Clarice (TV Series)

Ghosts of Highway 20 (2021)

Nick Sandow: Murray Clarke

Quotes 

• Paul Krendler : When we get back to Washington, I'm gonna formally request your transfer off of ViCAP.

  Clarice Starling : Yes, sir.

  Paul Krendler : Clarke.

  Murray Clarke : Yeah.

  Paul Krendler : You're on Starling. Have her set up cell towers. Keep her away from the press.

  [to Clarice] 

  Paul Krendler : You went wildly off-script at the press conference. The only reason you're here is because I don't trust you out of my sight. If you can't follow orders, you're gonna get somebody killed today.

• Murray Clarke : Who shot first, ATF or Statesmen?

  Tomas Esquivel : Statesmen were throwing bottles, but ATF definitely shot first.

  Shaan Tripathi : Well, it'd be good to find out if local ATF are friendlies. Can we do that quietly?

  Murray Clarke : I don't trust anyone at headquarters not to blab to the ATF.

  Shaan Tripathi : You don't trust anybody, period.

  Tomas Esquivel : I do. Starling has a friend back at Buzzard's Point. Find Ardelia Mapp.

• Clarice Starling : Did you have a criminal profiler at Waco for Koresh?

  Murray Clarke : [scoffing]  You want to tell me it would have worked out differently if we just maybe listened to the shrink?

  Clarice Starling : I wasn't there. I wouldn't say that.

  Murray Clarke : Good.

  Clarice Starling : I was gonna say that behavioral science can be used for your offense, too. Anyone who lives like this, the...

  Murray Clarke : Delusional crap?

  Clarice Starling : The mental effort it takes it hold it all together. It's a lot to maintain. Spinning plates. A lot of pressure.

  Murray Clarke : You shouldn't be here, Starling.

  Clarice Starling : Well, Krendler's gonna transfer me.

  Murray Clarke : Shouldn't be at the Bureau.

  Clarice Starling : I...

  Murray Clarke : Look, I get it. I'm just ViCAP's resident knuckle-dragger. But you broke ranks at the press conference. Maybe you regret it, maybe not. But something's eating you, and that's true wherever you go. And if you stay in the field, Krendler's right; we're all at risk.

  Clarice Starling : Yes, sir. You tell me you sleep eight hours a night yourself, and I'll hand in my credentials right now.

• Murray Clarke : They made an arrest.

  Shaan Tripathi : Yeah, whoever they're serving up is a patsy.

  Murray Clarke : We only got the shooter 'cause we agreed to pull out.

  Paul Krendler : We cannot leave while Novak's in there with a bunch of women and a kid.

  Ruth Martin : Sherriff Rowan is wired deep down here. We have to be strategic. We're not escalating. Pull the team out.

  Paul Krendler : Ma'am?

  Ruth Martin : Do you want another Waco? Do it.