Detective Stella Bonasera

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Melina Kanakaredes
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Detective Stella Bonasera Quotes

	Season 5 / Episode 23: - Greater Good Ronnie DeSoto: He should be lying in an alley right now with a bullet between his eyes. Detective Don Flack: Excuse me? Detective Stella Bonasera: And how do you know that? Detective Don Flack: You were going to do him, weren't you? So what's your beef with Talmadge Neville? Ronnie DeSoto: Let's just say I'm a guy with a specific skill set. And I got the constitution to commit acts that other people don't have the courage to. Detective Stella Bonasera: You're a hit man. Ronnie DeSoto: I'm not familiar with that term. Detective Don Flack: Sorry. "Contract killer." Is that what you prefer to put on your business cards?
	Season 5 / Episode 15: - The Party's Over Dr. Sid Hammerback: [Stella is wearing an cocktail dress and carrying a brown paper evidence bag] You might have chosen a different bag to go with that dress. Detective Stella Bonasera: You think?
	Season 5 / Episode 15: - The Party's Over Adam Ross: [Stella has just suggested Jake could have killed his father] Come on, Stella, he's a small thirteen year old boy. There is no way that he's strong enough to strangle an adult. Detective Stella Bonasera: Closing off the two carotid artries stops blood flow to the brain. That takes a matter of seconds and very little pressure, Adam. It's about the position of the ligiture not the force behind it. And since science puts Jake with our vic at time of death... Adam Ross: [Hesitant] Jake could have murdered his father.
	Season 5 / Episode 15: - The Party's Over Detective Stella Bonasera: [At Danny's apartment, holding a bag with soup in it] Jewish penicillin. Detective Danny Messer: [laughs] I'm not sick, Stella. Detective Stella Bonasera: You like chicken soup, don't'cha? Detective Danny Messer: [Hesitates] I could never say no to a little chicken noodle. Detective Stella Bonasera: Then invite me in. [He lets her in] You know, I came over here to yell at you. Detective Danny Messer: Stella, we deserve to get paid. Come on, cops work hard in this city, you know, I mean, the Brass, they're not working for free so why the hell should I? You know I'm right. Come on, pull up a spoon. Detective Stella Bonasera: I'm old school, Danny. You know, I took an oath and I take it literally. My responsibility is first and foremost to the people of this city and job that I do. Detective Danny Messer: That's exactly why I'm holding out for a little respect. I mean I come from a family of cops, Stell, I'm not taking this thing lightly. Detective Stella Bonasera: Yeah, I know, I know, I know. Look I guess, I guess, it just took me driving over here to understand it all. People were crazy. They were getting out of their cars, it was chaos, there were no traffic cops. Detective Danny Messer: So you were coming over here to lay into me, yeah? Detective Stella Bonasera: Yeah I was on my way to lay into you! I was so pissed off, Danny. Hawkes stood in for you at that hearing and they threw the case out. And there was so much work at the lab. Thank God for Lindasy, you know, she's a real trooper. Detective Danny Messer: Yeah, yeah, she is. She's been calling me every other hour. Except I got to cough every time I answer the phone in case it's not her. Detective Stella Bonasera: You did the unpopular thing. Detective Danny Messer: [Chuckles] Me? That's my M.O., right? Detective Stella Bonasera: Ah, look, I got to get back to work, but I'm not leaving here without some of that soup, so how about you fix me up one to go please? Detective Danny Messer: Sure.
	Season 5 / Episode 15: - The Party's Over Detective Stella Bonasera: Hey Adam, you'll be alright? Adam Ross: Yeah, uh, you know, nothing that a slice and some Guitar Hero can't fix. Detective Stella Bonasera: [pauses] Okay, see you tomorrow. Adam Ross: Night. [Turns and walks away. Stella is about to call out to him but doesn't and returns inside]
	Season 5 / Episode 13: - Rush to Judgment Detective Stella Bonasera: [about Flack, who's under investigation by Internal Affairs] He's so by-the-book, he doesn't even swear.
	Season 5 / Episode 8: - My Name is Mac Taylor Detective Stella Bonasera: Hey. Adam Ross: Hey. Detective Stella Bonasera: What are you still doing here? Adam Ross: Oh, some friends of mine stood me up for pizza so just down on top of things, ya know. Detective Stella Bonasera: Mind if I join you? Adam Ross: Oh, no, no, please. Detective Stella Bonasera: Okay, so what do we got? That doesn't look like work. Adam Ross: It really isn't. I was just curious. You know there are three Sheldon Hawkes in New York state and there are ten Danny Messers. Detective Stella Bonasera: Ten? Adam Ross: Yeah. Detective Stella Bonasera: Don't tell Danny that. Adam Ross: There's also another six Adam Rosses and there's eighteen in New York state. I was just sitting here wondering, you know, what do they look like or what kind of lives do they live, you know? Detective Stella Bonasera: Alright, what about me? Adam Ross: Uh, Stella Bonasera. There's only one. Detective Stella Bonasera: Trust me, that's enough. Let's try Sid. [Searches] It's a ninety-year-old woman. Adam Ross: [laughs] I think he was named after his mother. Detective Stella Bonasera: Alright, Don Flack. Adam Ross: Don Flack. Detective Stella Bonasera: Oh, six. Adam Ross: Wow, six Don Flacks. Detective Stella Bonasera: Six. Adam Ross: I like that name. Don Flack. [Deep voice] Detective Don Flack.
	Season 5 / Episode 7: - Dead Inside Detective Stella Bonasera: You remember yesterday when you asked me if I wanted to break some rules? I do now. Detective Danny Messer: You want to break some rules?
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - Enough Detective Mac Taylor: You're a good friend, Stella Bonasera. Detective Stella Bonasera: [smiling] And don't you forget that.
	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 4 / Episode 18: - Admissions Detective Stella Bonasera: [at the same time as Mac] Who discovered the body? Detective Mac Taylor: [at the same time as Stella] Who discovered the body? Detective Don Flack: You two've been working together way too long. A student came in looking for her keys and "boom". Detective Mac Taylor: Boom? You and Danny have been working together way too long.
	Season 4 / Episode 17: - Like Water For Murder Reed Garrett: [Yelling to mac from a crowd] Hey Mac! Mac! Detective Stella Bonasera: [to Mac] Looks like you got company, I'll see you inside. Reed Garrett: [Yelling to Mac] Two woman, same kind of jobs, Is this a serial killer? Detective Mac Taylor: [Telling the guards] He's okay. Detective Mac Taylor: [to Reed] Reed, i thought you were working the city desk for the paper. Reed Garrett: [to Mac] Nope, not anymore. Reed Garrett: [to Mac] I got my own blog now. Reed Garrett: [to Mac] New York 24-7 News. Detective Mac Taylor: [to Reed] Don't you wanna get your facts straight before you sensationalize a story? Reed Garrett: [to Mac] I thought that's what i was doing. Reed Garrett: [to Mac] You know? Help me out. Detective Mac Taylor: [to Reed] You got two female victims, both floaters, both brutally murdered.
	Season 4 / Episode 13: - All in the Family Detective Stella Bonasera: Your divorce was finalized a week ago. The judge who presided over it was just found dead. What would you call that? Larry Rose: A happy coincidence.
	Season 3 / Episode 24: - Snow Day Detective Stella Bonasera: Hey Mac, where're you going? Detective Mac Taylor: London.
	Season 3 / Episode 24: - Snow Day Detective Mac Taylor: They belong to the gang we took down this morning. They're here for their coke. Detective Stella Bonasera: What are we gonna do? Detective Mac Taylor: Stop 'em!
	Season 3 / Episode 21: - Past Imperfect Detective Stella Bonasera: I thought lock and key parties went out in the seventies. Detective Don Flack: Apparently they've had resurgence. Who knew?
	Season 3 / Episode 21: - Past Imperfect Rene Vanderfeld: Don't be shy. Everybody's a bit nervous their first time out. Detective Stella Bonasera: Actually we're not here to participate. Rene Vanderfeld: [looking suggestively at Stella] That's our loss. Detective Don Flack: We're NYPD. Rene Vanderfeld: I'm so sorry! That's right, you called earlier. I was expecting big burly men with guns. Detective Don Flack: If you'd focused your attention in my direction, you might see one.
	Season 3 / Episode 21: - Past Imperfect Detective Stella Bonasera: You let a lady walk home drunk? What a gentleman you are.
	Season 3 / Episode 19: - A Daze of Wine and Roaches Detective Stella Bonasera: It's not illegal to be a sociopath.
	Season 3 / Episode 18: - Sleight Out of Hand Detective Stella Bonasera: They say burning is the most painful of deaths. Detective Danny Messer: I love it. How do they know? What did they do, take a poll? "64% of dead people surveyed...”
	Season 3 / Episode 17: - The Ride-In Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: What have we got? Detective Stella Bonasera: A woman says she saw, what she claims was, a giant cigarette on fire, running for its life.
	Season 3 / Episode 17: - The Ride-In Detective Stella Bonasera: Okay, let's just say it now to get it over with: smoking kills. Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: Yeah, but who killed him?
	Season 3 / Episode 15: - Some Buried Bones Detective Stella Bonasera: Did the camera malfunction? Detective Danny Messer: Either that or Fifth Avenue's haunted.
	Season 3 / Episode 15: - Some Buried Bones Detective Stella Bonasera: So did our vic surprise a shoplifter? Detective Danny Messer: Shoplifter surprised him with a bullet.
	Season 3 / Episode 15: - Some Buried Bones Adam Ross: [Watching survelliance of the suspect] I can tell she's got a bully in her life. Check that out. Look how she flinched when a customer raised his hand. Detective Danny Messer: Could be too much coffee. Detective Stella Bonasera: Or a sign of abuse, and withdrawal like that is a classic symptom of PTSD. Detective Danny Messer: [to Adam] How'd you know that? Adam Ross: Huh, uh, uh, my, uh, my dad was a bully.
	Season 3 / Episode 14: - The Lying Game Detective Stella Bonasera: What would a woman be doing in the men's bathroom? Detective Don Flack: I can think of several reasons. All with happier endings.
	Season 3 / Episode 14: - The Lying Game Detective Stella Bonasera: Are we looking at a hate crime here? Dr. Sid Hammerback: Transgendered showgirl drowned in a public toilet - sound like love to you?
	Season 3 / Episode 11: - Raising Shane Tom Fester: Welcome to Peeking Tom's. You all looking for anything in particular? Detective Stella Bonasera: Let me guess, Tom? Tom Fester: The man, the myth. Detective Stella Bonasera: [shows her badge] Detective Bonasera. The Law, the Order.
	Season 3 / Episode 8: - Consequences Detective Stella Bonasera: I think somebody's following me. Detective Mac Taylor: What makes you think that? Detective Stella Bonasera: I'm hearing footsteps and seeing shadows and glimpses of something or someone and - [sighs] Look, I know this sounds crazy but I really feel like I'm being watched. Detective Mac Taylor: This is at your place? Detective Stella Bonasera: No. No, actually it's, uh, as I go into work, twice on the subway, while I was shopping today. Detective Mac Taylor: When did this start? Detective Stella Bonasera: Uh, about a week ago. I first felt it when I dropped off your birthday gift at your place. Detective Mac Taylor: Well, I'll assign a patrol unit. We'll have some guys outside your place. Detective Stella Bonasera: No, no that's not necessary. Detective Mac Taylor: [Mac's phone rings] Taylor. Okay. [He hangs up] A homocide on Lafayette. Come on, I'll drop you off at home, it's on the way. Detective Stella Bonasera: Nah, no, it's okay. I wanna enjoy every last minute of my day off. Just telling you makes me feel a lot better, okay? Detective Mac Taylor: Okay, I'll call ya. [He leaves]
	Season 3 / Episode 8: - Consequences Adam Ross: Hey guys. Detective Stella Bonasera: Adam. Adam Ross: Hey Danny, you remember that rust stuff you found in the alley? Detective Danny Messer: Rust stuff? Rust stuff? You respect the time it took me to collect that, at least call it "trace." Adam Ross: Okay. Contained traces of molasses and non-human blood. Bear blood to be exact. Detective Stella Bonasera: What? Adam Ross: North American Grizzly Bear. But, but there's more. The blood on this rock is a match to Cyrus Menlo, but it's also a match to the blood found on these leaves. Detective Stella Bonasera: Both human blood, right? Adam Ross: Right. [Holds the two leaves up] But you put them together like this and shazam. Detective Danny Messer: You got one leaf - with a hole in the middle of it. Adam Ross: A hole probably made from a spike or something with a jagged edge. Right, huh, you see where I'm going here? Detective Stella Bonasera: Bear blood, molasses, leaves with human blood on them, a spike and a jagged edge, you're talking bear traps. Adam Ross: Yes, you win the washer and dryer. Detective Danny Messer: Whoa, whoa, whoa, help me out here. You're telling me Cyrus Menlo was caught in a bear trap? Adam Ross: Yeah. Detective Danny Messer: You're crazy. Adam Ross: It's the only conclusion we can arrive at with this evidence. Detective Danny Messer: So Tanaka sets the bear trap, leads Cyrus Menlo down the alley, Tanaka goes into the warehouse... Adam Ross: - Bang bang, Tanaka gets shot. Cyrus walks out, steps in the trap while Tanaka bleeds to death inside the warehouse. Moral of the story, alright: stick with bowling. What up? [He and Danny fist bump]

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