The Rookies (TV Series)

The Mugging (1976)

Sam Melville: Officer Mike Danko

Quotes 

• Richard Komansky : [Officers Mike Danko, Terry Webster and Chris Owens are in the booking room at the precinct. Chris is fingerprinting Dr Komansky, who is very bitter and angry]  You know, you guys are just like doctors. Crime is a disease the rest of us don't ever even think about until we catch it. Then we come to you for help.

  Officer Mike Danko : [Mike is standing on the other side of the booking desk. He picks up a piece of tissue paper, which he hands to Chris. Off screen, Chris hands it to Dr Komansky to wipe off his hand. Terry is seated behind Mike, writing on a clipboard]  Yeah, well it's not always that simple.

  Richard Komansky : [Dr Komansky answers Mike sarcastically. Terry stops writing and looks over at Dr Komansky]  Yeah, that's the old slogan, isn't it? But that's such a cop-out. Everybody's always saying it isn't that simple. Maybe it is... maybe the answer to crime and criminals is just as simple as a bullet. Of course, we can't face that. We don't have the guts.

  Officer Terry Webster : [Terry continues staring at Dr Komansky; his facial expression is deadly serious. He replies in a calm, but monotone, voice]  I think we must have the courage to admit... that bullets never solved anything. They never have, and they never will. Doctor.

  [Dr Komansky crumples up the soiled tissue paper and walks away from the booking desk with Chris]