Unforgettable (TV Series)

The Combination (2014)

Jane Curtin: Joanne Webster

Quotes 

• Joanne Webster : Oh, what a shame. I used to love to watch him move.

  Al Burns : You were a fan, too?

  Joanne Webster : Oh, I've been a devotee of the sweet science for years. I used to moonlight as the on-call doctor for the Golden Gloves when I was a resident at Beth Israel. Joe Frazier once sent me flowers for resetting his nose in the middle of a match. I still miss it.

  Al Burns : How does a world champion boxer end up like this?

  Joanne Webster : I don't know.

• Joanne Webster : Cause of death was asphyxiation. He choked on his own blood. It's pretty straightforward. The x-rays are useless; too many breaks to figure anything out. I know you want an ID on the weapon, but right now, all I can say is he was hit with something. How's that for being specific?

  Al Burns : Not very.

  Joanne Webster : I'm considering, because most of the bruising has a circular shape, that maybe he was hit with the end of a metal pipe. Maybe. I really won't know for sure until I boil his head.

  [seeing Al's look] 

  Joanne Webster : Oh, I know it sounds awful when you say it out loud, but it's what I gotta do.

  [her watch beeps] 

  Joanne Webster : Oh. Right after my protein bar. I'm on a new program.

• Joanne Webster : The depth of the cracks would indicate to me that Johnny was punched to death. Which is weird. He's a boxer, and there are no defensive wounds. His blood alcohol came back at .13 percent, there were no drugs in his body, so he was conscious at the time of the attack.

  Carrie Wells : And the alcohol might have slowed him down, but not enough.

  Joanne Webster : Yeah, yeah. And look. You see those scratches around the area of impact? That would be consistent...

  Carrie Wells : With a heavy ring.

  Joanne Webster : Johnny was really worked over. The fact that his lower teeth were knocked out, to me, says...

  Carrie Wells , Joanne Webster : Uppercut.

  Joanne Webster : The temporal bone, shattered. That could indicate a right hook. And these cracks are very deep, and that could mean...

  Carrie Wells : Straight left cross.

  Joanne Webster : Exactly.

  Carrie Wells : [remembering her conversation with Johnny's trainer]  Right hook, left uppercut, left cross. Johnny was killed by his own combination.