Detective Lindsay Monroe

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	Season 5 / Episode 17: - Green Piece Dr. Sid Hammerback: So, how's it feel? It's your last case, right? And then off to Montana. Detective Lindsay Monroe: It feels pretty good. Dr. Sid Hammerback: Oh, I bet it does. No bodies at 3 a.m. No double shifts with no sleep, a slice of pizza on the run. Detective Lindsay Monroe: Constipation, swelling of the feet, help getting up from a chair, constant urination. Want to switch? Dr. Sid Hammerback: I already have all of that. I just want the time off.
	Season 5 / Episode 15: - The Party's Over Detective Lindsay Monroe: Hawkes. You transferred over from the M.E.s' office, which means you're not a sworn NYPD, so there was no decisions for you to make. You can't say for sure what you would do. Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: Yes I can. If I'd earned the distinction of being a detective, I'd be here whether or not the city could afford to pay me.
	Season 5 / Episode 13: - Rush to Judgment Danny Messer: [during an autopsy of a decapitated man] Mr. Potato Head! The live version. Detective Lindsay Monroe: More like the bloody, dead version! Dr. Sid Hammerback: I used to play with Mr. Potato Head as a boy. I would time myself, see how long it took to assemble him. Some would say I was... obsessed! Danny Messer: You? Obsessed? Nooo!
	Season 5 / Episode 10: - The Triangle Detective Lindsay Monroe: Wouldn't you rather walk down the aisle than be pushed?
	Season 5 / Episode 9: - The Box Detective Lindsay Monroe: I'm pregnant. Detective Danny Messer: [sighing] You sure?
	Season 5 / Episode 9: - The Box Detective Lindsay Monroe: Danny, I know you. Detective Danny Messer: What's that supposed to mean? Detective Lindsay Monroe: I just mean that I'm not expecting anything.
	Season 5 / Episode 7: - Dead Inside Detective Mac Taylor: So let me get this straight. People take the time to put down their darkest secrets and then they send them to someone they don't even know. Two questions: why and... why? Detective Lindsay Monroe: [simply] They say confession is good for the soul.
	Season 5 / Episode 7: - Dead Inside Detective Lindsay Monroe: [fed up] Come on! You gotta be kidding me! [putting her head in her hands as Messer and Flack enter] Whose stupid idea was this? Detective Danny Messer: Yours!
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - Enough Detective Lindsay Monroe: I've had some bad sex but nothing that would warrant killing the guy.
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - Enough Detective Danny Messer: [Enters Mac's office] Yo, Boss. Detective Mac Taylor: Danny, what's up? Detective Danny Messer: I put in for that vacation next month. Detective Mac Taylor: That's right, the, uh, trip to Costa Rica. Detective Danny Messer: Yeah, Costa Rica. Well it fell through, so you can put me back on the schedule, alright? Detective Mac Taylor: Alright, I'll do that. Just let me know when you wanna take the time. Detective Danny Messer: Alright, thanks. [Leaves the office] Detective Lindsay Monroe: [Enters Mac's office] Mac. Hey. Remember that wedding in Italy I told you about in March? Detective Mac Taylor: Girlfriend from college? Detective Lindsay Monroe: Very good. Well, they decided to postpone. So. Detective Mac Taylor: You want back on the schedule? Detective Lindsay Monroe: Yeah. Detective Mac Taylor: [Suspicious look] No problem. Detective Lindsay Monroe: Thanks. [Leaves the office] Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: [Enters Mac's office] Hey Mac. Detective Mac Taylor: Hold on. Don't tell me. Trip to San Francisco in January? Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: Yeah. Turns out San Francisco is closed in January. Strangest thing. Detective Mac Taylor: [Smiling] Get out of here. Go home. [Hawkes leaves and Stella enters] I should've known you'd orchestrate something like this. Detective Stella Bonasera: It's only temporary. Everybody giving up a week of paid vacation for Adam buys him a little time. Detective Mac Taylor: Department doesn't just transfer vacation days. How'd you do it? Detective Stella Bonasera: I've a friend at the Union who has a friend in the City Council who has a friend who has a friend. Detective Mac Taylor: Well you're a good friend, Stella Bonasera. Detective Mac Taylor: And don't you forget that. Detective Mac Taylor: So what about Buenos Aires? Detective Stella Bonasera: Would of been a good trip.
	Season 5 / Episode 1: - Veritas Detective Lindsay Monroe: [about their case so far] Divine intervention? Detective Mac Taylor: God's a scientist, Lindsay.
	Season 4 / Episode 19: - Personal Foul Detective Danny Messer: [finding the victims seats] I'm surprised he didn't kick the bucket from altitude sickness with these seats! Detective Lindsay Monroe: That or the nachos.
	Season 4 / Episode 19: - Personal Foul Detective Lindsay Monroe: Any stomach contents? Dr. Sid Hammerback: Like you wouldn't believe. At least two hotdogs, popcorn, nachos, peanuts, an ice-cream sandwich and almost a full liter of beer. Detective Danny Messer: I'm surprised he could get out of his seat!
	Season 4 / Episode 19: - Personal Foul Detective Lindsay Monroe: [refering the lipstick evidence] Need help picking the right shade? Detective Danny Messer: Ha, ha, ha. That's just it. Unless the make-up counter at Bloomie's is selling mood lipstick, this partial print we got from the vic's mouth seems to have changed color. It started out pink. Detective Lindsay Monroe: And now it's amber. Detective Danny Messer: Means the efflorescent crystalline residue we're looking at is atropine trace. Detective Lindsay Monroe: Well, that explains the color shift. So which cheerleader wore it? Detective Danny Messer: And if she had poison on her lips, why isn't she dead too?
	Season 4 / Episode 18: - Admissions Detective Lindsay Monroe: [in Mr. Greg's office] Nice office for a guidance counselor. What exactly are we looking for? Detective Mac Taylor: Reasons for Mr. Greg's to start drinking. Detective Lindsay Monroe: [reading the degrees on the wall] Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth. This place is a machine for churning out Ivy-League students.
	Season 4 / Episode 18: - Admissions Detective Lindsay Monroe: [refering to their evidence] I think I'm gonna be sick. Detective Mac Taylor: Is that Natalie's dress? Detective Lindsay Monroe: [clearly grossed out] Yep, she kept it in a plastic bag in the back of her closet. We collected semen samples. There were two donors, just like she said. Detective Mac Taylor: Call the DA, get a warrant for Jessie Carver's DNA. Detective Lindsay Monroe: We don't need to. He's already in the system. One of the donors is a guy named Frank Moore aka Wallace Carver. Detective Mac Taylor: He's not Jessie's father. Detective Lindsay Monroe: He's a convicted sex offender. He was released 4 years ago, never registered, he fell off the map. Detective Mac Taylor: And the other donor is Jessie Carver. Detective Lindsay Monroe: Except, he's not Jessie Carver. Detective Mac Taylor: [reviewing the information on the computer] Hank Bedford. 1999: sexual assault, 2001: sexual assault. Detective Lindsay Monroe: Check out the date of birth. Detective Mac Taylor: March 18, 1976. Detective Mac Taylor: He's 32 years old, Mac. Detective Lindsay Monroe: was posing as a 17-year-old student to prey on high school girls.
	Season 4 / Episode 16: - Right Next Door Detective Danny Messer: I'm gonna get some coffee, you want some coffee? Detective Lindsay Monroe: No thanks. Detective Danny Messer: How long are you gonna stay mad at me Lindsay? Detective Lindsay Monroe: Oh, is that what this is? Me mad at you? Detective Danny Messer: Is it still about missing your birthday?... Look, I didn't want to go to lunch yesterday. Why go you gotta make a big deal out of it? Detective Lindsay Monroe: Do me a favor Danny, don't reduce me to some shallow clingy girlfriend that's starting to suffocate you, ok! That's not what this is about! Ever since Ruben Sandoval died, I feel like I've lost my best friend. And don't mistake this for jealousy, ok. I know what it's like to lose someone you care about, to see them one day and not see them the next and to know you'll never see them again. I would never expect you not to grieve but clearly you've just decided to do it all on your own. [stopping] Ok, I get it. [getting up to go] , My mistake for thinking that you might need somebody to lean on. And you know, for the record, I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at myself because I've fallen in love with you and I have to figure out how to let that go. [leaving him there]
	Season 4 / Episode 13: - All in the Family Detective Mac Taylor: Danny's shift started two hours ago. You heard from him? Detective Lindsay Monroe: He got hit with the flu. He took some cold medicine, knocked him out. He just woke up. Detective Mac Taylor: Seems kind of sudden. Detective Lindsay Monroe: He said he felt it coming on a few days ago. Detective Mac Taylor: Tell him to get better. Make sure you don't catch what he's got.
	Season 4 / Episode 12: - Happily Never After Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: So the killer got Fiona. Detective Lindsay Monroe: And her little dog too.
	Season 4 / Episode 11: - Child's Play Detective Lindsay Monroe: [finding out about Ruben, referring to Danny] I'm not very good at this kind of thing. What should I say to him? Detective Mac Taylor: Just tell him that you're not very good at this kind of thing.
	Season 3 / Episode 24: - Snow Day Detective Danny Messer: There's no way you're guna make this shot Montana. Detective Lindsay Monroe: Benjamin says I do. [She makes the shot] You owe me $100. Detective Danny Messer: You know what... You're guna have to wait till pay day. Detective Lindsay Monroe: No. You either pay me now, or come up with something better. [she kisse him]
	Season 3 / Episode 24: - Snow Day Detective Lindsay Monroe: [after Danny pokes her in the nose to wake her up] I dreamt that I woke up and you were gone. That you left a note. Detective Danny Messer: Where would I go? Its my place. Detective Lindsay Monroe: I was hoping for a better answer. Detective Danny Messer: I was just kidding. I am glad this happened. Detective Lindsay Monroe: Me too.
	Season 3 / Episode 22: - Cold Reveal Detective Lindsay Monroe: What about this website. It's encouraging kids to hurt themselves. That can't be legal. Detective Mac Taylor: Contests aren't against the law. Neither is stupidity or bad judgement.
	Season 3 / Episode 19: - A Daze of Wine and Roaches Detective Danny Messer: Get outta here, these are real stones? Detective Lindsay Monroe: Uh huh, and I'm thinking this chain was attached, which makes this roach jewelry, or a pet, or a jeweled pet. Detective Danny Messer: Or roach-broche. Detective Lindsay Monroe: Hey, it could be the next big thing.
	Season 3 / Episode 19: - A Daze of Wine and Roaches Detective Lindsay Monroe: Flack, I think Danny's favorite kind of whine is Chiante. Detective Danny Messer: No you're wrong. My favorite kind of wine is beer.
	Season 3 / Episode 19: - A Daze of Wine and Roaches Detective Danny Messer: Since when do you know so much about wine, Montana? Detective Lindsay Monroe: We're more than beer and buffalo burgers, Messer.
	Season 3 / Episode 19: - A Daze of Wine and Roaches Detective Lindsay Monroe: I mean, isn't the cockroach kind of the unofficial mascot of New York? Detective Danny Messer: Very funny, take it easy there, Montana.
	Season 3 / Episode 4: - Hung Out to Dry Detective Lindsay Monroe: Prints were a bust. CODIS was about as helpful as FEMA.
	Season 3 / Episode 3: - Love Run Cold Detective Lindsay Monroe: [Lindsay is looking up] She was stabbed with an icicle? Detective Danny Messer: That's cold. Detective Mac Taylor: Not cold enough. Our evidence is about to turn into a big pool of water. [the icicle in the victim is melting]
	Season 3 / Episode 2: - Not What It Looks Like Detective Danny Messer: Don't even think about it Montana. Detective Lindsay Monroe: This necklace is worth more than I make in a year, crazy. Detective Danny Messer: I don't see what the big deal is. A diamond is just an allotrope of the element carbon. Detective Lindsay Monroe: Spoken like a true romantic.

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