Without a Trace (TV Series)

The Bus (2003)

Christopher McDonald: Bob Carroll

Quotes 

• Bob Carroll : You want to search my home?

  Jack Malone : Well, if your sons are involved in this somehow, we want to know what they were doing.

  Bob Carroll : My sons are not involved.

  Vivian Johnson : Then there's no harm is us searching their rooms.

  Bob Carroll : No. I think you should spend your time and your resources in a more effective way.

  Jack Malone : [he shuts the door in their faces]  Everybody's an expert.

  Vivian Johnson : I bet he's searching their rooms as we speak.

  Jack Malone : Yeah, I bet.

• Jack Malone : [finding a custom-made first-person shooter on one of the boys' computers]  Have you seen this?

  Bob Carroll : No.

  Jack Malone : You get bonus points for killing teachers. And girls. Do you keep guns in the house?

  Bob Carroll : No.

  Jack Malone : What about your boys?

  Bob Carroll : No.

  Jack Malone : Would you even know?

  Bob Carroll : You probably ought to have more information before you go ahead and judge me.

  Jack Malone : We're running a trace on your phone right now. If you've had any conversations with your boys, you should tell me.

  Bob Carroll : They haven't done anything wrong.

  Jack Malone : You haven't answered my question.

• Jack Malone : They were suspended at the end of last year. What were they doing during the summer?

  Bob Carroll : I really don't know. They both went off to summer camp.

  Jack Malone : Any trouble there?

  Bob Carroll : Yeah. They went on a couple of panty raids. Is that a federal offense?

• Jack Malone : We've looked at your sons' e-mails. It would appear that they harbor some resentment toward you.

  Bob Carroll : Yeah. I know, it's terrible; me giving them everything they've asked for.

  [seeing Jack's look] 

  Bob Carroll : Well, what is your point? That they kidnapped their friends so they could get my attention?

  Jack Malone : They're also asking for $5 million.

  Bob Carroll : You know, you look around here all you want, but... you're way off base.

• Bob Carroll : So, they called yesterday afternoon. They said forget about the five million. It was just a ruse to distract you guys. What they really wanted was a million from me.

  Jack Malone : Why you?

  Bob Carroll : I don't know. Maybe they thought I could afford it, I could get it to them quickly. They said if I told you, they'd kill everybody. Yeah, I was just trying to do the right thing.

  Jack Malone : So, what, you decided to go there with half the money and bargain with them?

  Bob Carroll : I don't give a damn about the money. I was... I just wanted to get some of those kids out of there.

  Jack Malone : [sarcastic]  Yeah, it was a great plan.

  Bob Carroll : So, what the hell would you have done?

  Jack Malone : Well, considering that there were twelve kids' lives at risk, I would have consulted the FBI, who have some experience in this area.

  Bob Carroll : If your agents hadn't shot those men, maybe we'd have a chance of finding those kids.

  Jack Malone : If my agents hadn't shot those two men, you'd be dead. They saved your life.

  Bob Carroll : My life. My life isn't worth anything if you don't find my kids.