Elsbeth
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Elsbeth: I was just doing my best to support the department according to the Consent Decree.
Wagner: The Consent Decree? I thought that was a ruse to hide what you were really doing which was investigating me?
Celetano: The Department of Justice doesn't issue apologies. Only indictments and reports. Lieutenant David Noonan was indicted and Captain Charles Wallace Wagner was cleared in our report.
Wagner: I would appreciate it if you didn't repeat what CW stands for too often.
Elsbeth: Is there anything I can do to help?
Captain Wagner: You've been spying on me the whole time, and now you want to help?
Elsbeth: I fed Quinn fake information about an ex-con clown, and she put it on the app within five minutes. Ellen was right.
Captain Wagner: Ex-con clown? Ellen who? What is happening?
I couldn't see what was right in front of me, and I'm a detective. I should've known.
Captain Wagner
I always prided myself on having a good gauge of people I could trust, and now I am not so sure.
Captain Wagner
Elsbeth: The guard was worried about corruption. 'Cause he knew that accepting any amount of money was wrong. That he could lose a stable job, even be on the hook for future favors.
Captain Wagner: Favors can be misinterpreted. Like how I helped your son get a new job. Someone might view you as exploiting the police force you are here to oversee.
I think of us as friends. And I'm sure you'll do the same for me one day.
Captain Wagner
Elsbeth: Why was Skip Mason so eager to prove his alibi with Tracy?
Wagner: Maybe because he doesn’t want to be wrongfully accused of murder.