- Callie Burnett: What is going on with you? This Gleason thing is getting to you.
- John Amsterdam: Just working a case Sarge.
- Callie Burnett: You are wound so tight, you're going to pop a gasket.
- [John knows how to "Shoot the Stars" at the arcade]
- Eva Marquez: [looks at the stuffed animal prizes] This is like Noah's Ark.
- John Amsterdam: Yeah, it's almost like there's a trick to it.
- [the targets are reset yet another time]
- John Amsterdam: I know how all the flats are gaffed.
- [hits first star]
- Carney: You are con man. Not cop.
- John Amsterdam: I've been both. Sometimes I can't tell the difference.
- [New York, 2002]
- Andrew Gleason: Where do you think you're going?
- John Amsterdam: Thought I'd go look for the guy the witness said killed him.
- Andrew Gleason: By yourself? I don't think so Lone Ranger.
- John Amsterdam: Catching bad guys Andy, that's the job.
- Andrew Gleason: I know what the job is. It's not flying solo, being reckless, going off half-cocked trying to be a hero. There's a reason they give you a partner.
- [at Brodsky's Night Club]
- Eva Marquez: We're looking for your boss.
- Russian Henchman: Not here.
- John Amsterdam: [looks over the place] They had dog racing around here. Right down the block. Back in 1879.
- Russian Henchman: No dog racing here. We are closed.
- Eva Marquez: [shows two photos] You know these guys? Sasha Zukov? Mikhial Kasparian?
- John Amsterdam: In 1911 they switched from dogs to cars. Now cars, they're a lot harder to root for.
- John Amsterdam: Something's definitely going on with Sara.
- Omar: Well, if she really is the one?
- John Amsterdam: Time feels more...
- Omar: Important.
- John Amsterdam: Lighter. Not so endless. Like, like there might be... less of it for me. Been thinking about death a lot. For the first time, it scares me.
- Omar: Welcome to the human condition. Like the man said, everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.