Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012) <<

Lt. Sydney Greenstreet: Dogs can't talk, Jesse.
Jesse Stone: No, but they listen pretty good.

Richard Steele: You're a tough guy.
Jesse Stone: I'm tough enough.

Richard Steele: You don't talk much.
Jesse Stone: I never found out anything by listening to myself.

Richard Steele: Are you the good cop or the bad cop?
Jesse Stone: That's not worthy of you, Richard. I'm both.

Richard Steele: You never told me what you thought of my work.
Jesse Stone: I think you're a sick son of a bitch. And you should already be dead.

Evan: Good lord, chief Stone, for a man who's supposed to be so clever, you act like an idiot.
Jesse Stone: That's one way to be clever.

Jesse Stone: Oh, Sydney.
Lt. Sydney Greenstreet: No, Jesse.
Jesse Stone: Yes, boss.
Lt. Sydney Greenstreet: Not ethical.
Jesse Stone: I was just reminiscing.
Lt. Sydney Greenstreet: Getting back to reality for a moment...
Jesse Stone: I will only go as a visitor.

Jesse Stone: If you don't like the answers you're getting, check your premises.

Jesse Stone: You live long enough, you have regrets. And the ones that nag at you the most are the ones where you knew you had a choice.

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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011) <<

William Butler: D'Angelo, why do you call me 'skipper'?
Anthony D'Angelo: You don't like being called 'skipper'?
William Butler: I didn't say that. I asked you why.
Anthony D'Angelo: I don't know. Seems kind of cop-ly. I'll just call you 'chief.'. Now that I have you back, I want you happy.
William Butler: Call me skipper.

William Butler: A police officer cannot afford to be wrong. It has to be checked out.

Captain Healy: What do you think?
Jesse Stone: I think a cop deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Captain Healy: My guys will keep this in house.
Jesse Stone: If you say so.
Captain Healy: I say so.

Jesse Stone: You miss being a cop, don't you?
Dr. Dix: Every day. But being a cop was toxic for me. Made me drink.
Jesse Stone: Being a cop is the only thing that makes me drink less.

Jesse Stone: So, you think he was dirty...
Dr. Dix: I didn't say that. Cop deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Jesse Stone: Come back to Paradise, Rose.

Jesse Stone: Donuts. They're cop-ly.

Captain Healy: So, what do you think?
Jesse Stone: About the dog?... I think it looks like he hung himself.
Captain Healy: I think he hung himself.
Jesse Stone: Not the same thing.

Captain Healy: Guy lives alone, away from other people. Only companion was his dog. Now, that can be toxic.
Jesse Stone: Reggie's not my dog.
Captain Healy: I was talking about the deceased.

Captain Healy: It's the best drink I've had since I was shot.
Jesse Stone: It's the only drink you've had since you were shot.

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Captain Healy: Is that a guess?
Jesse Stone: No, it's a hunch.
Captain Healy: You see a difference?
Jesse Stone: A hunch is a guess that has certainty.

Jesse Stone: What are you looking at?

Arthur Gallery: You have no probable cause, okay?
Jesse Stone: This is my town. There's no dash cam in the cruiser to protect you so you can toy with the constitution... What, no clever response?

Dr. Dix: Why is this so hard? You come to me for help, and then you fight me.
Jesse Stone: It's my nickel. I don't want to make it too easy.
Dr. Dix: You are a subversive son of a bitch.

Dr. Dix: I'm hoping it's a clue... "2ah10." obviously some kind of code. Whoever wrote it wanted to keep this information a secret... One always reads backwards on notes of this nature.
Jesse Stone: How do you know that?
Dr. Dix: You want my cop-ly opinion or not?
Jesse Stone: I do.
Dr. Dix: I used to do this kind of work for a living.

Jesse Stone: I'm a hunch guy, not an evidence guy. If my gut gives me certainty, that's all I need.
Dr. Dix: Convictions are based on evidence.
Jesse Stone: I don't care about convictions. I care about justice.

Hasty Hathaway: I'm very fond of you, Jesse.

Jesse Stone: I wanna say something and I don't want to scare you...

Jesse Stone: Does he aver tall you he's very fond of you?
Thelma Gleffey: Only when he needs something.

Hasty Hathaway: I'm vary fond of him...

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>> Jesse Stone: Lost In Paradise (2015)

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)

Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010) <<

Jesse Stone: I'm working on the new me.

Jesse Stone: How do I feel about that?
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: I don't know how I feel about that, Lou.
Rose Gammon: He's Jesse!
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: I know that.

Jesse Stone: I'm jogging.
Dr. Dix: Jogging clears your mind?
Jesse Stone: I hate jogging.
Dr. Dix: Why bother?
Jesse Stone: It clears my mind.

Jesse Stone: Most Golden Retrievers live for affection. He never seems to want any. I think he has issues.
Dr. Dix: What issues?
Jesse Stone: My issues. Fear of loss.

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: The information's out there. All you have to do is let it in, Rose.

Rose Gammon: We don't have detectives.

Jesse Stone: What are you looking at?

Jesse Stone: Your hair smells of violets.
Thelma Gleffey: Do you know what violets smell like?
Jesse Stone: No, but I'm sure violets would smell that way if I'd ever smelled a violet.

Thelma Gleffey: I don't mean this in any negative way, but you may be the simplest person I've ever met.
Jesse Stone: In what way?
Thelma Gleffey: You know what you want.

Hasty Hathaway: I'm very fond of you, Jesse.

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Cindy Van Aldan: How would you know that?
Jesse Stone: I'm the police chief, I know everything.

Cindy Van Aldan: This is not right!
Jesse Stone: I'm not in the right and wrong business. I'm in the legal and illegal business.

Jesse Stone: I got hats older than you.

Jesse Stone: I'm not a good basket to put all your eggs in.

Jesse Stone: ...And I don't like them. They don't work anyway. Garbage disposals are supposed to dispose of your garbage. So why do you have to sort your garbage before you only dispose of some of it. Same thing.

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: You can only do what you can do, Jesse.

Jesse Stone: If you don't like the answers you're getting, check your premises.

Captain Healy: How do you know that, Jesse?
Jesse Stone: Small town.

Jesse Stone: I'm gonna get my job back, Rose. Fate won't do this to me.

Rose Gammon: Jesse, have you ever considered counseling?
Jesse Stone: You mean like a shrink?
Rose Gammon: Have you ever considered it?
Jesse Stone: Only crazy people see shrinks... I'm seeing one.

Rose Gammon: What are you gonna do, Jesse?
Jesse Stone: I'm gonna go home and feed Reggie.
Rose Gammon: Don't be cute.
Jesse Stone: It's hard for me not to be cute.

Gino Fish: You thinking about coming over to the dark side, Jesse Stone?
Jesse Stone: Not hardly.

Hasty Hathaway: It's been five days. And knowing you, I'm sure you've broken some laws by now.
Jesse Stone: I'd rather regret the things I've done than the things I haven't done.

Jesse Stone: You don't like this guy...
Gino Fish: What's not to dislike? These Russians, they have no code. "I will bow to no man," that's not a code.

Gino Fish: It was nice talking to you, Jesse Stone.

Jefferson Smith: '... There's no place out there for graft, or greed, or lies, or compromise with human liberties. And, uh, if that's what the grownups have done with this world that was given to them, then we'd better get those boys' camps started fast and see what the kids can do. And it's not too late, because this country is bigger than the Taylors, or you, or me, or anything else. Great principles don't get lost once they come to light. They're right here; you just have to see them again!'

Jefferson Smith: 'I guess this is just another lost cause, Mr. Paine...'

Jesse Stone: Don't turn around, Valery.

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>> Jesse Stone: Benefit Of The Doubt (2012)

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)

Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007) <<

Captain Healy: We'll have dinner at Adriano's.
Jesse Stone: Tonight?
Captain Healy: Tonight.

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: She's interviewing the candidate, Lou.
Jesse Stone: I'm Jesse.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: I know.
Jesse Stone: If you keep calling me Lou, Suitcase, I'm going to call you Luther.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Why would I call you Lou, Jesse?

Jesse Stone: What are you looking at?

Jesse Stone: Sorry. I was fighting crime.

Jesse Stone: Paradise is my last stop, Rose. There's nowhere to go from here.

Jesse Stone: How do you know I was in Boston?
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: The information's out there. All you have to do is let it in.

Jesse Stone: So you think we should be careful.
Sidney Greenstreet: I think we should carefully do this again. Pals who have sex...
I've heard it described as that.

Jesse Stone: You know, you keep this up, you'll make detective some day.
Rose Gammon: We don't have detectives.
Jesse Stone: No, but if we did.

Rose Gammon: It could be just a coincidence...
Jesse Stone: Cops don't like coincidences.

Sidney Greenstreet: You're on thin ice, Jesse. They're building a case against you.

Jesse Stone: I need you not to ask any questions.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Why?
Jesse Stone: That's a question. I want you to have plausible deniability.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Why?
Jesse Stone: I can't tell you.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Why?
Jesse Stone: Because if I tell you, you can't plausibly deny knowing it.

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: You'll explain to me one day, won't you, Lou?
Jesse Stone: Yes, I will, Luther.

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: You can only do what you can do, Jesse.

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>> Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)

Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006) <<

Jesse Stone: Well, I'm just a small town cop. Mostly I give out parking tickets.

Rose Gammon: He wants to know how you know.
Jesse Stone: I'm the Police Chief. I know everything.

Hilda Evans: Brahms. When I'm feeling troubled, I sit in my favorite chair, put my head back and listen to Brahms. I find it comforting.

Dr. Dix: If you've got nothing to do, pal, find something to do. If it's not important, make it important.

Jesse Stone: So, how are you doing, Hasty?
Hasty Hathaway: You don't say "How are you doing?" to a convict.
Jesse Stone: Okay. How's it going?

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: I'll have a cappuccino.

Sybil Martin: You married Jesse?
Jesse Stone: Sort of.
Sybil Martin: Sort of?
Jesse Stone: Every place but in my mind.

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: What about the bank case?
Jesse Stone: I don't have a clue. I think I'm throwing stuff against a wall to see if anything sticks.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Well, isn't that what cops do? You stirring the pot?
Jesse Stone: Oh, yeah.

Cathleen Holton: You don't think what he did was wrong?
Jesse Stone: It was wrong. But it wasn't illegal.

Jesse Stone: You know, you live long enough, you have regrets. And the ones that nag at you the most are the ones where you knew you had a choice. The ones where you knew you could have stopped yourself. The ones where you looked into the mirror and everything good inside you said, "Don't do this."

Leeann Lewis: You know, I wasn't being entirely honest with you the other day.
Jesse Stone: I know.
Leeann Lewis: How do you know?
Jesse Stone: I'm a cop. I'm good at what I do.

Rose Gammon: How did I do?
Jesse Stone: Officially, I'm shocked.
Rose Gammon: Unofficially?
Jesse Stone: I'm proud of you.
Rose Gammon: What would you have done, Jesse?
Jesse Stone: I would have slugged him.

Leeann Lewis: How do you know?
Jesse Stone: I'm good at what I do, Rebecca.

Jesse Stone: It was smart... Unintended consequences.

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>> Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)

Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)

Stone Cold (2005) <<

Abby: Jesse, one of the rules of conversation is that when asked a question, you don't give a one-word answer.
Jesse: Okay, want to have dinner with me?
Abby: Yes.

Jesse: I wouldn't have hired me, would you?

Hasty: What an incredibly stupid thing to do...

Abby: I wouldn't have figured you for a beer drinker.
Jesse: I'm not. I'm a Scotch on the rocks drinker.

Luther: I think coffee and donuts tend to certify one's copness.

Michelle: You gonna kick me in the nuts?
Jesse: That would be difficult.

Michelle: Did you have a drink?
Jesse: Yes, I did.
Michelle: So how come that's okay and smoking dope isn't?
Jesse: It's legal, and smoking dope is illegal.
Michelle: So that makes it right?
Jesse: Nope, just legal and illegal.

Jesse: Most people don't have trouble seeing what's right and wrong. Doing it is sometimes complicated, but knowing what's right usually isn't so hard.

Jesse: D'Angelo, please, don't call me Skipper.

Jesse: I want this to be between just you and me... I need a hat.
D'Angelo: We got hats, Skipper.
Jesse: How do I put this delicately?.. I don't like them. I'm used to navy blue. Can you have one made up for me? PPD, silver letters? And maybe you could have them embroider "Chief" on the back.

Jesse: [He] is stupid and mean and he doesn't like me... On the other hand, if I had to, I could shoot him just as easily as if he were smart and kind.

Abby: Am I too young for you?
Jesse: Is that another way of saying I'm too old for you?

Veterinarian: Did you breed this dog?
Jesse: No. Why?
Veterinarian: He's not been neutered. Any particular reason why?
Jesse: Somehow I didn't think Boomer would be Boomer without testicles.

Jesse: This? This is nothing. I just had to bury my dog.

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>> Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)

Stone Cold (2005)

Abby: There's a dog in here.
Jesse Stone: Yeah.

Abby: You're like me. You won't commit to a relationship just to have it. Neither one of us requires a commitment from the other.
Jesse Stone: Which produces a kind of commitment to each other.

Abby: I don't mean this in any negative way... but you may be the simplest person I've ever met. You know what you know, you do what you do, and you just keep doing it. Like a mule.
Jesse Stone: Or a jackass.

Molly: There's a dog in here.
Jesse Stone: Witness protection.

Jesse Stone: Your advice is good. It's just not good for me.

Candace: There's a dog here.

Abby: So you shot him dead?
Jesse Stone: Yes.
Abby: Did you mean to?
Jesse Stone: Yes.
Abby: You didn't try to wound him, shoot him in the leg or something?
Jesse Stone: He had a machete... It feels like you can't catch your breath, there's a guy with a machete... you aim center of mass and try not to jerk the trigger.

Jesse Stone: When you shoot, you always shoot to kill. It's not like the movies. You've got about half a second to figure out what needs to be done.
Abby: I guess you need to be that way if you're a policeman.
Jesse Stone: Maybe I'm a policeman because I am that way.

Mr. Marino: You son of a bitch!
Jesse Stone: Chief son of a bitch to you.

Jesse Stone: I'm just a small-town cop. Mostly, I give out parking tickets.

Candace: Did you ever box?
Jesse Stone: I don't box, I fight.
Candace: What's the difference?
Jesse Stone: Rules.

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>> Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009) <<

Captain Healy: You look terrible.
Jesse Stone: Thank you.

& Captain Healy: Are you expecting someone else?

Jesse Stone: I don't think we should talk.
Jenn: You don't think we should talk tonight?
Jesse Stone: I don't think we should talk at all.
Jenn: For how long?
Jesse Stone: As long as it takes.

Jesse Stone: What are you looking at?

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Your phone's out of order.
Jesse Stone: How do you know my phone's out of order?
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: The information's out there. All you have to do is let it in.

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: You didn't come here to give me donuts, Lou.
Jesse Stone: I'm Jesse.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Of course you are.

& Luther: Something will pop up.
    Jesse Stone: It doesn’t always happen that way, Suit.

Hasty Hathaway: Oh, Jesse, you know I'm very fond of you.
Jesse Stone: Hasty, every time you say that, something bad happens.

& Jesse: Can I test drive it?
    Hasty: Sure. Take it around the block for a spin.
    Jesse: Actually, I was hoping I could test drive it for about a week.

& Emily: Existential despair.
    Jesse: That sounds awful.
    Emily: Numbness of the heart. ... I’m a psych major.
    Jesse: You were a psych major. Don’t you think it’s time you went back and finished school?
    Emily: That’s a big step.
    Jesse: Not really, Emily. Have you talked to your parents since they moved away?
    Emily: No.
    Jesse: Numbness of the heart.

Emily Bishop: What are you doing in Boston?
Jesse Stone: I can't tell you.
Emily Bishop: Why can't you tell me?
Jesse Stone: I don't know. Old habit.

& Healy: I don’t know where to go.
    Jesse: If you’ve got nowhere to go, go back to the beginning.

& Rose: You were expecting someone else?
    Jesse: Everybody says that.

& Rose: What have you got?
    Jesse: Scotch.
    Rose: Got any soda?
    Jesse: Just Scotch.
    Rose: Scotch. Neat. You’re in a dead zone.
    Jesse: Thank you.
    Rose: No, you have no service. You’re in a dead zone.
    Jesse: Well, that’s fine with me.

Jesse Stone: Small town...

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& Healy: No pattern.
    Jesse: The lack of a pattern is sometimes a pattern.

& Jesse: So, why did you lie?
    Gino Fish: I never lie.
    Jesse: Okay, why did you leave the wrong impression?
    Gino: Jesse Stone, we never talk about what we’re talking about. And besides, your impression of our conversation is your responsibility.

Sister Mary John: Can I ask you something?
Jesse Stone: Jesse.
Sister Mary John: Can I ask you something, Jesse?

& Jesse: Do nuns drink wine?
    Sister Mary John: They can...

Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: If you're not the cleaning lady, I want to know who you are.
Jesse Stone: You sound like me.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: You shouldn't be here, Lou.

Jesse Stone: You can’t make the evidence fit your intuition, Suit. The evidence speaks for itself, you have to listen to it.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: You told me that your first day on the job.

& Jesse: Do you own a gun?
    Emily: Should I?
    Jesse: If you know how to use one.
    Emily: Cops aren’t supposed to say that kind of thing.
    Jesse: I’m not a cop, I’m a consultant.

Jesse Stone: I was hoping to get in a workout...
Alan Garner: You box?
Jesse Stone: No, I fight.
Alan Garner: What's the difference?
Jesse Stone: Rules.

& Dr. Dix: The job and the drinking feed each other. Toxic.

Dr. Dix: Jealousy's a powerful thing.

Rose Gammon: Why couldn't you just say that?
Jesse Stone: I don't know. That might be a shrink question.

Rose Gammon: You got a divorce, didn't you?
Jesse Stone: Jenn got a divorce.
Rose Gammon: Jesse, you're divorced.
Jesse Stone: Everywhere but in my mind.

Jesse Stone: I read somewhere that two drinks a day is good for your heart. So I made a rule, two drinks a day. It would give me something to look forward
to every evening but it wouldn't scramble my brain. So when I'm thinking right, two drinks a day is about right for me.

Jesse Stone: I don't think you're psychotic... Now sociopaths, they feel no remorse, they have no conscience. They feel no obligation even to the families of the people they prey on. They just don't care.

Jesse Stone: You don't wanna mess with those two inside. Those cops are man-eaters.

& Healy: Was he meeting you?
    Jesse: Don’t ask.
    Healy: I just did.
    Jesse: I was just having coffee at my favorite gay bar, Officer.

& Healy: You sure it was him?
    Jesse: Pretty sure.
    Healy: Proof?
    Jesse: Just because there’s no proof doesn’t mean it isn’t true.

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>> Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)