Dennis: Is it too much to hope that you and I might cross paths again one day?
Brenda: Be careful what you wish for, Mr. Dutton.

Fritz: [commenting on Brenda's team] They're not the friendliest group I've ever met with.
Brenda: Well, they're a little slow to warm up.

Fritz: Alright, we need to get some units over to this Crag Sherman's house right away. I'll call over to see if I can't get us FBI backup.
Brenda: Oh. Didn't I tell you? We picked him up fifteen minutes ago.

Brenda: Well, hello William.
Croelick: Oh, it's Bill. It's just plain Bill.
Brenda: Alright, just plain Bill. I'm just plain Brenda, LAPD.

Brenda: All I need from you is an expert to go over these dental records, match them with these teeth, and tell me which missing person she was.
Fritz: Ok. I'll bite.

I promise this is the absolutely last time that Lisa will die.

Oh, God; I can't believe it. I've got to arrest those awful Dutton children again.

Brenda: Low functioning autistics have no language skills; they cannot survive independently by themselvles. Keith is not like that. According to his school records, he's very intelligent but he does have issues : he's unemotional, frequently says inappropriate things, he's literal-minded, he gets fixated on minor details, he gets agitated when his routine is altered and he's extremely uncooperative when anything or anyone gets in the way of him doing what he wants.

I was promised a crew of elite detectives, and what Capt. Taylor here has given me is a bunch of junior varsity wannabees... and Provenza.

Brenda: That's your idea of an interview?! You just pick someone up and hope they tell you something?
Yates: What's wrong with that?

Yates: I'll let you participate in this interview if you let me participate in yours.
Brenda: I'm a little bit past the "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" stage of life.

Oh no, no, no. You don't need an attorney because if you get an attorney I plan to sit down with your fiancee and have a nice long chat with her about what you've been doing with your penis.

The Closer Quotes

[To Sgt. Gabriel] I should probably explain that I do not form my relationships with people based on how they're treating you. That would be your mother, maybe.

Brenda

If I liked being called a bitch to my face, I'd still be married.

Brenda