- Eddie Janko: What about Jameson?
- Frank Reagan: Jameson? Jameson. He was always cool, he... like he instinctively knew that the more advice you harvest, the better the odds are to make the right move. Now, I always felt the knock was welcomed.
- Sean Reagan: And last but not least?
- Danny Reagan: Uh, best for last.
- Sean Reagan: Sure.
- Frank Reagan: Oh, that's easy. When your dad was eight years old, he got suspended from school for... guess what?
- Everyone: Fighting.
- Frank Reagan: So I go to his room, I sit him down and I ask him what happened. And he just gives me the bare bones. So I said directly, "What did that kid say or do make you throw the first punch?" And your dad says, "Trust me, you don't want to freaking know." What eight-year-old says, "Trust me, you don't want to freaking know"?
- Danny Reagan: Trust me, you don't want to freaking know.
- Danny Reagan: And you owe me 20 bucks.
- Erin Reagan: For what?
- Danny Reagan: Our bet. You said he'd call me.
- Frank Reagan: Call you about what?
- Danny Reagan: See there. Pay up.
- Erin Reagan: You didn't call him after the shooting at the gas station?
- Frank Reagan: Was I supposed to?
- Henry Reagan: That was my job.
- Danny Reagan: Mm-hmm.
- Jamie Reagan: How is it your job?
- Henry Reagan: As the patriarch.
- Nicky Reagan-Boyle: But as his father?
- Frank Reagan: Someday you'll see.
- Eddie Janko: See what?
- Frank Reagan: Well, more like see when. When to back off trying to suss out your kid's problems. That first time that you go to knock on the closed bedroom door and something tells you "don't."
- Nicky Reagan-Boyle: Like, let them handle it themselves?
- Frank Reagan: Yeah, when it's time.
- Nicky Reagan-Boyle: Well, when did you know with Mom?
- Frank Reagan: When she was 18 and threatened me with a restraining order.
- Erin Reagan: I did not.
- Frank Reagan: Practically. Anyway, that was your mom's duty.
- Anthony Abetemarco: He's right, you know. Something is bugging you.
- Eddie Janko: Oh, you heard that?
- Anthony Abetemarco: And I think I got a pretty good idea what it is. You love the results, uh, just not too keen on how we got there.
- Eddie Janko: I'm just not so sure that I can do this job if I have to lie every time to get the job done.
- Anthony Abetemarco: So don't.
- Eddie Janko: But you said...
- Anthony Abetemarco: Well, that's me. I mean, that's my way. Keep in mind I've been doing this a long time. I'm old school. I-I-I found a tool that works for me, so I use it.
- Eddie Janko: But it *really* works.
- Anthony Abetemarco: It sure does. But it doesn't mean it's the only thing that works. You're young, learn from everyone. Be a sponge. I'm no Dick Tracy. I'm one guy with one tool. You've got plenty of room for lots of tools on your too belt.
- Eddie Janko: Well, thanks. Thanks, Anthony.
- Frank Reagan: What'd I just see?
- Inspector Andre Clifford: It's a celebration, sir.
- Frank Reagan: An officer in your house?
- Inspector Andre Clifford: No, one of the kids from the neighborhood. Hector Ruiz. Just got a full scholarship to Amherst College. And he kind of grew up in this house.
- Frank Reagan: A repeat offender.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: I like to think that we had a hand in setting him on the right path.
- Frank Reagan: Do we run a rec center or a police precinct?
- Inspector Andre Clifford: No. But we do believe in celebrating what deserves celebrating on our streets.
- Frank Reagan: Hope police work doesn't get in the way.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: I know how this looks, sir, and I get it.And I would have rescheduled if I'd known you were coming.
- Frank Reagan: No, I like surprise visits for exactly this reason. Let's me see the real deal, not the whitewash.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: Commissioner, I know that everything I got going here runs afoul of just about every rule in the book.
- Frank Reagan: And then some.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: But this is a good thing, and I stand by it.
- Frank Reagan: So do I.
- Henry Reagan: You weren't surprised, me showing up?
- Danny Reagan: No. I totally bought the "I was... just happened to be "in the neighborhood on my way to Costco" routine. "With a bottle of whiskey in my hand."
- Henry Reagan: There's no one else in this room but you and me, Danny. Two BSers full of BS.
- Danny Reagan: Look, I-I'm not an idiot, Gramps. And I'm not being a jerk. I'm not. Look, enough people line up telling you that you're upset, you have to consider that.
- Henry Reagan: You're no idiot, that's for sure. And for my money, you're not even upside down, just maybe a little sideways.
- Danny Reagan: If that's what you see...
- Henry Reagan: You know what else I see?
- Danny Reagan: My dining room table?
- Henry Reagan: Your empty house.
- Danny Reagan: It's not empty. Sean's upstairs doing his homework.
- Henry Reagan: Not what I mean, and you know it. And it's not just the house that's empty.
- Danny Reagan: Hasn't even been two years yet, Gramps.
- Henry Reagan: Linda was the one who got you through those others. She also could've gotten you through this one.
- Danny Reagan: Yeah, but it wasn't in the cards.
- Henry Reagan: So draw a new one.
- Danny Reagan: You want me to start shacking up? That's your solution?
- Henry Reagan: I'm just thinking about your future.
- Danny Reagan: You know, not for nothing, Gramps, but... Grandma's been gone, what, a hundred years? I never saw you take up with another woman. Hell, I never saw you even go on a date with another woman.
- Henry Reagan: No. I live alone with my son. Have for the last 15 years.
- Danny Reagan: Well, Dad, too.I don't see him threatening Casanova's legend since Mom passed away.
- Henry Reagan: No. He lives alone with his father. For the last 15 years.
- Anthony Abetemarco: You know, in my line of work, the ones who want a lawyer are usually the ones who did it.
- Bobby Ruiz: Lawyer.
- Anthony Abetemarco: So you did it.
- Bobby Ruiz: Lawyer.
- Anthony Abetemarco: You know, you're only making this harder on yourself.
- Bobby Ruiz: Lawyer.
- Anthony Abetemarco: So if I get you a lawyer, I'm gonna have to collar you. Is that what you want?
- Bobby Ruiz: Lawyer.
- Anthony Abetemarco: Tell me where the damn gun is.
- Eddie Janko: I texted legal aid, and they're gonna assign you a lawyer. And I'm sure you know this already, but now that you've requested a lawyer, you no longer have to talk to us.
- Bobby Ruiz: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tell him that.
- Eddie Janko: All right, just give me the name of your parole officer.
- Bobby Ruiz: Ha. But I didn't do nothing.
- Eddie Janko: That's not true. You violated your parole.
- Bobby Ruiz: What violation? I didn't do squat.
- Eddie Janko: You have a unique parole agreement in that you're permitted to associate with known felons?
- Bobby Ruiz: Known felons?
- Bobby Ruiz: What you going on about, lady cop?
- Anthony Abetemarco: Officer. What I'm going on about is that kid in the red sweatshirt and the LeBrons you were talking to when we rolled up on you just now.
- Bobby Ruiz: Head Bone?
- Eddie Janko: Aka Jamie Flemings, great kid who I had the pleasure of collaring myself last year.
- Bobby Ruiz: Come on, this ain't right.
- Eddie Janko: Don't worry about it. Your lawyer's gonna get you out of it. Those guys are the best. And I'm sure he only has, like, 500 cases ahead of you right now.
- Bobby Ruiz: This is wrong!
- Eddie Janko: It doesn't have to be this way, Bobby.
- Bobby Ruiz: Okay. I'll tell you where the hammer is.
- Abigail Baker: If it was up to me, he stays.
- Sid Gormley: And I say Clifford goes.
- Garrett Moore: Two days ago, you were in here having his back.
- Sid Gormley: That was before Wainwright dropped his ultimatum.
- Abigail Baker: Boss?
- Frank Reagan: Hey, I'm listening.
- Abigail Baker: He really said he'd go to the press?
- Sid Gormley: Says if we don't give Clifford the axe, he'll go Live at Five with it.
- Garrett Moore: He say why?
- Sid Gormley: He says that it's the principle for him. NYPD does not hire felons. Especially ones who lie their way in.
- Garrett Moore: Well, he's got a point there.
- Abigail Baker: You think he should go, too?
- Garrett Moore: What I think is, his value in the present outweighs the sins in his past.
- Sid Gormley: Boss, Garrett's onto something. Why don't we just bring Wainwright in here and lean on him?
- Frank Reagan: No.
- Garrett Moore: Why not?
- Frank Reagan: Because he was passed over about a dozen times for promotion before he retired, and one of the guys who leapfrogged over him was Clifford.
- Garrett Moore: And maybe a little because he's white and Clifford's black.
- Frank Reagan: That's unknowable.All of which makes this a can of worms that won't open.
- Sid Gormley: Well, then, what?
- Frank Reagan: I haven't a damn clue.
- Mrs. Jassem: I really don't understand why we couldn't do this over the phone.
- Sid Gormley: Thank you for coming in.
- Mrs. Jassem: Frankly, I find it pretty inconsiderate of you to insist.
- Sid Gormley: Medical records from Eastchester County Hospital. The night your son was killed, you drove 20 miles out of your way for a wound that required 20 stitches. Why would someone do that?
- Danny Reagan: Unless that somebody had something to hide.
- Mrs. Jassem: Am I under arrest?
- Danny Reagan: No.
- Mrs. Jassem: Then can I go?
- Danny Reagan: You can. But before you do, I'd... like to let you know that it is no easy thing to take another life. I know it. It is something you will never, ever get over. Whether it's the guilt coursing through your veins like poison or the sleepless nights stacking up on your chest like a pile of bricks. The nights you do sleep are ruined when you awaken to realize that it wasn't a nightmare. It was real. There's nothing you can do to change it.
- Mrs. Jassem: I didn't... What I mean is...
- Danny Reagan: You don't have to say anything. You don't. But I want to promise you that if you do say something... you're gonna feel so much better. You may even sleep like a baby again. I know you're a good person. I knew it the moment I met you. And I know there is nothing... nothing on this Earth that would ever make you intentionally hurt your baby boy. Help us help you. Please. Sit down and talk to us about what happened. It's okay. It's gonna be all right.
- Frank Reagan: Have a seat... Not that one... That one. You're a smart guy, one of our best and brightest. Maybe someday you'll end up in that chair. How's it feel?
- Inspector Andre Clifford: It's uncomfortable.
- Frank Reagan: Sounds about right. I got this... bear of an issue I'm wrestling with,one I can't find a resolution to. So, you're the commissioner now. Tell me what you would do.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: Do with what, sir?
- Frank Reagan: Well, there's a file in front of you. The name and the photos have been blacked out to protect this individual but somehow, I think you'll get the gist... What that file doesn't say is this stickup kid goes on to turn his life around and pursue his dream of becoming a decorated NYPD cop.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: If I may explain, sir...
- Frank Reagan: You're the commissioner now, you don't have to explain. You have to decide... what's going to happen to him.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: I don't know.
- Frank Reagan: Not an option. Not from where you sit.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: But I don't know, sir.
- Frank Reagan: You can't plead the Fifth, you can't pass the buck, you can't buy a vowel.Should he stay or should he go?
- Inspector Andre Clifford: He should go.
- Frank Reagan: Why?
- Inspector Andre Clifford: Because the NYPD doesn't hire felons. On top of that,he lied to get the job. And he maintained that lie for 20 years.
- Frank Reagan: What about the fact that for those 20 years, he served as the gold standard for what an NYPD cop should be?
- Inspector Andre Clifford: Doesn't matter. He's a felon. He's got to go.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: You know... I don't think you'd make a good commissioner after all. But a cop like that... I'm keeping him.
- Inspector Andre Clifford: Commissioner, I don't know how to thank you enough.
- Frank Reagan: Now get out of my chair.