10-8: Officers on Duty

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Sir, I am just trying to make small talk.

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
I don't do small talk!

Deputy Rico Amonte:
[dissapointed] So I'm not gonna tell you how much I miss Brooklyn, huh? Especially the Summers...

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
I don't want to hear your birthday, I don't want to hear your favorite ice cream, I don't want to hear how your dog Skippy died, and I certainly don't want to hear about your bedroom life!

Deputy Rico Amonte:
How did you know my dogs name was Skippy?

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
Are you pulling roots?

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Sir, I do not pull roots, especially when it comes to Skippy. Yellow lab, we had him for fifteen years...

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
How do you say shut up in Italian?

Deputy Rico Amonte:
[confused] What?

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
How do you say shut up in Italian?

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Stait zit.

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
Stait zit.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Italian is a beautiful language, you know sir?

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
Stait zit!

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Hey, that is pretty good. You know, most people don't...

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
I mean stait zit!

Astrid Fonseca:
You're sweet.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Thanks. My mom used to say that.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
I'm so sorry about your wife and the baby. Losing my mom was bad, but after what you've been through, forget it!

Deputy Jackson:
Layne... bad, bad girl.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Sir, it wasn't her fault. I was telling her how frustrated I was at not getting anywhere with you. I dragged it out of her. She was looking out for you.

Deputy Jackson:
Abra-cadabra-gail. Long for Abigail, that was what we called her. So now you can tell that to Layne also.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
This is between you and me.

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
Do you pray?

Deputy Rico Amonte:
[confused] What?

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
Do you pray?

Deputy Rico Amonte:
At Easter, sometimes at Christmas if I want something extra.

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
You better pray hard tonight that you never see me again.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
I'm not saying I didn't get along with my dad. We got along... like a New York cabbie and the English Language.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
I remember when I saved up everything I earned to buy my mom a lilac bush when she was sick. I just knew that she'd get better if she had her favorite flower beside her. I went to the nursery, I bought the plant, she died that afternoon. Some matters are just out of our hands.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
[sadly] I only drink when I'm happy.

Man in jail:
I'm sad! [crying]

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Well, why are you sad?

Man in jail:
Larry!

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Larry?

Man in jail:
The guy you found in my truck. How is he?

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Well, you know he's dead, so there's that.

Man in jail:
I know, but they'll bury him proper, won't they?

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Of course they will.

Man in jail:
Good. He was like my family.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
You didn't kill him, did you?

Man in jail:
No. He just up and died. He had a weak heart. I was his only friend. Bikers are people too, you know.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Of course.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Astrid? What are you doing here?

Astrid Fonseca:
Rico, I'm pregnant.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
[stunned] But it can't be! I've lived in four condoms since the last time we had sex!

Deputy Rico Amonte:
It's not yours. It's my husband's.

Darla Handy:
So you're a Hispanic?

Deputy Rico Amonte:
No, Italian.

Darla Handy:
I love the taste of Italian food!

Deputy Rico Amonte:
I'm calm, cool, collected.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
Somewhere up there, my mom is really proud of me.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
[describing a murderer] I remember the guy's appearance. Five foot, ten, black stringy hair, eyes to turn Medusa to stone.

Deputy Rico Amonte:
You know sir, when I was a kid the only time I listened to my father was when he wasn't yelling.

McDowell:
I never would have pulled the trigger if that's what you're after.

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
I know you wouldn't, I could see it in your eyes. One thing you should know, though, when you go to such lengths to make a statement is never contradict that statement before you've made it.

McDowell:
What do you mean?

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
Calling names can do serious damage to people, just as it did to your grandchild.

McDowell:
I know.

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes:
And you went in there to teach those kids a lesson they'd never forget. Then when a janitor shows up you mock him, his station in life, and call him a name.