Third Watch

Davis to Sully: You are not responsible for me. I knew damn good and well what I was doing when I walked into that restaurant. And what, because of you I got shot? Please, Im smarter than that.

— Third Watch art

Davis: No, it was me! And Tatiana died when they killed her son. Had nothing to do with you. Her life caught up with her. And my dadwas a grown man, and he was standing next to you in that park for the same reason Im standing here right now.

— Third Watch life

Faith: Youre a little boy, Bosco. Youre a selfish little boy. I used to feel sorry for you, but now I just want you the hell away from me.

— Third Watch faith

Bosco: Well, why not? Thats the way you handle people. Keep them at a distance as soon as they become a problem.

— Third Watch people

Bosco: Oh my gosh. You know what? Please accept our apologies. Sarge! Sarge stop searching the car. He was only doing research for a book.

— Third Watch book

Yokas: If Special K didnt work, maybe theyll try X or Heroin and then Eric will start dealing to all the little kids. And then a crew will start coming to Emily because theyll know that she has the hook-up. Then Eric ODs at some unsupervised party, but now Emilys getting a cut. And she just switched from Loehmans to Saks and theres no way that shes going back. So when little Suzy Smith shows up in the emergency room and I get called, Suzy pins Emily for selling her the dope. And then she and Eric end up in Juvie. Only upon their release this one gets knocked up by this mope. And then he decides, to keep her from turning a few tricks every now and again, the two of them will start selling drugs out the back of some seedy club bathroom. And meanwhile, Im at home, a widow because your fathers heart exploded from the stress wondering why I just didnt lock up this skel in the first place!

— Third Watch art

Monroe: Thats just Cruz. Its when shes not bitchy that I get worried. Shes insecure, overcompensates, and never lets anyone forget that shes in charge.

— Third Watch

Doc to Alex: Im not putting up with an attitude all day. When we get to the scene, you do your job, period. So you got two blocks to get it out of your system.

— Third Watch attitude

Mrs. Taylor to Davis: Officer, could you turn off the lights and siren? I dont care if it takes a little bit longer to get there.

— Third Watch light

Fred about Yokas: How the helld this happen? She was working the desk, in the station. I talked to her twice. She was bringing ice cream home.

— Third Watch work

Bosco: I tried to go along. To play the game But I couldnt do it. I couldnt let a guy go away for a murder he didnt do. Cruz let Noble keep the gun he shot the guy with so Yokas was helping me get it back from Nobles apartment. Cruz figured out what we were doing. I got there just after she did and she squared off with Yokas. Then Noble comes inits a big circle jerk. I see Noble, behind Cruz, pull a gun from his jacket pocket. So I shot him once. I think I hit him in the chest.

— Third Watch art

Bosco: Ill take whatever I got coming. Faith was only there trying to help me boss. She didnt do anything. It was me. I went along with Cruz from the beginning. Can I go see her now?

— Third Watch faith

Bosco: Look, Ill make all the written statements you want. I just need to look at her. To say Im sorry.

— Third Watch men

Swersky: You admitted to shooting a police sergeant and participating in the arrest of an innocent man, Bosco. You better worry about yourself here.

— Third Watch art

Jackie Gianni: I have sources that say the police shooting at the Melrose Hotel was in Aaron Nobles apartment and that he died here a little while ago.

— Third Watch art

Cruz to Roy Lane about Yokas: Bitch shot me in the head Roy. Only thing that saved me is shes a bad shot.

— Third Watch bad

Ruth Johnson: Then tell me why this happened to my husband. Because it sure isnt the money. He works three extra jobs just so we can keep our kids in a decent school. The people honked their stupid horns and waved for one week two years ago and then went back to ignoring all of you! The citys heroes! But youre not heroes! None of you! Youre husbands and wives and sons and daughters! And, God help me, I dont understand why! Why you would want to do a job that leaves a wife to explain to her children why that monster in there is all thats left of their father! Can you do that? Any of you?! Because if you cant, then just, just leave me the hell alone.

— Third Watch god

Sully to Roy Lane: Are you gonna pull me over in the middle of the night like some skel and tell me to mind my own damn business? Ill tell you what, Roy Lane, F.B.I., why dont you kiss my ass?

— Third Watch mind

Bosco: I have enough actual bad things going on right now. Ill leave the possibilities to someone else.

— Third Watch right

Sully: Thats what Im talking about, Davis. You go to law school you never got to chase another idiot down the street or look like and idiot chasing somebody.

— Third Watch sin

Kim to Doc: Oh, you want to show me your power? Okay Doc, youre powerful, all right? Youre up there with the Gods. Just stay away from the rest of us.

— Third Watch god

Sully to Davis: Yesterday, my car goes up in a ball of flames, today I gotta play nursemaid to Judge Perfect!

— Third Watch day

Davis: Are you familiar with the theory that you attract what you send out? Negative energy comes right back at you?

— Third Watch you

Sully: Listen, Kojak, youre gonna go all happy-crappy New Age on me, you can get out and walk your ass to the detail.

— Third Watch happy

Monroe to Cruz: If you take that shower were never gonna be able to prosecute that guy. Get dressed, were gonna go to the hospital. Were gonna get a rape kit done.

— Third Watch you

Judge Barbara: I was just wondering what it cost the city for eight police officers guarding one judge full time?

— Third Watch time

Faith: And then my partner Bosco, he was like Mr. Cool when he got the assignment, he flew right up to anti-crime, you know. He leaves me to bounce around with whoever no body else wants to be with and then when everything goes wrong, who does he come back to? Me, I gotta fix everything. My partner, he dumps me and this upstairs, loud mouth, high riding, corrupt cop turns my partner into a criminal.

— Third Watch faith

Cruz: What are you, 15 years old? Im trying to get a serial rapist and youre holding it up for a prostitution charge?

— Third Watch you

Burns: And they took payment for it, never reported it, no rape kit, no physical evidence. Im gonna DP this case until you can get more evidence.

— Third Watch men

Davis to Sully: Ive got a multiple choice for you. Did you and Judge Halsted: A. Kiss and say goodnight. B. Have breakfast together

— Third Watch good

Kim: I am the supervisor. I dont care why you came back, and I dont care if you want to make believe this has nothing to do with Eugene and I dont care if youre lying so much that you actually believe it yourself. But let me make one thing clear. My status is not gonna change and if you dont like the way things are here, you ask to be transferred.

— Third Watch change

Bosco: Look, the law does not say pretty close. It doesnt say somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 feet from a hydrant.

— Third Watch law

Bosco: Sure I do. I love pizza. I like spaghetti. I like Goodfellas and two out of the three Godfathers. Past that, Im about as as Italian as you are.

— Third Watch love

Carlos: These people didnt see me into a good home and send me birthday presents every year, Doc. They dumped me on the Red Cross doorstep. The Red Cross, you know, it may be good for a lot of things, but Im pretty sure that theyre not gonna be a blood match for Kylie.

— Third Watch people

Audrey: Do you remember when you believed in Santa Claus? How Christmas Eve was the best ever? A man you didnt know was coming thousands of miles to give you a toy.

— Third Watch man

Monroe: Bosco, you dont understand the pressure of having to have the right toy, the right clothes

— Third Watch you

Bosco: Oh, come on. Ive watched Yokas go through this every year for the past ten years. I thought Talking Elmo was gonna kill her.

— Third Watch past

Monroe: You know, maybe we should just start driving in reverse. At least wed be facing the right direction.

— Third Watch art

Monroe: Oh please, dont start speaking Italian to the guy, because hes having a hard enough time keeping up!

— Third Watch time

Bosco on the radio: 5-5 David. We got a call back number on this complainant? Call and ask if hell talk to us again.

— Third Watch hell

Sully: You know what they taught us the first day of cop school? Take a look around before you insult somebody.

— Third Watch school

Cruz: Oh, well then, beautiful! Then why dont we just leave, huh?! Why dont we just let you figure this out all by yourselves, huh?! I mean, it bothers you enough to call, al least have the balls to say that it was you!

— Third Watch beautiful

Bosco: And then you cut his throat? And in all that time, all that stabbing, he never stopped fighting back? Huh? How about when you cut him from from the corner of his mouth all the way back to his ear?! Or when you cut his eyes out?! He stop fighting back then?! And when you got behind him to cut his throat--- which you mustve done or youd be covered in his blood. You couldnt have just run away? Huh?

— Third Watch time

Bosco: He would have cut you on the palm. Nobody gets a defensive wound on the back of their hand. You did hold him up against the wall, right? Right? You pushed him back against it while he was begging for his life and then you cut yourself on one of the upswings while you were stabbing your friend in the face!

— Third Watch life

Tommy: Bosco, hey, can I ask you a question? You think this is gonna affect my chances of becoming an attorney?

— Third Watch you

Sully: Request police photo I.D. card. Check I.D. number against badge number. Call local precinct with badge number. How to make a crappy job that much crappier.

— Third Watch job

Monroe: You know Cruz, I became a cop because so many kids in my community thought that the police were something to be afraid of. I took this job to change that.

— Third Watch change

Jimmy: Oh, you think just cause you gave me the ring back Im giving up? Im way tougher than that, Kimmy. Way tougherIll see you soon.

— Third Watch you

Kim: Wait, listen, Doc I need to talk with you, just Doc pulls out a gun and shoots Steeper in the stomach

— Third Watch you

Doc: Hey, hey, when he closes this house the people in this community will have to wait at least 15 minutes for medical or fire response. See, I did the math, calculated the response times. Isnt that how you do it, Jack?

— Third Watch time

Kim: All right, well, were all listening, okay? Were all here. Were all listening. So why dont we justjust calm down, okay?

— Third Watch listening

Doc: No, no, he doesnt have to die. All he has to do is see what 15 minutes feels like when you need help!

— Third Watch you

Cruz: Were talking about a guy with a gun. We gonna hang here and head over there later with a mop and bucket?

— Third Watch wit

Steeper: in the ambulance on the way to the hospital I went to funeralshundredsthe familiesI didnt know them. I never was in the field.

— Third Watch lies

Bosco: You know what really pisses me off? That I was stupid enough to fall for the whole damn I changed thing. Nobody changes. People dont change, do they, Dad? We can go out, we can go have all those steak dinners we want, but it dont make us a family. Im my own family.

— Third Watch change

Dr. Breene: Kim Zambrano actually returned to work from her own mental collapse on September 11th. She pushed aside her own pain and answered the citys call for help. This is a theme, which, as you know, runs through most of the citys emergency employees. Carlos Nieto acted selflessly during the hostage incident at the firehouse and certainly saved Captain Steepers life. However, as do many of the survivors of 9/11, he clearly doesnt feel heroic. Despite their hesitance to speak openly with me, if they do not locate an avenue for such a discussion, they will never adequately recover from this trauma.

— Third Watch life

Dr. Breene: Docs statements made to the police officer that brought him out suggest it may be the root of his breakdown.

— Third Watch men

Carlos: No Docs the one that we all talked to. He was the only real strong one. Doc Parkers the reason why I dropped out of med school, okay? Figured if being a paramedic was good enough for someone like him

— Third Watch good

Dr. Breene: Paramedic Parkers breakdown left an immeasurable hole in the fabric of life in that firehouse. Mr. Parker seems to have become a sort of surrogate father for these employees and apparently helped them through difficulties encountered during and after 9/11. This role as father almost certainly contributed to his feeling that it was left to him to rectify what he saw as the closing of the 5-5 and therefore the destruction of his family.

— Third Watch life

Rose to Bosco & Mikey: Were gonna sit like normal people and eat lasagna. Is that too much to ask? Youre brothers for Gods sake.

— Third Watch god

Swersky: I want an alarm out for the car and for this Mike Boscorelli. Do you know what he looks like?

— Third Watch you

Bosco to Rose: A cop was killed tonight. An Anti-Crime cop from my precinct. Yeah. And they think Mikey did it.

— Third Watch crime

Bosco: Listen to me. Youre wanted. Do you understand that? Youre wanted as a cop killer. Do you want Mom to have to go to your funeral? Do you want her to have to pick out the box youre gonna be buried in?

— Third Watch you

Breene to Carlos : Mr. Parker is an extreme example of what can happen if you dont have a release. Someone to talk to. But sometimes its enough for someone just to listen.

— Third Watch time

Carlos: Listen? I had a cop in my bus last night. He died. While I was talking to him, he just died, and I dont know why. Medically, I just dont understand it. I need Monte Parker here so I can ask him to explain it to me. Because hed probably know. Thats what he was to me. Hes the only person I talk to.

— Third Watch night

Bosco: Listen to me. The Police Department believes you killed a cop. They dont give a damn if you never make it to trial.

— Third Watch art

Bosco: My brothers going to jail, Maritza. He knows that. Hes a dope dealer. And hes involved in shooting a cop. Put the guns away. Glen? All Im asking for, Cruz, is that you let him show us where the guy who pulled the trigger is. Thats it. Thats what Dade would want. Right? Right? Come on, Cruz. This is my brother.

— Third Watch you

Cruz: Oh, go on. Go back to your fireboys. They know you over there? J.D. Hart, people! In the flesh! Officer Hartless of the 5-1, South Bronx. You know the name. Hartless the Rat. Bitch of the Bronx.

— Third Watch art

Cruz: He couldnt live with what you did to him. He couldnt live with the disgrace. He was too proud to go to jail.

— Third Watch grace

Bosco: You dont think so? I dont know how many times I can tell you this. Listen to me and listen real close. If you hurt my brother, Im gonna kill you. And thats a promise.

— Third Watch time

Hart: Yeah, I did when I left the Police Department. I had to do something. But my friends keep all the money now.

— Third Watch art

Yokas to Cruz: Hey! I told you to stay the hell away from my prisoner. You do something like this again and I swear to God Ill go to IAB. You just broke that guys nose in there and they would be real interested in that downtown. And I make a hell of a witness.

— Third Watch god

Cruz: Oh, well, I guess we better let everyone know on the streets what kind of cop we got here, huh?

— Third Watch

Yokas: Why? Well tell them what Cruz did to our prisoner last night. Shell be too busy fending off an investigation, she wont have time to bother Mikey.

— Third Watch time

Yokas: Shes gonna make this collar any way she can. If that means putting Mikey out, shes gonna do that.

— Third Watch

Wynn: Thats Joey Mann. The son. Hes the guy on the ground. He works out of a used record store on Lex that keeps him close to the rave scene. Im trying to get a line on him. Hes crazy. But he also never makes a mistake.

— Third Watch work

Wynn: Locking up Joey Mann for a capital crime has got to bring his old man out of hiding. :Bosco: Youre gonna take care of Mike, right?

— Third Watch man

Bosco: Yep. Bunch of parents from that school are talking about how she saved their children in that crosswalk, with no regard for herself.

— Third Watch children

Yokas: Now you know that she had no idea that they were even there. That she was just trying to beat us to the collar.

— Third Watch you

Wynn to Bosco & Yokas: You both need to be careful. Donald Mann is a dangerous guy. Hes gonna want to know whos responsible for his sons death. Well be looking for him, but you guys keep your eyes open.

— Third Watch death

Yokas: Bosco, theres something horrible going on in this house. Its aits a mess. And you know that notebook that, uh, that Rebeccas always writing in? She has dozens of them and uh, she just writes the same thing over and over again. She writes I will drink ten glasses of water a day.

— Third Watch writing

Sully: You know what the first thing I thought was when we walked into that diner and saw Rocky lying there with a hole in his chest? Where the hell am I gonna get my coffee now? I mean, I dont know if he had a wife, kid. I never asked him. All I could think about was my damn breakfast. I mean, I knew this guy, Davis. You know? I talked to him almost every day. We worked on crossword puzzles together. I mean, that guy was the closest thing I had to a friend outside the job. I didnt feel one ounce of pity for him. Not a single human emotion. All I could think about was how damned inconvenient it was gonna be trying to find another restaurant. UhIve lost something, Davis. Something important. Something Im afraid Im not gonna be able to get back.

— Third Watch work

Sully: You gotta score well on those LSATs. Get your ass in Law School before its too late for you, too.

— Third Watch school

Bosco: Not that smart? Smart enough to know when they get to Rikers and they look around to see who among them is missing.

— Third Watch art

Wynn: Well, if I were you then I would be worried less about Cruz and more about your brothers lawyer, whos down in lockup.

— Third Watch law

Grace: The 6-8 is a warzone. GSWs, knife wounds, hammer wounds, ODs. We had to hose down the inside of the bus three times a tour.

— Third Watch war

Grace: It was non-stop medic heaven and I kicked its ass for three years and how does the city repay me? With a transfer to this undermanned country club.

— Third Watch grace

Grace: One, I got a face. Two, dont even think about trying to be friends. And three, dont ever let me hear you refer to me as a newbie. Got that?

— Third Watch friends

Jan to Yokas: Imagine, just for a minute, okay, that you and your husband have a child, all right, and shes really clumsy. Shes falling down all the time. And this one time shes in the next room eating and she falls, only you think shes choking on the vegetables, so you call the police. And they say you hit her. You and your husband, who wasnt even there. Can you imagine?

— Third Watch time

Yokas: In the morning before Lester went to court. And you didnt call 9-1-1 until the afternoon? What the hell were you thinking, Jan? Youre walking around your apartment, youre pretending like your daughter is laying unconscious on the floor!?

— Third Watch art

Carlos to Grace: Look. I respect how much you loved your old detail. But we arent any country club.

— Third Watch love

Carlos: Dont walk away from me. Come here. You know what? None of us were born the day that you got here. You dont know anything about us. You have no idea how many calls we take. How many lives weve saved, and lost, how many bullets weve ducked, no matter how minor you manage to make it all sound. I dont care whether you came from Bed-Stuy or Baghdad. Youre not gonna minimize my experience here just because its not yours. So you either learn to respect us the way that we respect you, or just keep your mouth shut until youve clawed your way back to that warzone where youd rather be. You got that?

— Third Watch war

Bosco: Youre what? Youre sorry? You? I told you what would happen. I told you to slow down. But you didnt care about Mikey. You didnt care what would happen to him. None of you care!

— Third Watch you

Bosco: No, you dont. But you should. Youre no better than a criminal yourself. You dont get to cry! You dont get to cry!

— Third Watch self

Lloyd: He still is, sir. If you saw the way he went after this lawyer guy. Trust me sir, he was crying.

— Third Watch trust

Yokas to Fred: Im not doing this because Im trying to prove to the city that they were wrong about me, or because Im worried about Cruz knocking me out of the box. Im doing this because I can help people. Defenseless people like that little girl. True victims. And I can make it better for them. I mean, what would you expect me to do, turn my back on them?

— Third Watch people

Mann: Besides Boscorelli, Yokas and Cruz of the 55th, Sergeant Wynn and Dombroski of Narcotics. I want them all dead before they put my Joey in the ground tomorrow.

— Third Watch man

Cruz when Yoshi decides to skip the raid to go to the wake: Youre gonna leave your partner hanging?

— Third Watch art

Cruz: First of all, most of the third watch is gonna be there. Somebodys gotta stay back and watch the shop. Second, I dont call off a raid like this for anyone. Or anything. Third, I wasnt invited.

— Third Watch body

Mann about his son: He had a nightmare when he was five. A monster was chasing him. I said there was no such thing. He fell asleep in my arms. I held him there, looking down at his face. I fell in love with him that night.

— Third Watch love

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