Southland (TV Series)

Sally in the Alley (2009)

Kevin Alejandro: Detective Nate Moretta

Quotes 

• Det. Sammy Bryant : You've been draggin' my ass all over the place for two days - what the hell is goin' on, Nate?

  Det. Nate Moretta : Mercedes isn't my sister... she's my daughter.

  [Sammy looks at him in surprise] 

  Det. Nate Moretta : Right after I enlisted, I found out my girlfriend was pregnant. We were all set to put the kid up for adoption, but my parents jumped in the middle of things. They refused to let their first grandchild be raised by a stranger.

  Det. Sammy Bryant : Does Mercedes know?

  Det. Nate Moretta : No... I don't know, maybe. Maybe that's why she's actin' out like this.

• Det. Nate Moretta : I didn't want you to find out this way.

  Mercedes Moretta : When? On your deathbed?

  Det. Nate Moretta : ...Look, I was young. I couldn't give you the home that you deserved. Mom and Pops, they could give that to you.

  Mercedes Moretta : What about my mother? Why didn't she take me?

  Det. Nate Moretta : Because your mother... fell in with the wrong group of people. OK? She got into drugs, she got into alcohol.

  Mercedes Moretta : Do you still talk to her?

  Det. Nate Moretta : No, Mija, I don't. By the time I came home from the army, she... she moved away.

  Mercedes Moretta : Do I look like her?

  Det. Nate Moretta : Sure do - a lot. You're beautiful - just the way she was.

  Mercedes Moretta : I want to find her.

  Det. Nate Moretta : ...OK. We can try.

  Mercedes Moretta : For real?

  Det. Nate Moretta : For real.