- Captain Sharon Raydor: The law's not about right or wrong. It's about resolving conflicts in a civilized manner. If we want the justice system to work, we have to stand beside it when it doesn't go our way.
- Jeff Berrier: Hey, Lieutenant Mike!
- Mike Tao: Hey-hey, Jeff. Welcome to the real L.A.P.D.
- Jeff Berrier: Ah, thank you so much. Thank you. Yeah, Beckin's described this place to me so well, I could probably move around with my eyes closed. Uh, oh, I got my camera here. Is it okay if I just take a few photographs?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Yeah, if you let me review them before you leave. Right, Beckin?
- Rusty Beck: Oh, oh, that's my nickname at work.
- Jeff Berrier: Well, it's... it's "Beck and call" because he's there when we need him, he's got a great work ethic, he, uh, he-he never complains, he's always upbeat. Just positive, positive, positive. We love it.
- Jackson Raydor: Ah, Rusty Beck, L.A.P.D.'s very own Oliver Twist.
- Rusty Beck: And a "Merry Christmas" to you too, Mr. Scrooge.
- Jeff Berrier: Who was that?
- Rusty Beck: Oh, uh, that's my mom's ex-husband.
- Jeff Berrier: Oh, she was married to someone else before she met your father?
- Rusty Beck: The short answer to that is yes.
- Louie Provenza: You understand that it's days like this that make detectives wanna just give up, right? Eventually, it becomes clear: You're just pushing the rock up the hill so it can roll back down over your heart and crush your life's work.
- Louie Provenza: You know that this is going to make your ex-husband... mad as hell?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: I hope so, Lieutenant. That's when he makes his worst mistakes.
- Andy Flynn: [sees "Application for Retirement" form on his desk] What is this? Some kind of a joke?
- Louie Provenza: Heh, you... you didn't print up a retirement application?
- Mike Tao: Oh, that's mine. Forgot all about it, and it's not about retiring. It's about the deferred pension program. My business manager wants to check it out.
- [chuckles]
- Julio Sanchez: Deferred pension?
- Buzz Watson: What is that?
- Mike Tao: Well, ideally, you put away more money from your paycheck, so you can save it tax-free until you retire.
- Amy Sykes: What... what, you have a business manager?
- Mike Tao: Well, he deals mainly with my consulting fees from "Badge of Justice".
- Andy Flynn: Oh, my God, how much do you make on the show anyway?
- Mike Tao: Well, my business manager said I shouldn't talk about it.
- Louie Provenza: Wait, wait, wait, so you're not thinking about calling it quits?
- Andy Flynn: Of course I think about it. Every day. But the truth is... I've given up so much of my life for this job, including a decent relationship with my children and most of my faith in the human race, that there's... no place else on earth that I fit in.
- Louie Provenza: Now, that's the right attitude.
- Jackson Raydor: Thank you. Uh, Sharon, um... since I am cooperating and the kids are coming home for the holidays next week, I thought it might be nice if you asked Emily to bunk with me.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: If you would like to speak with Emily, call her yourself.
- Ed Winslow: How many lives were you prepared to let Luis Navarro ruin before you finally put him where he belonged?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Thank you for coming in. We appreciate your time.
- Ed Winslow: Oh, it's the least I could do. I mean, seriously.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Mr. Winslow, did you just say "I mean, seriously"?