Even when cops do everything right things can still go sideways. Learning to accept this is a big part of the job.

Narrator

Russell: What happened to Lydia the optimist?
Lydia: She got her ass handed to her by Lydia the suspect.

Somebody shot Nobody.

Sammy

Bastard cut her head off and you're trying out for the Improv.

Russell

Fluffy came home with blood on his paws.

Josie

Lydia: He was innocent. He shot himself.
Russell: I know. I couldn't have predicted that.

Nate: Remember his brother, Bigfoot? The funeral he had: stretch Hummers and strippers throwing cash.

Ben: Unarmed fourth graders, what are they going to do throw a Tranformer at somebody.
Dewey: Where the Hell's Optimus Prime when you need him?

Lydia: What the Hell are you doing?
Naomi: What does it look like. Getting my swerve on.

If I'm going to get fired, it might as well be for doing the job the right way

Ben

Well it's going to be a long time before you get another drink so you might want to get your swerve on.

Lydia

Celebrity's a bitch.

Narrator

Southland Quotes

It seems like it changes nothing... but every once and awhile, you get to take a bad guy off the streets for good. And that, my friend, is God's work.

John Cooper

Taking a life is a big deal to me.

Ben Sherman