Homicide - Life on the Street Quotes
Munch: We have an expression in Homicide: Our day begins when yours ends.
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Howard: Bastards killed him in his own bathroom.
Pembleton: They murdered him. Beau believed there was a distinction between murder and killing.
Howard: We don't close this case, it's on me. I should've known it wasn't a suicide. I let the case get cold because I believed the worst of Beau. I believed he was capable of killing himself and ughhh, I hated him for that. For his being weak, selfish, everything I hated about him when we were partners. But with Beau, it was always when hating him the most, that he would turn around and do something incredibly, stupidly, sweet. Just got to hate him all the more... Don't tell anyone I cried.
Pembleton: They murdered him. Beau believed there was a distinction between murder and killing.
Howard: We don't close this case, it's on me. I should've known it wasn't a suicide. I let the case get cold because I believed the worst of Beau. I believed he was capable of killing himself and ughhh, I hated him for that. For his being weak, selfish, everything I hated about him when we were partners. But with Beau, it was always when hating him the most, that he would turn around and do something incredibly, stupidly, sweet. Just got to hate him all the more... Don't tell anyone I cried.
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Lewis: So, Cox and Kellerman, Julia and Mikey, Bones and the Badge.
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Munch: [to Gharty & Falsone] Girls, girls, you're both pretty.
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Gharty: What is it then?
Pembleton: I'm on the street. I'm working. I need to know that if push comes to shove, my partner will fight for me. I don't wanna go through a door or down some alley and then find out nobody's got my back.
Gharty: So, that's it.
Pembleton: How am I supposed to trust someone who won't go through the same doors as me? Howard, Lewis, Bayliss, every cop on this shift will fight. Every cop will fight. I know that. I depend upon it.
Pembleton: I'm on the street. I'm working. I need to know that if push comes to shove, my partner will fight for me. I don't wanna go through a door or down some alley and then find out nobody's got my back.
Gharty: So, that's it.
Pembleton: How am I supposed to trust someone who won't go through the same doors as me? Howard, Lewis, Bayliss, every cop on this shift will fight. Every cop will fight. I know that. I depend upon it.
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Lewis: I can't believe it. You lost a witness. How tall are you Mike?
Kellerman: How tall am I?
Lewis: Yeah, what, about 6'1, 6'2?
Kellerman: 6'1. Why are you asking how tall I am?
Lewis: I didn't know they could pile crap that high.
Kellerman: How tall am I?
Lewis: Yeah, what, about 6'1, 6'2?
Kellerman: 6'1. Why are you asking how tall I am?
Lewis: I didn't know they could pile crap that high.
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Gee: [at Felton's memorial ceremony] Bodies still fall. The phone still rings. We still fill out our daily run sheets and argue about overtime. The board still collects names... in red & black. But long after the cases blur, and fade entirely from our memory... we still remember our own.
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Georgia Rae Mahoney: Have we met?
Kellerman: No, but I once had the pleasure of shooting your brother.
Kellerman: No, but I once had the pleasure of shooting your brother.
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Pembleton: Where's Brodie?
Munch: PBS aired his documentary. He won an Emmy.
Bayliss: An Emmy? They give those things to anybody.
Munch: PBS aired his documentary. He won an Emmy.
Bayliss: An Emmy? They give those things to anybody.
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Stivers: You partnering with Lewis?
Falsone: Yeah, just started. Two days.
Stivers: So, you sleep together a few times, and as soon as he goes to the john, and leaves his pants behind, you're in his wallet, checking the receipts, seeing where he's been and what he's done. Either you trust a man or you don't.
Falsone: Yeah, just started. Two days.
Stivers: So, you sleep together a few times, and as soon as he goes to the john, and leaves his pants behind, you're in his wallet, checking the receipts, seeing where he's been and what he's done. Either you trust a man or you don't.
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Falsone: I was thinking about puttin' out one of those bikini calendars, you know, Cops of Baltimore.
Curtis: What happened?
Falsone: You see the cops in Baltimore?
Curtis: You're right. Munch in a thong would be a little hard on the eyes.
Curtis: What happened?
Falsone: You see the cops in Baltimore?
Curtis: You're right. Munch in a thong would be a little hard on the eyes.
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Pembleton: I told Lange I'd put our best detectives on it.
Lewis: Don't try to back-door me with that "best" business, Frank. You ain't about compliments.
Lewis: Don't try to back-door me with that "best" business, Frank. You ain't about compliments.
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Gee: What I'm saying is, this isn't Italy. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When in Baltimore, do as I tell you to.
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Bayliss: I'm just speaking my mind here, Frank. I can do that with you because you are a man.
Pembleton: Well, pretend I'm a woman. That way you can keep your thoughts to yourself.
Pembleton: Well, pretend I'm a woman. That way you can keep your thoughts to yourself.
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[Lewis and Falsone check out a victim found hanging in a basement]
Falsone: So it's a murder. Wow! A hanging murder.
Lewis: A memo to Baltimore City Police Department, Homicide unit: use the word 'Wow' on the crime scene.
Falsone: You gotta admit it, Meldrick, it's a little different. I mean we get shootings and cuttings, cuttings and shootings, and every now and then some mope tries to pound someone to death with a baseball bat, but who goes to the trouble of trying to hang people nowadays?
[Dr. Cox comes onto the scene]
Dr. Cox: Wow!
Falsone: So it's a murder. Wow! A hanging murder.
Lewis: A memo to Baltimore City Police Department, Homicide unit: use the word 'Wow' on the crime scene.
Falsone: You gotta admit it, Meldrick, it's a little different. I mean we get shootings and cuttings, cuttings and shootings, and every now and then some mope tries to pound someone to death with a baseball bat, but who goes to the trouble of trying to hang people nowadays?
[Dr. Cox comes onto the scene]
Dr. Cox: Wow!
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[Lewis and Falsone approach a group of kids consorting near a corner drug peddler.]
Lewis: So remember kids: don't just say "no" to drugs, say "no, thank you"!
Lewis: So remember kids: don't just say "no" to drugs, say "no, thank you"!
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Lewis: New rule. If we have a suspect in custody, it's murder. And if the suspect is unknown, it's the worst case of suicide I've ever seen. Huh? That's my new rule. I think it's going to make us all very happy.
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Lewis: She gonna be in my face; I'm gonna be in her face. Every step of the way.
Gee: Meldrick, in her face is one thing; breaking it's another.
Gee: Meldrick, in her face is one thing; breaking it's another.
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Kellerman: Enough with the metaphors.
Munch: If not metaphors, what are we left with? We have a riddle, surrounded by a mystery, wrapped inside an enigma, and stuffed inside a body bag.
Munch: If not metaphors, what are we left with? We have a riddle, surrounded by a mystery, wrapped inside an enigma, and stuffed inside a body bag.
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[At the scene of a priest's murder]
Ballard: Heaven can wait. Homicide can't.
Ballard: Heaven can wait. Homicide can't.
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Pembleton: You know, the thing about Baltimore is we're an easy-going town. You murder one Catholic priest, you've gotten our attention. But hey, you murder two, we take it personally.
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Ballard: My cat did it, my dog did it, the devil made me do it.
Gee: Then check. If the devil is behind this, I want his ass in the box.
Gee: Then check. If the devil is behind this, I want his ass in the box.
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Munch: The important point is that we win certain cases because our brains are repositories for intelligence and their brains are day-old banana pudding.
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Dr. Turner: That's what the hospice movement is all about. Giving the patient a say in how they die.
Pembleton: With dignity.
Dr. Turner: You sound skeptical.
Pembleton: I've seen a lot of death; haven't seen much dignity.
Pembleton: With dignity.
Dr. Turner: You sound skeptical.
Pembleton: I've seen a lot of death; haven't seen much dignity.
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Munch: Hey partner, ready to roll?
Kellerman: Actually, I gotta run to the dentist; I cracked a filling.
Munch: Which part do you hate the worst? The rubber dam they put in your mouth to open it, or the sound of the drill?
Kellerman: I think the worst part is when I scream like a little girl.
Kellerman: Actually, I gotta run to the dentist; I cracked a filling.
Munch: Which part do you hate the worst? The rubber dam they put in your mouth to open it, or the sound of the drill?
Kellerman: I think the worst part is when I scream like a little girl.
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