CSI - Crime Scene Investigation Quotes

I.A. Officer Wagenbach [to Warrick]: Do you remember hiring Lenny Harper to investigate Lou Gedda in violation of direct orders.
Warrick: Yeah.
I.A. Officer Wagenbach: You think Gedda was responsible?
Warrick: I'd bet on it.
I.A. Officer Wagenbach: I heard that about you. Is that why you went to Pigalle?
Warrick: I went to Pigalle because Lou Gedda called me.

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I.A. Officer Wagenbach: (to Warrick; laying out photos in front of him) Your gun with blood tissue and hair at the scene. Your cuffs, on the vic. You covered in blood. You went to Pigalle to get revenge by giving Lou Gedda a taste of his own medicine. You're a CSI, what's the evidence telling you?
Warrick: (pauses) The evidence is ... is suggesting that I did it.

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I.A. Officer Wagenbach [to Warrick]: Let's back up a little. You get involved with a pretty young thing, you go away to do your business, she winds up dead. You ever think about that?
Warrick: I think about Joanna every day. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about her.
I.A. Officer Wagenbach: No, no. I'm sorry. I was talking about Holly Gribbs. You remember Holly, don't 'ya? Rookie CSI, you left alone at a crime scene 8 years ago to go place bets for a crooked judge. Suspect came back and shot her.
Warrick: I remember.
I.A. Officer Wagenbach: Poor innocent girl, just tryin' to do her job. And winds up dead because of you.
Warrick: That has nothing to do with this.
I.A. Officer Wagenbach: Do two points make a straight line? It's a pattern of behavior. Reckless, obsessive, compulsive, self-destructive behavior.

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I.A. Officer Wagenbach: You get Holly killed, you get Joanna killed, and you just can't take anymore so you kill Gedda. That's how jury's gonna see it.
Warrick: There's nothin' that I can do about that.
I.A. Officer Wagenbach: Sure there is. Look, Lou Gedda was a slimeball, that's common knowledge. Nobody is gonna miss him. In fact the world is arguably a better place without him.
Warrick: So, if I admit to killing him, they'll take it easy on me and you're just tryin' to help me out, right? You know how many times I used that on a suspect? Don't waste your game, pal.

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Grissom: Okay, if there were any other suspect, what would be our conclusion? (everyone is silent for a long moment)
Greg: That he did it.
Grissom: Which is what Warrick told Internal Affairs.
Catherine: He confessed?
Grissom: No, but he didn't deny it. He says that he can't remember.
Greg: Yeah, we've all heard that one before.
Nick: What's that supposed to mean?
Greg: It's not supposed to mean anything, we're just talking.
Nick: Well, we can't just sit here and watch him go down.
Catherine: We're not going to. He asked for a lawyer, and we're going to get him a shark.
Greg: The only thing that a jury is gonna see is a rogue cop with a vendetta. I've been there before. They're gonna crucify him.

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Grissom: Brass always suspected that there was a mole in the department that worked for Gedda. I bet we're lookin' for a cop.
Catherine: A P.I. investigating Gedda gets killed, then Gedda gets killed. Maybe this dirty cop did 'em both.
Grissom: Yeah, but we can't prove it because we're not allowed to investigate Gedda's murder.
Catherine: We're still investigating the P.I. If the cases are linked, we solve one, we solve the other.

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Undersheriff McKeen: Do your client and this department a favor, and make a deal. The District Attorney said that he might consider manslaughter.
Warrick: I can't do that.
Undersheriff McKeen: Are you telling me that you're innocent? Because I.A. said that those words never crossed your lips.
Warrick: Are you charging me?
Undersheriff McKeen: Not yet. But in about 5 hours, it's gonna be first degree murder.

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Undersheriff McKeen: So, it's all on Pritchard. Is this gonna hold up in court?
Grissom: It will.
I.A. Officer Wagenbach: You know what the defense is gonna say, right? Who better than a CSI to make a murder look like a frame.
Grissom: He was framed, and I'll prove it.

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Warrick: Listen, Grissom, I'm so sorry about all of this. (sighs) And... yeah.
Grissom: You were framed.
Warrick: Framed? (Grissom nods and Warrick breathes a sigh of relief) By who?
Grissom: Gedda has a mole in the department.
Warrick: A cop?
Grissom: Daniel Pritchard. We think that he had him kill Lenny Harper. And probably Joanna as well.
Warrick: And why would he kill Gedda?
Grissom: Who knows? Old mobsters, crooked cops, it's a long history.
Warrick: I don't know. I mean, come on, Grissom, Gedda's been killin' and barbaquing people for 25 years. It would take more than a beat cop to get one over on that fat bastard. It's gotta be someone higher up than that.
Grissom: Probably, but Pritchard's all we got for now.

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Grissom [to Warrick]: The D.A's gonna drop the charges. (Warrick sighs in relief) But there's still the question of administrative violation. So, Ecklie and I are recommending to the Undersheriff that you be suspended and demoted, but not terminated.
Warrick: So I still have a job?
Grissom: Well, the Undersheriff says that he has to think about it. But he just wants to make you sweat.
Warrick: I've sweat enough.
Grissom: I'd imagine. (Warrick hugs Grissom and holds on to him for a moment)
Warrick: Thank you. Thank you.

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Catherine [to Warrick]: You ever need anybody to talk to, you know how to get ahold of me, huh?
Warrick: Yeah, thanks. (she kisses his cheek and walks out of the diner)

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Nick [to Warrick]: Let's get a beer.
Warrick: Oh, no.
Nick: Come on. You're a free man now.
Warrick: Well, this free man needs a free shower. And I think you need to take a hot one with that red-head.
Nick: I think I might just do that. (pauses) Hey, I'm really glad that you're okay.
Warrick: Thanks.

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Undersheriff McKeen [to Warrick]: I just wanted to congratulate you in person. Sure made a believer outta me.
Warrick: Thanks.
Undersheriff McKeen: Look, I don't wanna fire you. I just need to know that you're through running the streets on your own lookin' for bad guys.
Warrick: Look, I'm done being a rogue in the streets. But there's one son of a bitch still out there and I promise you that we're gonna get him.
Undersheriff McKeen: Grissom taught you well.
Warrick: I'd like to think so.
Undersheriff McKeen: You never give up.
Warrick: Nope.
Undersheriff McKeen: That's what makes you a great CSI. (takes out his gun and shoots Warrick)

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Sara: You know, after being in so many victim's houses, I never left my house without making the bed and taking out the trash, just in case I didn't come home.
Greg: What about now?
Sara: Since I left Vegas, I don't do that anymore.

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Ecklie (arriving at Warrick's crime scene): Gil, how do you wanna handle this?
Grissom: I want us to do this, Conrad. I want Nick and Catherine on the car.
Ecklie (softly): Okay.
Nick: I feel sorry for whoever did this.
Catherine (finishes her phone call and walks over to Grissom and Ecklie): Greg's coming back from the airport, I told him to go straight to the lab. (pauses) We're gonna have to take your clothes to get processed.
Ecklie: I'll drive ya.
Grissom: I'm gonna go with Warrick.

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(Grissom finds Sara in his office, Sara hugs Grissom and sobs)
Sara: I got the first flight out.

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Brass [to McKeen]: Was it Pritchard that you saw?
Undersheriff McKeen: Uh... I only saw him for a second, it was dark... But uh, who else could it be?
Brass: Okay.

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Greg: I.. uh, need to do something.
Grissom: You could, um, pick up Warrick's clothes from the coroner.

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Nick (after discovering that Warrick's killer was standing outside his car): Why was the window down?
Catherine: I dunno, it was a warm night.
Nick: If he wanted to get some air, why not roll down his own window?

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Nick (after Catherine finds a gun in Warrick's car): Warrick's service weapon is still in evidence. He didn't carry a backup.
Catherine: It's gotta be the murder weapon.
Nick: Leave the gun, take the cannoli. This was a hit. Look's like Pritchard's been takin' lessons from Gedda.

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Grissom: He didn't wanna go, Sara.
Sara (pause): Tell me.
Grissom: I was holding him. ... God, I could feel his life, ... I guess I felt that if I could hold him tight enough, he'd be okay.
Sara: You know that there is no place in the world that he would have rather been at the end. ... He loved you.
Grissom (holding back tears): Yeah, I loved him. (Catherine comes in and sees Sara, Sara walks up to her and hugs her)
Sara (while hugging Catherine): I'm so sorry.
Catherine: It's so good that we can all be together. (Greg and Nick walk in and Sara hugs them both)

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Sara: Look, maybe I can pick up some of the slack. I know I can't work the case, but maybe I can make some of the ... arrangements.
Grissom: That'd be great.
Greg: I'll help you.
Sara: I'd appreciate that.
Nick: You know, since Warrick's grandmother passed, we were the only family that he had. He once told me that he'd like to be buried next to her.
Grissom: I went to her funeral with Warrick. She's buried at the Baptist cemetary on Eastern.
Sara: We're gonna need a key, I guess to his place.
Catherine: I've got one. I... went over to his place and got him some fresh clothes when he was in custody.
Nick: Warrick was right about Gedda and he was right about the department. (looks at everyone then at Grissom) Let's finish this for him.

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Undersheriff McKeen: I know that you and Warrick were close, and I don't want you to think that I had it in for the guy.
Brass: Why would I think that, Jeff?
Undersheriff McKeen: I don't know... Maybe I'm feelin' guilty. ... I thought Brown was a bad apple. I was certain that he killed Gedda... And I was wrong. I know it's a little late for apologies but I-I just wanted to tell 'ya.
Brass: Hey, we all have regrets. I thought he killed Gedda, too. ... You know what the last thing that I told him was?
Undersheriff McKeen: No.
Brass: "I hope you remember how lucky you are." Some luck, huh?
Undersheriff McKeen: Thanks.

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Catherine: According to the log, the gun was destroyed last July.
Grissom: Or not. Pritchard stole it from central property.
Catherine: He had to have somebody on the inside to fudge the records.
Grissom: Well, maybe Gedda had another cop on the take, but why would Pritchard kill Warrick with a gun that could be traced back to him.
Catherine: Because he didn't care, he's in the wind.

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Nick: When I rolled up the passenger side window I found a cluster of impressions on the glass, no ridge structure. So, they're not fingerprints, they're knuckle prints. The stereo was turned down low, the only finger prints on the volume knob were Warrick's. If you've ever ridden with him, you'd know that he'd make your ear drums bleed. (Grissom silently laughs at the memory) So, volume turned down, knuckle prints on the glass, I think the killer knocked on his window.
Grissom: (realizing) Well, Warrick would've never rolled down his window for Pritchard.
Nick: No, no. Not after he just killed Gedda and was trying to frame Warrick for the murder.
Catherine: Are we saying that it's not Pritchard?
Nick: I think we are. ... McKeen. He's the only eyewitness. He's the one that placed somebody that looked like Pritchard in the alley. He's the one that is saying the suspect got into a vehicle with a partial plate that was a match to Pritchard's.

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(Sara and Grissom are watching the DVD of Warrick's custody hearing)
Woman [to Warrick]: So what makes you think that you'd be a good father? You were raised by your grandmother. You never even knew your biological father.
Warrick: Which is exactly why Eli needs to know his. Look, the most important thing you need to know about how to raise a child is how give a child love, and I've been loved. He says I've always tried to be a good man, and I've screwed up. And when I have there's always been one man in my life to set me straight. I've learned a lot from him, how to be fair, how to forgive, ... how to be inspired, how to inspire others.
Woman: Sounds like a special person.
Warrick: He is. If I could've picked my own father, I'da picked him. (Grissom is clearly touched and saddened at the same time)

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Grissom: There's no way that McKeen could've heard those shots. So why did he say that he did? He also implied that he saw Pritchard running away from Warrick's car.
Brass: But he never said that it was Pritchard.
Grissom: He led us to believe that though.
Brass (sighs): You know when I first came to Vegas twenty years ago... I haven't thought about this in a while, Jeff McKeen was a detective then. He invited us all up to his cabin at Mt. Charleston, you know, all the new guys, have a barbeque, cook some steaks, have a few drinks, get to know each other. And you know, it was a nice place, but not too nice for detective pay. I mean, my radar's already up I came from Jersey, guys took more than they gave, and they made it an art form, how not to push it, how not to make it showy, you know. And anyway, Jeff is sizing me up, he's sniffing around, telling me how great Vegas is, how great it'd be for my career... But I let him know, without bustin' his balls that I wasn't in a game, that I wasn't for sale and it's a good thing that I took a look around up there at Mt. Charleston because I never got invited again, no more barbeques for me.
Grissom: First witness at the scene is the first suspect, right?
Brass: Right.
Grissom: When I told Warrick that Pritchard framed him, he said that Gedda's mole had to have been higher up on the food chain. If I were McKeen I would worry that Warrick would never let it go.
Brass: Let's say that McKeen saw the interview video. The time that Warrick left the PD to the time that Warrick got killed was like an hour, hour and a half. Is that enough time to frame Pritchard? For all we know Pritchard's not even in Vegas.
Grissom: Yeah, but if Pritchard gets picked up somewhere else, that gives him an alibi, and McKeen is screwed.
Brass: Unless he knows exactly where Pritchard is.

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McKeen [to Pritchard]: I told you not to leave the room.
Pritchard: I didn't, scout's honor. Why would I leave the room? I'm tryin' to leave the country.
McKeen: You killed Brown on the way out, I get it. But now you made a mess and I gotta clean it up.
Pritchard: You think I killed Brown?
McKeen: Come on. Who else?
Pritchard: I just framed the guy. Why would I want him dead? I wanted him in jail. If I wanted him dead I woulda shot him in Pigalle, and not gone through all of this freakin' crap.

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Ecklie: Gil, you take this to the wrong judge and McKeen finds out he's being investigated, he'll stick a fork in all of us.
Catherine: I think that's a risk that we're all willing to take.
Ecklie: Well, all I'm saying is let's be smart about it. Get more evidence.
Nick: We got what we got. Knuckle prints on glass.
Greg: Yeah but knuckle prints can't be individualized, even if we had exemplars, we couldn't exclude Pritchard or include McKeen.
Ecklie: Alright, alright. What about the murder weapon?
Catherine: We dusted for prints, swabbed for DNA, it was wiped clean.
Sara: The gun was evidence in an armed robbery case, right? Was there any ammo with it?
Catherine: No.
Sara: So, if McKeen lifted the gun from evidence, he still had to load it.
Catherine: There were no prints on the magazine.
Sara: What about the bullets?
Ecklie: A .25? We've never gotten prints of a cartridge that small. (next scene is Mandy dusting for prints on the bullets)

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Mandy (dusting for prints on the bullets): That is one tiny partial. That's maybe 4mm.
Catherine: So, we got one shot.
Mandy: Yeah, so don't screw it up, right? (she tape lifts the print off of the bullet) Just enough for a comparison.
Catherine: Here, compare it to Pritchard's ten card. (Mandy does so)
Mandy: It's not Pritchard's print.
Catherine: Thank you, Mandy. I need for you to step out.
Mandy: You're kidding, right?
Catherine: No, I'm not. (Mandy leaves and Catherine matches the print to McKeen)

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