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Evolution of Crime and Law Enforcement
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Society is breeding a new kind of criminal. It's also breeding a new kind of cop.
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Cobretti's Attitude Is Just a Small Issue
Chief Halliwell
Cobretti, do know you have an attitude problem?
Marion Cobretti
Yeah, but it's just a little one.
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Confrontation with a Lousy Shooter
Marion Cobretti
Hey dirtbag, you're a lousy shot. I don't like lousy shots. You wasted a kid... for nothing. Now I think it's time to waste you.
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Law and Order vs. Vigilante Justice
Night Slasher
The court is civilized, isn't it, pig?
Marion Cobretti
But I'm not. This is where the law stops and I start, sucker!
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Confrontation Between Law and Chaos
Night Slasher
Let's bleed pig! Where are you pig? I want your eyes, pig! I want them! You want to go to hell? Huh! Huh, pig? You want to go to hell with me? It doesn't matter, does it? We are the hunters! We kill the weak, so the strong survive! You can't stop the New World! Your filthy society will never get rid of people like us! It's breeding them! WE ARE THE FUTURE!
[Cobretti throws a chain as a distraction and the Night Slasher shoots in that direction]
Marion Cobretti
No! You're history.
[Cobretti suddenly appears and aims his gun at the Night Slasher]
Night Slasher
You won't do it pig. You won't shoot. Murder is against the law. You have to take me in... if... you can. Even I have rights... don't I... pig? Take me in. They'll say I'm insane. Won't they? The court is civilized... isn't it... pig?
[grips knife tightly]
Marion Cobretti
But I'm not. This is where the law stops... and I start... sucker!
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Fifties Fugitive with a Talent for Catching Psychos
Sgt. Tony Gonzalez
He looks like a fugitive from the fifties, but he sure is great at catching psychos.
[about Cobra]
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The Strong Arm of the Law
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The strong arm of the law.
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No Hard Feelings Between Detectives
Detective Monte
Cobretti, no hard feelings. You, uh, kind of overdid it around here. I personally would have looked for a more subtle solution, but that's not your style. No hard feelings.
Marion Cobretti
No hard feelings.
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Negotiation Amidst a Threatening Situation
Supermarket Killer
I got a bomb here! I'll kill her! I'll blow this whole place up!
Marion Cobretti
Go ahead. I don't shop here. All right, just relax, amigo. You wanna talk? We'll talk. I'm a sucker for good conversation.
Supermarket Killer
I don't wanna talk to you! Now, you bring in the television cameras in here now! C'mon, bring em in!
Marion Cobretti
Can't do that.
Supermarket Killer
Why?
Marion Cobretti
I don't deal with psychos. I put em away.
Supermarket Killer
I ain't no psycho, man! I'm a hero! You're looking at a fuckin hunter! I'm a hero of the New World!
Marion Cobretti
You're a disease, and I'm the cure.
[shakes his head]
Supermarket Killer
Die!
Marion Cobretti
Drop it!
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Confronting a Troubling Reality
Marion Cobretti
How bad is it?
Gonzales
It's bad.
Marion Cobretti
Any I.D. on the guy?
Gonzales
Just another asshole who woke up hating the world.
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Exploring Relationships and Personal Involvement
Ingrid Knudsen
Do you ever get involved?
Marion Cobretti
With a woman?
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Law and Order: A Personal Boundary
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This is where the law stops... and I start.
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Uncertainty in the Face of Danger
Ingrid Knudsen
Are your men out there?
Marion Cobretti
Yeah, they're out there.
Ingrid Knudsen
Are we just supposed to drive around until he tries to kill us again?
Marion Cobretti
No, they won't get you.
Ingrid Knudsen
You keep saying that. How do you know that for sure?
Marion Cobretti
You got to have faith.
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Urgency for Control in Crisis Situation
Detective Monte
All we need is a little more time and we can get control of the situation!
[after trying to negotiate with the supermarket gunman]
Captain Sears
What control? Call the Cobra!
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Violence and Its Consequences in Conflict
Gonzales
You know, when this is over with, I'd like to celebrate, by punching a hole in Monte's chest!
Marion Cobretti
You know what the trouble with you is? You're too violent.
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Desiring a Tougher Name Conversation
Marion Cobretti
I always wanted to have a tougher one myself. You know, a little harder name.
Ingrid Knudsen
Like what?
Marion Cobretti
Alice.
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Crime and its Cure
Taglines
Crime is the disease. Meet the cure.
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Statistics on Crime in America
Marion Cobretti
In America, there's a burglary every 11 seconds, an armed robbery every 65 seconds, a violent crime every 25 seconds, a murder every 24 minutes and 250 rapes a day.
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The Inequality of Rules in Conflict
Marion Cobretti
As long as we play by these bullshit rules and the killer doesn't, we're gonna lose.
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