The Closer Quotes
Raydor: Chief Johnson, did you know Mr. Baylor would be murdered after you dropped him off at his house?
Brenda: I'm not a fortune teller. He asked me to take him home, I took him there. I did nothin' wrong.
One of the more serious accusations in her suit is that you drove Mr. Baylor home knowing he could be executed by his own gang members, thus depriving him of due process.
Raydor
Provenza: Nine times out of ten, Chief, rap means gangs.
Tao: And gangs means drugs.
Gang members, empty vodka bottles, joints in the ashtray, half naked, girls. I mean it's like a murder had to happen.
Provenza
Brenda: David, you went over my head.
Gabriel: Yes I did.
Brenda: I'll try to make sure you never feel the need to do that again.
Brenda: How did I get this all so wrong?
Fritz: Because you're used to siding with the victim. That's how addicts see themselves when they're using. Nothing, nothing is ever their fault.
Coroner: It took her about an hour, to die.
Provenza: Well, maybe she was unconscious.
Coroner: We can hope.
Brenda: Where'd you get this?
Sarge: You just put it on the table.
You know, it's a little early for you to start acting like I don't matter anymore. I mean, you may be right; but then again, you may be wrong.
Chief Pope
Brenda: If anyone wants sweet potatoes, pass your plates down.
Raydor: I did the marshmallows on those.
Brenda: Oh, did you? They're kinda burnt.
Provenza: I hate to interrupt, but it is the holiday, and any minute now we're going to be bombarded with suicides, and I don't want to see this dinner go to waste.
Mr. Johnson: Amen!
Shut up, you freak.
Flynn
