NYPD Blue (TV Series)

Brown Appetit (1993)

Dennis Franz: Det. Andy Sipowicz

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• [Andy is on the phone to a mentally unstable caller] 

  Det. Andy Sipowicz : So you got your coat hangers hangin' from your windows, right? Did you string four hangers per pane? Radio and ultraviolet waves, yeah, yeah. Any attempt whatsoever to control your mind from beyond your windows, those hangers are going to neutralize. Right. What about the aluminum foil; did you cover your ceiling? Well, then, you're in business. You've got yourself an alien-thought-proof room there, right. Look, one other thing effective with these control rays is, uh, refuse to think about 'em, yeah. Take a walk, read a book. We call that the "delusion technique." You fend them off with what you're thinking, and it gradually weakens their hold. Alright, yeah. Wonderful, yeah... sure thing, keep in touch.

• Lt. Arthur Fancy : I just got a call from the Federal Marshals' office. What the hell were you doing at Giardella's hotel?

  Det. Andy Sipowicz : I was in the neighborhood.

  Lt. Arthur Fancy : I don't get you, Sipowicz. You know you're on probation, and you still go over there and put on a Bozo act!

• Lt. Arthur Fancy : The truth is, I cut you slack, because you WERE a good cop, and you WERE a good teacher.

  Det. Andy Sipowicz : I could be that again. I could be that again if you would just get your damn foot off my neck. Now, for God's sake, I haven't had a drink in 63 days.

  Lt. Arthur Fancy : Are you goin' to 12-step meetings?

  Det. Andy Sipowicz : I'm doing this my own way!

  Lt. Arthur Fancy : How? Sittin' at home in front of your TV with your fingers digging into your sofa? There's a difference betwween dry and sober!

  Det. Andy Sipowicz : Hey, look. I just wanna be able to do my job.