Just head into the light, brother. Oh that's right there is no light where he's headed.

Dewey

I can see why you'd prefer jail.

John

Southland cops know when the Santa Ana winds blow, you learn just how close you are to the edge.

Narrator

It's a shame to break this up. I feel like the father in Footloose.

Sammy

Drop the lattes and get your narrow behinds out of your patrol cars.

Captain

Tang: My sister would give her left arm for that bag.
Dewey: It looks like somebody already did.

My uncle Sid gets more action and he's on dialysis.

Ben

I don't thing your pilates teacher's opinion should get more weight than the surgeon general.

Sammy

Spider: What, do you run ironman?
Sammy: No Spider. This is what happens when little gangster shitheads smoke cigarettes.

Guilt never surprises me. Only innocence does.

Lydia

I think I'm going to get a callus on my index finger from pressing the print button on the copier but nobody's shooting at me.

Russell

Dewey: It's a sickness. It's deep down inside her genes.
Chickie: Well, she's deep down inside someone else's jeans right now.

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