The Closer (TV Series)

Red Tape (2009)

Kyra Sedgwick: Brenda Leigh Johnson

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• Louie Provenza : I remember Raydor back when she was a sergeant. Filed a complaint against my old partner George Andrews. Said he was misogynistic, heh. We had to look it up. Got both of us four months of sensitivity training.

  Brenda Leigh Johnson : Well, that was a complete waste of time.

• David Gabriel : But I do want to thank you, Chief, for being there for me.

  Brenda Leigh Johnson : Well, If I'm gonna be upset with you when you're wrong, Sergeant, the least I can do is stand up for you when you're right.

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  Brenda Leigh Johnson : Oh! That WOMAN!

• Brenda Leigh Johnson : If I may, I'd like to offer some advice. When investigatin' shootings like this, I question the criminals first before my fellow officers.

  Sharon Raydor : When I have an unarmed civilian sprayed by bullets from a member of the LAPD, I expect cooperation. It encourages me. And if I could offer YOU some advice, uh, while I am investigating this shooting, be careful where you place your sympathies.

  Brenda Leigh Johnson : Chief.

  Sharon Raydor : Excuse me?

  Brenda Leigh Johnson : "Be careful where you place your sympathies, CHIEF." You are a captain, and a subordinate officer, and you will remember that when addressing me. Do I make myself clear, Captain?

  Sharon Raydor : Perfectly... Chief.

• FID Officer Randall : Hey-hey-HEY! What're you doin'?

  Louie Provenza : We're headed for the newsstand, pick up a paper, read about the two FID guys who got fired because they disregarded orders from the Pope.

  FID Officer Randall : Listen, I'm not gonna...

  Brenda Leigh Johnson : Tone, tone, tone. That's no way to talk to a lieutenant, or a deputy chief for that matter. Sir, if you do anything to interfere with my murder investigation, I'll see to it you spend the next month on unpaid leave. Is that understood? Okay, Buzz. Buzz, start filming everything over here, including the unhappy officers over there.