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City Problems Require Our Attention
Axel Foley
Hey, let me tell you something, Jeffrey. I don’t know whether or not you realize it, but this city still has a lot of problems. They need us.
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A Father's Relentless Focus and Its Consequences
Jane Saunders
You know what my biggest issue was with my father? His maniacal focus drove me insane. He was relentless. Ironically, that's your biggest issue right now. Good luck, asshole.
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Complicated Father-Son Relationship
Jane Saunders
He's not my dad. I mean, he's-- He's my dad, he hasn't been a dad.
[regarding Axel]
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Desperate Threat in a High-Stakes Situation
Axel Foley
I will shoot you in your face if you don’t fly this helicopter! I will shoot you then Imma shoot myself because I ain’t dying in no helicopter crash!
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Memorable Quote About Familiarity and Confidence
Axel Foley
This shit's supposed to be like riding a bike!
[on Bobby flying a helicopter]
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Comment on Movie Watching Habits
Axel Foley
You watch too many movies.
[after tricking Grant into thinking he escaped through the air-vents]
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Inquiring About Personal Relationships
Axel Foley
Have you two had intercourse?
[picking up on Bobby and his daughter's relationship]
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Suspended Work: A Unique Advantage
Axel Foley
I do some of my best work when I'm suspended.
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Confronting Past Mistakes and Future Conversations
Jane Saunders
Go back to Detroit. We'll talk in another five years? And just so you know, if you had went to therapy: "The parent is always the parent. The child is always the child". We didn't mess this up, you messed this up. Goodbye.
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Questioning Leadership and Problem-Solving
Bobby Abbot
I guess you don't wanna solve this one, huh, Chief? You just wanna manage it.
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Commentary on Squad Car Quality
Axel Foley
Seriously, this is your squad car? You know, part of me rather get locked up for resisting arrest than get put in this little Fisher Price motherfucker y'all are rolling around in. Y'all are the LEGO cops.
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Teaching Life Lessons Through Everyday Experiences
Axel Foley
The point that I'm trying to make, is that when I do something like try to teach you how to get out of handcuffs, that's the same as another parent when they take their kid to the ballgame or giving their kids a slinky, you know?
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Acknowledging the Need for Help
Bobby Abbot
You have a hard time admitting you need help.
[to Axel]
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Challenging Traditional Masculinity in Conversations
Bobby Abbot
Look, Mr. Foley, I appreciate you’ve been doing this a long time. But the world has changed a bit. You can’t just sit across the desk from another male and say something to threaten my manhood and think I’m just going to get so flustered with insecurity I forget what we were talking about. Bet that’s worked a lot for you in the past, but it’s not gonna work with me.
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Comparing Detroit to Buffalo Wild Wings
Axel Foley
Bobby, I'm from Detroit; for me, this is like going to Buffalo Wild Wings. This is nothing like Buffalo Wild Wings.
[seconds later]
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Conflict Between Family and Career Aspirations
Jane Saunders
I'm your daughter. The only thing you ever fought for is your job.
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Confrontational Demands in a Work Environment
Axel Foley
What are you staring at? What is this, a union job? Well, we don't give OSHA breaks here. Move, bitch!
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Detective Advised to Avoid Unnecessary Complications
John Taggart
Detective, your extremely high-profile homicide turned out to be a self-solver. So if I were you, I would count my blessings and stop trying to be so fucking interesting, got it?
[[Beverly Hills Cop II|You can never have too much firepower.]
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Navigating Legal Challenges in Today's Environment
Cade Grant
Well, used to be you could get around a warrant with a little creative writing, but in the current climate? We have to be so careful about everything we say, everything we do -- it helps to have somebody outside the official chain of command.
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Different Perspectives on Relaxation
Mike Woody
God, you know, most guys your age? They're starting to slow down... you know, taking desk jobs! Trying to relax a little bit.
Axel Foley
This is how I relax. Are you not relaxed right now?
Mike Woody
God--! Not relaxed!
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Assumptions Can Lead to Misunderstandings
Axel Foley
You made an assumption based on this that I did not like hockey.
[indicates his skin color]
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Navigating Parenthood Together in Uncertainty
Axel Foley
You're my only child, right? And I've only been a father as long as you've been a daughter. We're making this up as we go along, we both are.
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The Cost of Justice in Urban Life
Cade Grant
I can't even afford to live in the city I got shot in. How is that for justice?
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Controlling the Narrative in Crisis
Cade Grant
Oh, I don't need luck, babycakes. See, I control the narrative. Enriques, Copeland, Rosewood, Foley. There's only one loose end! And that's you. Now, when people hear that your dad was killed by the Cartel, that's gonna be so easy to believe because they're gonna say "Hey, Axel Foley? Shit, I can't believe he lasted this long! But his squeaky clean daughter, Jane Saunders? What do you think happened? Maybe she was speeding down Mulholland, racing to get to the police station to find out what happened to Pops, and she took a turn just a little too fast and went sailing right off a cliff..." with no tow truck cable to catch her this time, huh?
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Confusion in a High-Stakes Situation
Cade Grant
What the fuck are these guys doing?! Pull over! I mean, land!
[over loudspeaker]
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Confronting Dangerous Choices in the Game
Jane Saunders
Murder weapon in your lap? Trunk full of cocaine? You're in the game, Sam.
[Sam: Check my record. I'm not in the game.]
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Frustration Over Lack of Consequences
Cade Grant
Asshole almost broke my fibula, and I thought I was never gonna walk again. You know what I got for that? A pat on the back and a ribbon. A fuckin ribbon.
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Nervousness in a Dangerous Environment
Bobby Abbot
I mean, I'm fine, but I think it's healthy to be a little bit nervous walking into a bar full of guns.
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A Compliment with Edgy Humor
Cade Grant
Axel Foley, you are a true son of a bitch, aren'tcha? And I mean that as the highest of compliments.
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A Quest for Personal Improvement and Identity
Axel Foley
I can… I can do better. I will be better. I will be… I don’t have to stay this way. I can be a better white man.
[imitating Detective Mike Woody]
Mike Woody
That's me?
Axel Foley
That's you.
[regular voice]
Mike Woody
Oh, yeah, but if I do you, then I am--
Axel Foley
Then it's wildly offensive.
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Axel Foley's Confident Announcement of Change
Axel Foley
You didn’t hear about the Winnipeg trade? I’m the new man up in this bitch.
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Confronting Negativity in Dangerous Situations
Axel Foley
I think you're being a touch negative, because, see, men are trying to kill us, Bobby, and you're a helicopter pilot. And I'm pretty sure that's a fucking helicopter. Shall we?
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