CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)

The Unusual Suspect (2006)

Juliette Goglia: Hannah West

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• Hannah West : When's the last time you had to sit down to be eye level with a murder suspect who is standing up?

  Sara Sidle : Hannah, you are smart.

  Hannah West : So I've been told.

  Sara Sidle : But you are not smart enough to get away with murder.

  Hannah West : I think I am. A lot of people are smart enough to get away with murder. You probably are too. But you have to be really smart to make people think things happened... that never did.

  Sara Sidle : What do you mean... exactly?

  Hannah West : Please don't worry about me. I'm going to be fine.

  [leans in] 

  Hannah West : [whispering]  I didn't kill Stacy. Marlon did.

• Hannah West : You don't think I could have done it. Either one of you.

  Sara Sidle : That's a big job... for a little girl.

  Hannah West : Not if you have the right tools.

  Sara Sidle : Smart kid like you, knows your brother is suffering, you feel bad, you wanna help... so you fabricate some evidence.

  Hannah West : Uh, if you thought the evidence was fake I wouldn't still be in jail.

• Hannah West : Marlon didn't kill Stacy. I did.

  [stands up and opens her sweater to reveal a dirty and bloody shirt] 

  Hannah West : I was wearing this when I did.

• Sara Sidle : [to Hannah about Stacy's murder]  You put sodium in the showerhead to get back at her?

  Hannah West : A prank for a prank. I thought that there'd be a few sparks, that she'd freak out and that'd be it, but the nozzle exploded. Stacy ran... and fell down the stairs... and died. I tried to cover it up.

  Sara Sidle : You miscalculated.

  Hannah West : I guess I did.

• Hannah West : Freaks are always good box office.

• Hannah West : Look, I don't need a lawyer, and I don't need my parents. I just want to do what's right.

  Sara Sidle : Hannah, taking the blame for something you didn't do may be noble, but it doesn't make it right.

  Hannah West : That's deep. Okay. It happened like this: Stacy humiliated me, I wanted revenge.

  Sara Sidle : Yeah, and you knew that there was no way you were ever going to get it by yourself.

• Sara Sidle : [to Hannah]  Hey, there.

  Hannah West : Did you come to say bye?

  Sara Sidle : No. Actually, you and I are going to be seeing a lot of each other. If you thought the DA wouldn't prosecute a twelve-year-old for murder, you were wrong. He wants justice for Stacy and her family.

  Hannah West : Of course. He's a totally linear thinker. Most of you guys are.