NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series)

Hunted (2010)

Rocky Carroll: Leon Vance

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Quotes 

• Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : Don't get me wrong, your presense is always valued and even welcomed. And I'd much rather converse with you face-to-face. But let's drop the pretense shall we? The only thing your presense is not going to do is this: change... my... mind.

  Leon Vance : Hetty...

  Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : Leon.

• Special Agent Sam Hanna : Dom was abducted to exchange for this guy. And they didn't let us know they had him?

  Leon Vance : There was a break down in the system somewhere.

  Special Agent Kensi Blye : If we had known about this, we would've...

  Leon Vance : It would have made no difference. Isn't that right Ms. Lange?

  Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : We don't negotiate with terrorists.

• Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : Ah the proverbial sound of someone tightrope walking across red tape.

  Leon Vance : And falling.

• Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : You seem to be afraid to speak with me privately. Knowing damn well that I won't do this in front of my co-workers. Smart. But ultimately ineffective. I've suffered a lot of losses over the years, Leon. We all have.

  Leon Vance : Yeah.

  Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : But the loss of one of my agents, I cannot withstand. Agent Sullivan was my first, and I swore my *last*. But swearing seems to have proven a hollow gesture, and I'm left with no choice.

  [Hands Vance an envelope] 

  Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : I thought I'd save Uncle Sam the postage.

  Leon Vance : This isn't over Hetty.

  Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : Oh, I'm afraid for me it is, Leon.

• Special Agent G. Callen : [about Hetty]  She doesn't just keep things close to the vest. She actually sews them in a vest and covers it with kevlar. Actually thought she'd take it worse.

  [Leon pulls out the envelope Hetty gave him] 

  Special Agent G. Callen : Especially considering what happened in '99 with Agent Sullivan. Maybe this time's different... I hope so. This place would fall apart without Hetty.

  Leon Vance : ...That it would.

• Leon Vance : This is the exact same letter of resignation you turned in when Agent Sullivan was killed. You just changed the dates. Pencilled in a new one. Hetty, this is unacceptable.

• Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : Proving one thing that I always suspected: that I am not cut out for this job.

  Leon Vance : Hetty, you're more cut out for this job than anybody I've ever worked with.

  Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange : No. I was never cut out for this. I just happened to have the capacity for it.