La La Anthony: Delina Michaels

Quotes 

• Carrie Wells : I'm so so, sorry, who are you?

  Delina Michaels : I'm Delina Michaels, the new ME

  Carrie Wells : The new ME?

  Delina Michaels : Yeah, I'd shake your hand but...

  [shows her bloody hands] 

  Carrie Wells : Yeah, no, that's, that's okay. What, what happened to the old ME? Where's Jo?

  Delina Michaels : Oh, you didn't hear? Doctor Webster passed

  Carrie Wells : Passed away? What?

  Delina Michaels : No, her certification exam. To the Cordon Blue culinary school

• Eliot Delson : I was in here earlier, and I couldn't help but notice that you had a bottle of nail polish remover near where the bodies were being autopsied, and then I saw a curling iron, and I... I thought maybe this is a good time to talk about protocol.

  Delina Michaels : Wait. Wait. You think I'd use this on my nails?

  Eliot Delson : Well, it is nail polish remover.

  Delina Michaels : And Korbel is champagne. Doesn't mean I'm gonna drink it. The nail polish is for the acetone. Helps pull up any foreign elements, like copolymer resinase. In the van, for instance, which helped lead us to the missile.

  Eliot Delson : [with a nervous chuckle]  Yes, it... it certainly did.

  Delina Michaels : Yeah, and the curler allows me to cut through the subderma after rigor mortis sets in. It warms the muscle mass and allows me to cut shallow without damaging the surrounding tissue. Couple tricks I learned in training. At Quantico.

  Eliot Delson : [awkwardly, feeling dumb]  Mm-hmm. Well, I'm really glad we had this conversation. Good night.

• Delina Michaels : I know Joanne Webster was your friend, your confidante, and the world's best medical examiner. And even though the word is you can be a bit standoffish...

  Carrie Wells : That's the word, is it?

  Delina Michaels : Yeah, but who cares? I have the same quality, and I know you're gonna like me.

  Carrie Wells : All right. Well, I will definitely, um, take your word for that, Delina.

• Delina Michaels : So, these are Malcolm's lungs. Now, I noticed a discoloration in the gums, so I checked the lungs. There's burning of the tissue in the alveolus.

  Carrie Wells : Okay. And-And what about this bruising?

  Delina Michaels : Yep, hematomas on both sides of the cheek and the jaw.

  Carrie Wells : And both of them have it?

  Delina Michaels : Yeah, but I haven't figured out the cause yet. They were both shot close range, center forehead.

  Carrie Wells : Hmm. Maybe a mob hit?

  Delina Michaels : Could be.