09x16 - Blood Actually Season 9 / Episode 16: - Blood Actually

Jo Danville: I don't know what's more depressing: the fact that my fifteen year old daughter has a hot date tonight or the fact that I don't.
09x02 - Where There's Smoke... Season 9 / Episode 2: - Where There's Smoke...

Jo Danville: [arriving at the crime scene] My God, Mac.
Mac Taylor: Looks like these pipes were the source of the fire.
Jo Danville: Someone turned this elevator into a boiler.
Mac Taylor: Someone turned this elevator into a torture chamber.
09x02 - Where There's Smoke... Season 9 / Episode 2: - Where There's Smoke...

Mac Taylor: Brooks said there was still more work to be done. There was something in his voice, Jo. My fear is that if we don't catch him soon, someone else is gonna die.
09x02 - Where There's Smoke... Season 9 / Episode 2: - Where There's Smoke...

Mac Taylor: It's the events in our lives that shape us, but it's our choices that define us.
08x18 - Near Death Season 8 / Episode 18: - Near Death

Adam Ross: [Mac has been shot] We're gonna get this person.
Lindsay Monroe Messer: We say that all the time. Trying to reassure family and friends, make them feel better. Now I hear it... and it doesn't do anything to ease the pain. Not one bit. And I will never say that to another survivor again.
08x18 - Near Death Season 8 / Episode 18: - Near Death

Don Flack: [chasing Mac's shooter] Teena's in there with no way out.
Detective Danny Messer: Yeah, she's got two ways to get out of there. Either dead or in handcuffs.
08x17 - Unwrapped Season 8 / Episode 17: - Unwrapped

Det. Don Flack: Everyone I speak with around here talks about Kelvin like he was a saint.
Det. Mac Taylor: Then let's make sure we find the sinner.
08x17 - Unwrapped Season 8 / Episode 17: - Unwrapped

Det. Mac Taylor: What do you got for me, Sid?
Sid Hammerback: If I had a nickel for every time I heard that question. I'm afraid I've spoiled everyone around here over the years. The age-old tradition of the investigator being present at autopsy is to answer questions that might assist the medical examiner, moi, in determining the cause and mode of death, not the other way around.
Det. Mac Taylor: Well, that's what the book says, but I don't think they knew about Sid Hammerback when they wrote it. You always have more answers than questions. That's why you're the best.
Sid Hammerback: Flattery will get you everywhere.
08x17 - Unwrapped Season 8 / Episode 17: - Unwrapped

Willis Frazier: Elaine didn't kill Kelvin, and neither did I.
Lindsay Monroe Messer: But she lied to us about how Kelvin was murdered. When people lie, they usually have something to hide.
08x16 - Sláinte Season 8 / Episode 16: - Sláinte

Det. Josephine 'Jo' Danville: Why these four corners?
Det. Mac Taylor: They're the four corners of Hell's Kitchen.
08x16 - Sláinte Season 8 / Episode 16: - Sláinte

Lindsay Monroe Messer: You know, I've always been curious: why do they call this area "Hell's Kitchen"?
Det. Mac Taylor: Well, they story goes, a veteran cop was watching a riot with his rookie partner, who said "This place is Hell itself", to which the veteran replied "Hell is a mild climate compared to this. This place is Hell's kitchen."
08x16 - Sláinte Season 8 / Episode 16: - Sláinte

Don Flack: Two kids skating home from a party that went into the early morning found the body. Or what's left of it. Lindsay Messer, meet John Doe.
Lindsay Monroe Messer: You know, most people spend their Monday catching up on their coworkers' weekend over a nice cup of coffee.
Don Flack: We are not most people. And as for my weekend, you're not missing much.
08x16 - Sláinte Season 8 / Episode 16: - Sláinte

Det. Mac Taylor: Adam, you do know this is a smoke-free facility?
Adam Ross: I wouldn't dare to break the rules, boss.
Det. Mac Taylor: So what's this got to do with our case?
Adam Ross: How much do you think a carton of cigarettes goes for in the city?
Det. Mac Taylor: Last I heard, about $130.
Adam Ross: Not cheap, so if you ain't got the cash, you got to find a cheaper alternative. What do I got here?
Det. Mac Taylor: Two packs of cigarettes.
Adam Ross: Mm-hmm. Now, when the fire department was putting out the delivery truck, the majority of the cargo got wet, and I noticed something. This is from a pack I bought downstairs. Nothing. This is a cigarette from the van.
Det. Mac Taylor: Three black lines. Cheap glue. Zorlov was delivering counterfeit cigarettes.
Adam Ross: Exactly.
Det. Mac Taylor: One of the most lucrative rackets in New York. More profitable than selling heroin or cocaine. You make fake cigarettes for sixty bucks a carton, you sell them to a local shop for $90, they turn around and sell them for $110.
Adam Ross: Impressive profit. Product's in high demand, you can sell it in the wide open, and no one's the wiser.
Det. Mac Taylor: Which is why the local shop owners like Byrne are so important. They sell the fakes. Without them, there's no racket.
08x16 - Sláinte Season 8 / Episode 16: - Sláinte

Don Flack: [to Kieran Reilly] We have your print on the bomb that killed Alex Zorlov. You do understand that when I say "We have your print", it means that there is no "get out of jail free" card that works here. Your print on an explosive that killed a man is a nail in your coffin.
08x15 - Kill Screen Season 8 / Episode 15: - Kill Screen

Mac Taylor: [processing their victim] Process server ID. Walter Danzig.
Don Flack: Process server? What's with the referee uniform?
Mac Taylor: Looks like the game he was calling ended in sudden death.
08x15 - Kill Screen Season 8 / Episode 15: - Kill Screen

Mac Taylor: [processing their victim] Process server ID. Walter Danzig.
Don Flack: Process server? What's with the referee uniform?
Mac Taylor: Looks like the game he was calling ended in sudden death.
08x14 - Flash Pop Season 8 / Episode 14: - Flash Pop

Mac Taylor: [a tech from the crime lab has been murdered] She was a white lab coat in my peripheral vision, handing me a note, or a result, and I probably mumbled "thank you" and didn't pay much attention. Feels like a missed opportunity.
Christine Whitney: Well, a lot of people work in the lab, and you're a very busy man, Mac.
Mac Taylor: True, but today... it just sounds like an excuse.
08x13 - The Ripple Effect Season 8 / Episode 13: - The Ripple Effect

Scott Perfito: I should be in a hospital, resting.
Mac Taylor: They already gave you a clean bill of health and released you into our custody, Mr. Perfito.
Scott Perfito: Well, my arm still hurts, and head hurts, too.
Don Flack: How about your pride? That must be smarting a bit.
Scott Perfito: What is that supposed to mean?
Don Flack: It means we found almost a half a kilo of cocaine in your apartment.
Scott Perfito: Believe me, that's not how it looks.
Mac Taylor: Oh, we do believe you, because it's not all coke. In fact, the last batch you pulled from this delivery envelope was a combo of baby formula, caffeine, and lidocaine. We found traces of the same in Greg Barbera's delivery bag.
Don Flack: Now why do you think that is?
Scott Perfito: I look like a scientist?
Mac Taylor: No. But I am.
08x13 - The Ripple Effect Season 8 / Episode 13: - The Ripple Effect

Jo Danville: When it comes to crime, there are no coincidences.
08x13 - The Ripple Effect Season 8 / Episode 13: - The Ripple Effect

Sid Hammerback: It's the Hammerback Sleeper.


Sid Hammerback: I give you... the Hammerback Sleeper.
Mac Taylor: "You'll sleep like a corpse"?
Sid Hammerback: It's an experimental pillow I've developed after years of working in the M.E.'s Office.


Jo Danville: I've heard about it. What's the problem?
Sid Hammerback: I just sold the patent this morning.
Jo Danville: Well, congratulations. That's good, isn't it?
Sid Hammerback: Oh, yeah. Um, it was purchased by a Japanese firm. Apparently, they're going to market it as an anti-snoring pillow.
Jo Danville: Anti-snoring, huh? God, I could have used that with my ex-husband. I would've paid dearly for that.
Sid Hammerback: [choking up] Yep. That's pretty much what they did.
Jo Danville: Sid, are you okay?
Sid Hammerback: [still emotional] Uh... actually, no. I'm, um... incredible. Jo, they bought my patent... for $27 million.
Jo Danville: What?
Sid Hammerback: I'm a very rich man, and-and I have no idea what to do about it.
08x13 - The Ripple Effect Season 8 / Episode 13: - The Ripple Effect

Don Flack: When I told my guys to be on the lookout for bright orange zip ties, you can imagine some of the witty responses I got.
08x13 - The Ripple Effect Season 8 / Episode 13: - The Ripple Effect

Jo Danville: Okay, I hope y'all are taking notes. First of all, I could not stop thinking about these two pieces of violet flavored gum, because I couldn't wrap my head around how they wound up in Jimmy Philbrook's mouth and on Greg Barbera's satchel. So I went back to the schedule from the courier service that Greg worked for, and it turns out that his first pickup of the day was across from a little diner in Chelsea, right around the corner from the Cragston Hotel.
Mac Taylor: Who'd he pick up from?
Jo Danville: Jimmy Philbrook. And guess what the diner has in a little dish next to the cash register?
Lindsay Monroe Messer: Violet gum.
Jo Danville: Bingo. But there was something else that kept bugging me, because Greg Barbera is a bike messenger, right? So why did he run from Scott Perfito? Where on earth was his bike? So I went back and I looked at the NYPD surveillance footage one more time. Look what I spotted about a hundred yards ahead of both of them.
Danny Messer: Guy on a bike.
Jo Danville: Yes, but not just any bike. It matches the exact description supplied to us from the courier service that Greg worked for. And look what's hanging from handlebars.
Don Flack: A chainsaw. Could've been used to cut down the fallen tree outside of Scott Perfito's apartment.
Mac Taylor: Where Greg probably locked up his bike.
Lindsay Monroe Messer: Greg's bike was stolen, so he had to run away from Perfito on foot.
Sheldon Hawkes: Which caused him to fall down the stairs.
Jo Danville: And due to Greg's untimely death, he wasn't able to deliver this.
Mac Taylor: Doug Kramer. That's the name of the Building and Safety official who was supposed to accept the bribe from Jimmy Philbrook.
Jo Danville: For fifteen grand.
Don Flack: But since he didn't get it, he ruled to condemn the Cragston Hotel at the B&S meeting.
Jo Danville: Yes. Which we all know, drove our super, Toby Delafont, into a murderous rage.
Danny Messer: He attacked Philbrook in the park, leaving him for dead.
Lindsay Monroe Messer: Right, and then Philbrook wandered further into the woods, right into the path of Nicholas Bristow's arrow.
Don Flack: That's the craziest thing I've ever heard, but it actually makes sense.
Mac Taylor: One crime leads to another.
Sheldon Hawkes: And another.
Danny Messer: And another.
Lindsay Monroe Messer: And another.
Jo Danville: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is known as the ripple effect.
08x12 - Brooklyn ‘Til I Die Season 8 / Episode 12: - Brooklyn ‘Til I Die

Don Flack: Jacob Paul Williams. Priors for... a little bit of everything. Armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon... Do you realize how screwed you are?
08x12 - Brooklyn ‘Til I Die Season 8 / Episode 12: - Brooklyn ‘Til I Die

Christine Whitney: Thanks for meeting me here.
Mac Taylor: Honestly, I-I... I didn't know what to think, seeing that friend request.
Christine Whitney: Well, likewise. I never saw you as the social networking type.
Mac Taylor: Actually, it wasn't my decision to set that up. That was some colleagues of mine having a little fun.
Christine Whitney: That explains the blankest profile page in the history of the Internet.
Mac Taylor: How do you know that I wasn't trying to be mysterious?
Christine Whitney: Because you're one of the most transparent people I know.
08x12 - Brooklyn ‘Til I Die Season 8 / Episode 12: - Brooklyn ‘Til I Die

Christine Whitney: I-I read an article where you, um, dedicated the wall of remembrance to the first responder families of 9/11. That was a nice thing you did. And I also read about Claire. And somehow, between... life and... losing contact with you both, I-I didn't know she passed away. I'm sorry.
Mac Taylor: There's no need to be sorry. I'm thankful for the time that we had together.
08x10 - Clean Sweep Season 8 / Episode 10: - Clean Sweep

Don Flack: [Mac arrives at the crime scene] Hope you skipped breakfast.
Mac Taylor: That bad?
Don Flack: Worse.
08x10 - Clean Sweep Season 8 / Episode 10: - Clean Sweep

Don Flack: Turns out, Richards was a rising star on the cage fighting circuit.
Mac Taylor: I've seen a few matches. That's a brutal sport.
Don Flack: It's an excuse for two grown men to legally beat the bloody pulp out of each other.
Mac Taylor: So you're not a fan?
Don Flack: I didn't say that.
08x10 - Clean Sweep Season 8 / Episode 10: - Clean Sweep

Don Flack: [after tackling a murder suspect] Why do they always run?
Danny Messer: I dunno. Must be brain damage.
08x10 - Clean Sweep Season 8 / Episode 10: - Clean Sweep

Mac Taylor: Threats, intimidation, harassment - you're nothing but a coward.
Aaron Collins: You don't know anything about me.
Mac Taylor: I know you terrorized Ryan Richards and his wife for years. I also know you weren't man enough to take credit for it.
08x10 - Clean Sweep Season 8 / Episode 10: - Clean Sweep

Mac Taylor: Did you send this?
Aaron Collins: It was just a picture.
Mac Taylor: "Savor the victory now, 'cause you'll be dead by morning." That's more than a picture, that's a death threat.