Jack: I told you, you have a tell.
Rusty: Well, these glasses that you gave me were supposed to hide that tell.

If you completely changed, why are you back in another police station, being arrested for first degree murder?

Sharon

Jack: So it's a hate crime.
Sharon: Every murder is a hate crime.

Maybe it wasn't him. Maybe it was a family member who did this.

Tao

Rios: Oh God. Don't ya just love gang cases.
Sanchez: I don't think this is gangs.
Rios: Why? The vehicle was found in gang territory with a gang weapon in the back seat....
Sanchez: A gang wouldn't leave the car on the street like that...
Rios: I'm not finished! Speedy and his Third Streeters, they think it was gangs. It was a drive by. Plus I...
Sanchez: Plus you need to watch your mouth.
Rios: Excuse me?
Sanchez: Did you sleep on the floor every night so you wouldn't get gunfire? Anyone in your family shot dead on the street? You spend your career hunting these guys? It's not gangs! And you stop talking to me like I'm your waiter.

Rios: Wow. Wow. Does he always get that hostile?
Provenza: Actually, Emma, I think what he was trying to say, in his own way, was don't be so damned rude.

Rios: I wasn't rude. I was...
Buzz: Obnoxious. Dismissive.

Remember, until we can prove otherwise, even when it's not gangs, it's gangs.

Taylor

Do you really want me to get you an attorney, or do you want to get right with God? Because sometimes it's not possible to do both.

Sharon

Provenza: And we're hearing the DA's version of events already because....
Rios: Does the name Trayvon Martin mean anything to you? I'm sorry Lieutenant, if the LAPD isn't going to get ahead of the race issue then the DA's office will.
Provenza: Ah well, thanks for bringing politics into the situation. We police officers sometimes get confused by trying to solve the murder.

It can't stop the grief you're feeling, I know, but to us and to all the children he saved, your son is a hero.

Sharon

Provenza: Oh this is a crappy way to make a living. Working with the worst the world has to offer without being in charge.
Flynn: You weren't in charge for eight years.
Provenza: Yeah, but now I'm mad about it.

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Waddya know. A hanging Chad.

Provenza

Provenza: Oh this is a crappy way to make a living. Working with the worst the world has to offer without being in charge.
Flynn: You weren't in charge for eight years.
Provenza: Yeah, but now I'm mad about it.