Crime Story (TV Series)

Pilot (1986)

Ron Dean: Chief Kramer

Quotes 

• Chief Kramer : Look, Mike, you gotta watch what they now call an 'image.' The Daily News is treating the other night like you're Billy the Kid.

  Lt. Mike Torello : That's pretty accurate. I felt like Billy the Kid.

• Chief Kramer : It's an oven in here.

  Lt. Mike Torello : Forget about those windows. They haven't opened in five years.

• Chief Kramer : What do you got on Boyer's?

  Lt. Mike Torello : Nothing.

  Chief Kramer : You blew the guy away on the expressway?

  Lt. Mike Torello : I was dealing with the moment.

  Chief Kramer : You haven't made this crew.

  Lt. Mike Torello : Only the Indian.

  Chief Kramer : These are the kind of crews we're supposed to be working. How can I go upstairs and tell 'em we got nothing? My selling point to get this squad started was that we were gonna be on top of this kind of thing.

  Lt. Mike Torello : Look, when you brought me into this unit a year ago, you told me "major crimes only, Mike, the MCU." Focus on high-line crews, intelligence. Major criminals. Outfit guys. Have you seen what's outside my door? I haven't sat down yet.

• Lt. Mike Torello : We got scorecards on most of the independent crews. What kind of scores they're taking down, who they're downing the merch to. The guys who took down Boyer's are brand new.

  Chief Kramer : Maybe they're an Outfit crew?

  Lt. Mike Torello : I don't think so.

  Chief Kramer : Why?

  Lt. Mike Torello : Too many wise guys eat there. These guys are operating on their own.

• Chief Kramer : You had to blow 'em away on the highway? Was that good judgment?

  Lt. Mike Torello : I figured those women had a better chance in a car crash than they did dealing with that crazy Indian.