CSI - NY Quotes

Sid: I enhanced the tattoo on the radial border of the Vic's upper arm and discovered this, what appears to be a wee little leprechaun holding a... basketball?
Jo: Looks like a homemade rendition of, what? The Boston Celtics' mascot?
Sid: Oh. Well, not a very good one.

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Danny: You're liking the voice mail caller for both Craig's murder and Jeremy's disappearance?
Mac: At this point, yes.
Hawkes: That doesn't bode well for Jeremy.
Mac: Well, being kidnapped by a psychopath seldom does.

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Mac: Poisoned and left to die. This was personal.

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Mrs. Anderson: (to Flack about her son Craig) His first words were Bird and McHale.
Flack: Mine were cookie and cake.

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Flack: Mrs. Anderson... we're going to find the guy who murdered your son.
Mrs. Anderson: That's not going to bring him back, is it? I'm sorry.
Flack: It's going to take time.
Mrs. Anderson: I don't know the right way to act around people, what to say to them.
Flack: No right way to act. Children aren't supposed to die.
Mrs. Anderson: I would like to see him, Detective.
Flack: All due respect, I don't think that's a good idea. That's not how you want to remember him.
Mrs. Anderson: Then, how do I say good-bye?
Flack: You don't. Not where it counts.

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Jo: What is this place?
Mac: Transportation Department warehouse.
Flack: This is where tired old street signs go to die.

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Jo: That's a service apron.
Mac: You know from experience?
Jo: I worked in a burlesque club when I was an undergrad.
Mac: As a bartender?
Jo: I never said that.

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Mac: So how'd your negotiation go yesterday?
Jo: Negotiation?
Mac: Your daughter seems rather determined to vacate New York City.
Jo: She can be a stubborn mule like her mama. Seldom shy about what she likes and doesn't like.
Mac: Being thrown into the deep end is never easy. It helps to know there are people around that have your back.
Jo: Well, Ellie's a tough kid. She's going to be fine.
Mac: I wasn't talking about Ellie.
Jo: Thank you.

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Adam: The new voice mail was left using a second prepaid phone and just like numero uno, right, the SIM card was used once and then deactivated.
Lindsay: So Mrs. Harris' mystery caller is dumping phones as he goes.
Adam: Sure looks that way. So, I compared the serial numbers on both the cards and guess what?
Mac: They were sequential?
Adam: Yeah. Perp's not as smart as he thinks. He bought both the phones at the same store at the same time.
Mac: He alluded to a final message in the second voice mail.
Lindsay: So to leave it, he'd need a third phone which might still be active.

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Mac: (right before sending them to a bar in search of a perp) I hope Jo and Flack are thirsty.

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Flack: All right, I'll start beating the bushes.
Jo: Hang on. I might have a less obtrusive way. We do have his telephone number (dials and hands her cell to Flack) It's for you. [The phone rings; Flack notices it belongs to the bartender]
Flack: Gotcha. [The bartender realizes what's going on and runs away] Less obtrusive?

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Reuben Lewis [to Mac]: A friend asked me to make a call, read a set of instructions. I didn't ask why because I didn't really care.
Mac: Do you think you'll care about 25 to life?

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Jo: Smug little punk. He got off too easy.
Flack: I agree. You should have put him under the dumpster.

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Reuben Lewis: I'm tired of this BS. If you guys had anything on me, I'd already be in jail.
Mac: Or just visiting (uses his flashlight to reveal a U.V. stamp from Rikers on Reuben's hand) You're a bartender, Reuben. You really should wash your hands more often.

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Hawkes: The reptile remains we found in the basement were consistent with Bungarus Fasciatus, also known as the Banded Krait.
Mac: Where did they come from?
Hawkes: My guess: Chinatown, black market. 15 minutes on the Internet, anybody can learn how to extract the venom. It's neurotoxic and fast-acting, causing near-instant muscle paralysis in humans. The lucky ones die fast.
Danny: And the unlucky ones?
Hawkes: Slow and excruciating respiratory failure. As the diaphragm becomes paralyzed, the victim suffocates. Death can take days.
Danny: So these guys were literally trapped inside their bodies. I mean, unable to move, unable to talk.
Mac: Allison Scott knew exactly what she was doing. She wanted them to suffer.

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Allison Scott [to Jo]: Don't you dare talk to me about grief, because my fiancé died in my arms.
Jo: You're absolutely right, Allison, that was a terrible tragedy. I can only imagine the anger you felt. God himself couldn't save someone who wanted to hurt my family. I would hunt them down. I would make them suffer like they had never suffered before. I would need them to feel the unrelenting pain that I felt. But what if I was wrong? What if I hurt the wrong person? I could never live with myself.

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Flack: How the heck did he survive all that time?
Mac: If you're asking the scientist, I'd say his particular body chemistry metabolized the poison slow enough to keep him breathing. Drinking condensation kept him alive. But if you want my personal opinion, I'd say science didn't have anything to do with it.
Flack: It's too bad they all can't have a happy ending.

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Mac [to Jo]: Looking for something?
Jo: Oh, only the best hamburger in all five boroughs. Harvey's double-decker with the works.

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Mac: I read in your file that, uh, you adopted Ellie.
Jo: What?
Mac: I read files, too, you know.

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Jo: Ellie would've just ended up one of those innocent kids lost in a broken system.
Mac: Well, bringing her into your family was a noble thing to do.
Jo: I didn't have any choice, Mac. She was love at first sight. She was so yummy. And if my son Tyler gave meaning to my life, Ellie just made it complete. It was the best decision I ever made in my life.

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Jo [to Mac]: Don't you want to join us? This burger is just heaven on a sesame seed bun.
Mac: Well, maybe next time. I've already had, uh, heaven on a bun for lunch.

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Ellie: Tyler is so lucky. He gets to do whatever he wants in college.
Jo: You know, college is not that easy. Giant textbooks and really hard tests.
Ellie: Tons of hot guys.
Jo: What exactly do you know about hot guys? Don't you make me have to interrogate you.

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Mac: I received a memo from my superior officers just prior to calling this meeting. It reads as follows: 'There is no sniper.' Make no mistake about it. New York City has a sniper. And he's good.

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Mac: Our hope is that this was an isolated incident and that the shooter will be in custody soon. I know that's what the brass wants the public to believe. What I don't know... what we can't know... is when or where the killer will strike again.

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Hawkes: I miss the no-vacancy sign out front?
Sid: (laughs) Uh, standing room only. Three DUI vics in the corner, a robbery gone bad and a pair of unrelated suicides against the wall over there.
Hawkes: Perfect timing for a sniper attack.

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[After Sid has been injured while retrieving a bullet from a body]
Hawkes: His vitals look good. He's a little dazed and confused but I think he's gonna be okay.
Jo: If it weren't for these he would be blind right now.
Danny: What the hell happened?
Hawkes: Well, he was retrieving the slug from our second sniper vic and all of a sudden, her head just... exploded.
Danny: Exploded?
Hawkes: Yeah.

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Jo: Not bad enough this guy's killing people but he's shooting them with exploding bullets.

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Chief Ted Carver [to Mac]: Heard about your antics this morning.
Mac: By antics, you mean telling the truth?
Chief Ted Carver: Look, your own people is one thing. I trust you're not going to be tearing up any directives from above in front of the press.
Mac: No, no. They were smart enough not to send me anything on paper this time.
Chief Ted Carver: All right, wait, wait, listen. Neither of us is to utter the word sniper, is that clear? That's a direct order from Chief Sinclair to me. Now it is a direct order from me to you. Is that going to be a problem?
Mac: They have a right to know.
Chief Ted Carver: The public has a right to know what we tell them.
Mac: I'm not going to lie for you or anyone else.
Chief Ted Carver: Who said anything about lying? Mac, look, I walked the beat just like you did, all right? I know where you're coming from but there is a difference between lying and withholding a truth.
Mac: I don't think there is.

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Mac [to Chief Carver]: The sooner the people know, the faster they can take steps to protect themselves.
Chief Ted Carver: It's not your call, all right? And I'm not about to create a citywide panic.
Mac: Well, I don't think we can control that in this day and age, and why even have me up there at all?
Chief Ted Carver: You're the head of the crime lab. It's gonna look like I'm withholding something if you're conveniently absent.

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Reporter: So what you're saying is both victims were shot from a distance, through a window, by an unseen gunman who was possibly perched on a rooftop? Sounds like a sniper to me, Detective.
Mac: Me, too.
[The reporters clamor]
Chief Ted Carver: Thank you. That's all for now (to Mac, as they walk away) What the hell was that?
Mac: Look, ask yourself one question. If you were a civilian, would you want to know?
Chief Ted Carver: You're a piece of work, Taylor, you know that? What the hell am I supposed to tell the commissioner and the mayor now?
Mac: You tell them I never uttered the word sniper.

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