work harder than they do.
Cruz: So it never ends. Just…always…