Undercover Blues (1993)

Obba Babatundé: Sawyer

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• Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : There was an attempted mugging half a block from here tonight.

  Jeff Blue : Really?

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : The victim got away.

  Jeff Blue : Oh, good.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : You don't know nothing about that?

  Jeff Blue : No, I don't think so.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : You match the description of the intended victim: a man with a baby stroller.

  Det. Sgt. Halsey : And we got us a bag lady that says she saw the man enter this hotel.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : And the desk clerk says that man was you.

  Jeff Blue : Well, that certainly narrows it down, doesn't it?

• Jeff Blue : Oh, hi guys. Hey, you can go to a strip joint. We're just going to spend a quiet evening at home.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Oh, thanks. We appreciate that, *Mr.* Blue.

  Jane Blue : Oh, anything we can do to make your lives easier.

  Det. Sgt. Halsey : Isn't the baby a little young for dolls?

  Jeff Blue : Oh, it's for me. It's a post-feminist doll.

  Jane Blue : Yeah. Goes to work with little sneakers on, but resents it.

  Jeff Blue : See ya.

  Jane Blue : Night.

  Det. Sgt. Halsey : Bye.

  [to Ted] 

  Det. Sgt. Halsey : You know, they're really very interesting people.

• Sawyer : What did you say you did for a living?

  Jeff Blue : I'm an airline pilot.

  Sawyer : I thought you said you were a vacuum cleaner salesman.

  Jeff Blue : Well if you knew, why did you ask?

• Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Oh, cute baby! Boy or girl?

  Jeff Blue : Gosh, I hope so!

• Jeff Blue : Growing up on the mean streets...

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : What mean streets? You're from Nebraska.

• Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Where are you from?

  Jane Blue : North Adams, Massachusetts. Why?

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Just asking.

• Det. Sgt. Halsey : Phone call for you, sir.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Well, take a message.

  Det. Sgt. Halsey : It's about Blue.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Well, who is it? The President?

  Det. Sgt. Halsey : [laughing]  No...

  [serious] 

  Det. Sgt. Halsey : ...it's the Governor.

• Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : My source at the FBI said they didn't think you were, and I quote, "Bureau material."

  Jeff Blue : That's true. I'm more of an end table.

  Jane Blue : I always thought of you as a dining room chair.

  Jeff Blue : Really? I see you as a rosewood armoire with really nice drawers.

• Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : What just happened here?

  Jeff Blue : I'd say it was a domestic disturbance.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : A domestic disturbance?

  Jeff Blue : Yeah like on the Honeymooners. You remember how Ralph used to fight with Alice.

  Det. Sgt. Halsey : I don't recollect Ralph using semi-automatic weapons.

  Jane Blue : But Norton sometimes did. And Mrs. Manacotti on the third floor, wow what a temper.

• Jane Blue : We can tell you part of the story.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : You can tell me all of the story.

  Jeff Blue : Part or nothing.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Well, how about we bust your ass for B and E.

  Jane Blue : Well, how about we talk to that nice governor of yours.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : [beat]  Okay, tell me part of the story.

  Jeff Blue : Well, it's hard to know where to begin. My father was a steam fitter, and...

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Come on man, the *relevant* part.

• Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : You think you're smarter than we are.

  Jeff Blue : Oh, not much.

• Police Captain : The FBI fired Blue twice?

  Sawyer : Fired him in 81, rehired him in 84, fired him again in 85.

  Police Captain : Why?

  Sawyer : Well, Captain, there's all sorts of rumors.

  Det. Sgt. Halsey : Tell him what he did in between.

  Police Captain : I'm gonna hate this aren't I?

  Sawyer : CIA.

  Police Captain : Perfect!

  Sawyer : Until they got on the band wagon and fired him too.

• Paulina Novacek : [to Jeff after capturing him and Sawyer]  You are still having such a wonderful body.

  Jeff Blue : Thank you. What do you think of the Lieutenant here?

  Sawyer : Will you shut up?

• Jeff Blue : You can go home and clean up, Lieutenant. It's over.

  Sawyer : No plans to invade Cuba while you're in the neighborhood?

• FBI agent Danny Chester : [voice on the phone]  Chester.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Hey, Danny. Yeah, Ted Sawyer here. How ya doin'? Listen, we ran into somebody unusual down here, was wondering if he could be one of yours? Calls himself Jefferson Blue.

  FBI agent Danny Chester : [riotous laughter] 

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : Did I say something funny?

  FBI agent Danny Chester : [more riotous laughter] 

• Jane Blue : [to Ted]  You wait here.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : No way!

  Jeff Blue : Ted, Jane's an expert in martial arts even I can't pronounce. She can kill you three different ways without even using her hands. Do what she says.

  Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer : [after Jeff and Jane drive off]  Maybe I'll wait here.

• Sawyer : Those are police cuffs. You can't get them off with a bobby pin!

  Jane Blue : [as she's unlocking Jeff's handcuffs]  You're absolutely right.

  Jeff Blue : Oh thanks, hon.

  Jane Blue : Want me to work on yours?

  Sawyer : Yeah, please.

• Sawyer : Look we gotta get out of here. Now follow me!

  Jane Blue : [mimicking his tone and intensity]  "Follow me?"

  Jeff Blue : Oh, give him his moment in the sun.

  Jane Blue : *What* sun?