Evelyn: Kingstown needs a cleanup. I'm the fucking janitor.
Mike: You should put that in your campaign.

Mike: Where's your security detail, by the way?
Evelyn: I'm going after anyone -- Mike anyone -- that my predecessor was too fucking chicken-shit to pursue politically. Or just too fucking chicken shit generally. And I promise you, Mike, if your name comes up, any association, I'm going to roll you up with the rest. I fucking swear to Christ.
Mike: Yeah. Stop swearing to all this stuff. Alright. I hear you. Okay. I hear you. Roll me the fuck up. Where's your security detail?
Evelyn: I cut them loose.
Mike: Hey. Not smart.
Evelyn: I go after cops, Mike. You think I want them watching my back? No. Thank you. It's too risky.
Mike: I don't give a flying shit, Evelyn. Look. Look what happened to Lockett. Okay. You need guns. You need that security detail. You hear me?
Evelyn: Yeah. I have a gun.
Mike: Nobody fucking cares. About your gun. Alright? Now you tell me who they are, I'll vet them. I'll make sure they're straight from the fucking academy. Okay? Their cherry's still intact.
Evelyn: Oh my God. That's just lovely. That's lovely.
Mike: Okay, I'm not fucking around. I'm serious.
Evelyn: I know.
Mike: Don't let it happen again.

Mitch told me in the world, 5% of people are truly good. Five percent are evil. The rest of us, we wrestle between the two. Who we are, what we are. What we're willing to do. As months went by, and years, I could see Mitch trying to figure out which side I'd land on. He told me when evil cuts down the good, it's like the universe shifts. The scales topple. When that happens, there has to be a reckoning. There has to be retribution. Balance must be restored. Mitch said I'd end up on one of those extremes. That what I choose would determine how the scales would be balanced. Which side I was on. Who I would be.

Mike

Kyle: I can't believe I'm doing this. Her gone. It's fucked up.
Mike: Terribly fucked up.
Kyle: And I'm fucking terrified, Mike.
Mike: You should be. You should be fucking terrified. Parenting is scary as fuck, man.
Kyle: How the fuck would you know?
Mike: I don't. I wouldn't. It's what Mom said.

Mike: Don't let it happen again.
Evelyn: You're fucking classic McLusky, man. I threaten to arrest you. You promise to protect me.
Mike: Yeah. I promise.

Police captain Moore: Kevin. Hey, you good?
Rookie Guard Jackson: Yes sir. I even hit the gate.
Moore: Yeah, that's right. That's right. Listen, your training was too accelerated. We all know it. The staff here. DOC. But we bled so much in the riot.
Jackson: I'm happy to be here, sir. Happy to serve.
Moore: Yeah. Your family in corrections?
Jackson: Incarcerated, sir, where I'm from.
Moore: Listen, so you're good with what you witnessed?
Jackson: I seen people die before.
Moore: Yeah. I was told that you tried to -- you tried to help the inmate.
Jackson: It wasn't a whole lot I could do.
Moore: No. It wasn't. Don't -- don't ever do that again, son. Ever.
Jackson: Yes, yes sir.
Moore: It won't be the last time you'll experience that violence. But it will be the last time you offer aid before the seniors secure and you have backup. You're lucky to be going home. You hear what I'm saying?
Jackson: Yes Warden.

Mike: Listen to me. What do they need in here to make things right?
Bunny: Cheapskate's gotta get knocked off. My cousin will run point when I get out.
Mike: Yeah. What do you need from me?
Bunny: Backs turned, five o'clock tomorrow.

Mike, when whore talks to feds, what do you think happens?

Joseph

Joseph: What are you looking for, Mike?
Mike: I'm looking for a lot of things, Joseph, but let's just keep that shit for another day, whaddya say?

Mike: Jesus fuckin' Christ, Bunny. Looks like the plan's workin' out.
Bunny: I got no humor, Mike. Not a fuckin' lick.

Mike: Nobody touches fuckin' Bunny. OK, I want you to make it your personal fuckin' mission.
Carney: He is the biggest swingin' dick on this yard, Mike.
Mike: He's an ally who made good on his end, OK? So whatever the fuck happens to him now happens to you. Understand? He gets hurt; you're gonna get hurt. He bleeds; you bleed.

Problems don't get bigger than the hooker in our mother's living room, Mike.

Kyle

Mayor of Kingstown Quotes

The consequence of a riot is dismantling the illusion that prison is controlled by the guards. The consequence of putting down the riot is dismantling the leadership structure within the inmates. All that remains is chaos until a new leadership structure is created, and when there are no leaders inside, there are no leaders outside. All gangs are from prison because that's where all gangsters end up. And so is our new reality, and that reality is chaos.

Mike

My father used to say, I can't wait to get old, for my mind to soften, and my memories to rot away. The hardest thing to do is forget, forget the scars that life gives you, forget the scars you gave others. The challenge, then, is hiding a few memories worth keeping from your dying mind. He told me to keep a journal and only write down the good things. Then, when the bad things fade away, you can read about the happy life you had. But minds don't forget so easy, and the horror that we witness and endure takes root. Only madness and dementia can remove it.

Mike