Stray Rounds

The Wire 2×9

Det. Lester Freamon: No, they're not on us completely. If they were, they'd be shutting down and rolling out. Instead, they're just sitting inside, turning away calls, waiting us out.
Lt. Cedric Daniels: I, for one, am a patient motherfucker.

Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: I been here so fucking long that you're starting to look good to me.

Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Big night for Jimmy McNulty. Or should I say James Cromwell of Knightsbridge, Stepney and Mersey.
A.S.A. Rhonda Pearlman: Excuse me?
Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Cromwell was the English fuck who stole my ancestors' land and the others are all from rock and roll songs.

Det. Ellis Carver: What do you want us to do with it?
Det. Lester Freamon: See if it arrives.
Det. Ellis Carver: And if it does?
Det. Lester Freamon: See what happens then.
Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: You wanna know something, Carv? I'm starting to think that, as criminal investigators, we're not really respected.

The Greek: Down there, I understand everyone is a terrorist now. Judges are killed. Bombs go off in the street. It's very bad.
Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos: The Colombians who cheated us are not with the guerrillas. They're trash.
The Greek: The world is a smaller place now. And the FBI cares very much about such things. Fair is fair, eh?

Sergei 'Serge' Malatov: Did he have hands? Did he have a face? Yes? Then it wasn't us.

Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: What the fuck is that?
A.S.A. Rhonda Pearlman: It's a man's purse. European men like yourself sometimes carry one.
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Mm. Them people ain't right over there.
A.S.A. Rhonda Pearlman: The mic has to go somewhere. Besides, you might have hands all over you before we get what we need.
Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Indeed I might, luv.

Lt. Cedric Daniels: It'll be your call when we come through the doors. You want us in, you say... What was it?
A.S.A. Rhonda Pearlman: "Spot on." It means "exactly". Remember, they have to bring up the money and sex first, then an overt attempt to... engage.
Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Spot on.

Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Any time you guys want.
Lt. Cedric Daniels: The money changed hands, right?
Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Sounded that way.
Lt. Cedric Daniels: And they talked about sex?
Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Definitely. Any time you guys want... Hang on. Oh, God...
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Jesus Christ. Is it soup yet?
Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Spot something. Spot on it.

Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: You're late.

Lt. Cedric Daniels: He OK?
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: He'll live.

A.S.A. Rhonda Pearlman: Any problems on the raid?
Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs: A complication or two. Nothing we can't write around.

Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: "At which point the officer was unable to resist the ministrations of the aforementioned suspect and found himself brought to the point of a sexual act." You're famous behind this, you know that? As a pervert, this report is gonna make you a BPD legend.
Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: I can't perjure myself. I gotta explain it.
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: You have violated a half-dozen departmental regs right there. And no state's attorney is gonna bring this into court.

Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: There were two of them! I was outnumbered.

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