17 quotes
The Burden of Choice in Uncertainty
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Detective Robert Gold. Whatever he chooses to do is going to be wrong. He still has to make a choice.
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A Hard Truth About Compromise
Tim Sullivan
Bob, I'm gonna tell you what the old whore said, and this is the truest thing I know: "When you start cumming with the customers, it's time to quit.
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A Cop's Moral Dilemma Unfolds
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Bob Gold is a cop. A good cop. But tonight, he will betray his friends, disgrace the force, and commit an act of violence because he believes it is the only right thing to do.
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Confrontation Over Betrayal and Mistakes
Bobby Gold
You sorry fucking sack of shit. You shot my partner.
Robert Randolph
Yeah, man, and you could have paid me back if you would have brought your gun. That was your mistake, man.
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Facing Troubles with Optimism and Action
Tim Sullivan
Hey, you got some... you got some heavy troubles on your mind? Huh, babe? We'll work it out. We'll play some cops and robbers. We'll bust this big criminal. We'll swagger around.
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Confrontation and Preparedness in Homicide
Robert Randolph
Oh, you know, huh? You're one smart kike, ain't you, Mr. Gold? All you forgot is that if you want to kill me, you best come armed.
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Tension Between Colleagues in Law Enforcement
Tim Sullivan
What is this?
Bobby Gold
That's the strap the guy tore off my holster.
Tim Sullivan
Well, go get it fixed, will ya? Go take a cooling walk- somethin'.
Bobby Gold
You mad at me?
Tim Sullivan
Yeah, I'm mad at you! I'm not gonna invite you to my birthday party! You dumb kike. Go get your holster fixed.
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Caught in Loyalty and Betrayal
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A good cop caught between loyalty and betrayal.
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Betrayal of a Good Cop
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Bob Gold is a cop. A good cop. But tonight, he will betray his friends.
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Detective Gold's Frustration with the System
Bobby Gold
Detective Gold. Tim! She- the old lady. She gonna give him up? She gonna give him up? You got her? You worked her around. Fantastic! Oh, fuck me! Why do I always miss it? She said what? Oh, yeah, I'm the linchpin. Big deal. Oh, man. Was it sweet? I would have been there. I'm stuck here with my- my Jews. You should see this fuckin room. No, fuckin bullshit. Bunch of high-strung fuckin bullshit. They pay so much taxes- Fuck em. Yo! She did? Fan-fuckin'-tastic! What? Oh, some bullshit. Somebody's taking shots at em- hey, fuck em. Don't tell me. Don't send the old lady work down there and tell me how you're so surprised. Fuck em and the taxes they pay. You tell me. Ten more bucks a week they're makin', lettin her work down there? Hey, not my people, baby. Fuck em. There's so much anti-Semitism the last 4,000 years we must be doin somethin to bring it about. I'll see you at the house half an hour. Yo, Tim. See you then.
[picks up the phone in the study; laughs; Hangs up and notices that the dead woman's granddaughter is in the room - and has heard everything]
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Questioning Loyalty and Racial Tensions
Bobby Gold
Man's got no call to question my loyalty.
Tim Sullivan
How's your head?
Bobby Gold
He had no fuckin call to get racial on me.
Tim Sullivan
So he called you one, you called him one. We get to the gym...
Bobby Gold
Sonofabitch is gonna go.
Tim Sullivan
Yeah, I feel it too.
Bobby Gold
Piece'a cake.
Tim Sullivan
Either piece'a cake or a slice'a life, you notice that?
Bobby Gold
Yeah, I've remarked that, ain't that the truth?
Tim Sullivan
That is the truth.
Bobby Gold
We could've brought the sonofabitch with a knock onna door.
Tim Sullivan
Well let's go bring him in then.
Bobby Gold
That's right.
Tim Sullivan
Garner summa them kudos n all that they got.
Bobby Gold
That's right. FBI, man...
Tim Sullivan
That's right.
Bobby Gold
FBI could fuck up a baked potato.
Tim Sullivan
F-B-I, couldn't find ] inna bowl of rice. Know what's needed here?
[[Joe Louis]
Bobby Gold
What, Sully?
Tim Sullivan
Police work.
Bobby Gold
Yeah. Summa that police work that people talk about.
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Confronting Politics and Prejudice in Homicide
Bobby Gold
What happened to the job?
Tim Sullivan
Mm.
Bobby Gold
Fuckin politics, man, nuthin but politics. Motherfucker called me a kike...
Tim Sullivan
I heard im.
Bobby Gold
Job's changed. It ain't the same job.
Tim Sullivan
Job's the same...
Bobby Gold
Yeah?
Tim Sullivan
People dyin', people killin em. How's your head? Sonofabitch whopped you a good one.
Bobby Gold
Yeah.
Tim Sullivan
We get to the gym... that sonofabitch whopped you mean, you're gi'in a, bump on there. Here, uh... put the, put the meat on it, from my lunch. Put the meat on it.
Bobby Gold
You're kiddin'...
Tim Sullivan
Nah, it's... draw it. Really.
Bobby Gold
Hey what dont'chu know?
Tim Sullivan
Innit?
Bobby Gold
You are one smart Indian.
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Embrace honesty before it's too late
Robert Randolph
Don't die with a lie on your lips, man.
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Nostalgia for a Past Relationship
Tim Sullivan
Hey Bobby? Remember that girl?
[dying]
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Exploring Power and Controversy in Homicide
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Powerful. Provacative. Controversial.
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A Plea for Divine Intervention
Robert Randolph
Oh, God... God help me... what did you do to me?
[after being shot]
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FBI Monitoring and Most-Wanted Lists Explained
Jilly Curran
Hey, FBI don't put you on their Ten-Most-Wanted list till they know where you are and how long you're gonna be there.
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