Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)
The Gift (2004)
Joe Mantegna: Will Girardi
Quotes
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Sergeant Toni Williams : [at a robbery scene] He says they took everything.
Will Girardi : So, the cleaner gets taken to the cleaners. The irony. That's what I love about the job.
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Will Girardi : Mr. Petrov, do you have any employees who might've been... angry with you?
Mr. Petrov : Well, only one woman works for me. Has since 1978. I was fresh with her once, during the Clinton years.
Will Girardi : I don't think this was her.
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Will Girardi : Last month, that gift shop on the next block was hit.
[pointing to the alarm system]
Will Girardi : Isn't that the same security company?
Sergeant Toni Williams : Yeah.
Will Girardi : And we have a vehicle ID. Why do they even bother to commit crimes when there are cops like us?
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Will Girardi : There he is.
Kevin Girardi : Dad, hi.
Will Girardi : Didn't think I'd run into you so soon. How do you like it?
Kevin Girardi : There's so much on the docket the other reporters just ignore.
Will Girardi : Well, it's mostly routine stuff.
Kevin Girardi : I don't think it should be.
Will Girardi : That's why we have youth.
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Will Girardi : [reading Kevin's article] "Ben Pollack's bail-free release and pending plea bargain are further proof that Arcadia's judicial system is more interested in protecting criminals than their victims."
Sergeant Toni Williams : I thought he was just doing docket reports like the other guys.
Will Girardi : He was.
Sergeant Toni Williams : So, getting a feature run. This is a big deal. You must be a proud papa.
Will Girardi : Proud? My kid body-slams the entire county judicial system. We'll have to wear armor to the courthouse.
Sergeant Toni Williams : Kevin's a good writer. The way he spins it even made me think twice.
Will Girardi : Only he forgot to mention that Pollack's a first-time offender.
Sergeant Toni Williams : Who pulled two jobs and stole five grand.
Will Girardi : Both on the 14th of the month. His child support was due on the 15th. The guy's been out of work for a year. He was about to lose his kid. That doesn't mean anything?
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Will Girardi : You couldn't give me a heads-up?
Kevin Girardi : I didn't think they'd print it, but Rebecca thought it was a new take on the system, so...
Will Girardi : You killed the guy's plea bargain.
Kevin Girardi : What's the problem? It's your collar. I thought you'd be happy.
Will Girardi : Why would I be happy ruining a man's life?
Kevin Girardi : Come on. What the ADA and the public defender agreed to? Felony reduced to misdemeanor, one year of probation. No jail time. Pollack doesn't deserve to walk.
Will Girardi : Oh, so three days in the courthouse and now you know the whole system.
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Kevin Girardi : I did my research on the percentages of repeat offenders who got plea bargains...
Will Girardi : Then you know that I was part of the deal. It was carefully designed to help the guy, and now Pollack is going to jail for two years, and he'll never get custody of his kid again because of your damn article.
Kevin Girardi : Hey, I'm a reporter. All I did was present the facts.
Will Girardi : His life is a fact. Decent people screw up. It's not so black and white.
Kevin Girardi : No? I screwed up. I didn't get to make a deal. Where's my deal?
Will Girardi : Well, I'm sorry. That excuse doesn't work this time.
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Helen Girardi : I thought you were studying.
Will Girardi : You don't have any school books. So-so what were you doing in a hotel room with Adam and no books?
Joan Girardi : Do we really have to go there?
Will Girardi : We're already there.
Joan Girardi : Do you really think...
Helen Girardi : What do you think we think?
Will Girardi : Of course we think. What would you think?
Joan Girardi : Well, is this a real conversation or an Abbott and Costello routine?
Will Girardi : Answer the question.
[she moves to respond]
Will Girardi : No, wait. Don't.
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Helen Girardi : Look, honey, we know you and Adam are close, right?
Joan Girardi : Yes. I-I love him.
Will Girardi : You love him?
Joan Girardi : Yes.
Helen Girardi : You were alone with Adam in a hotel room, and you love him.
Will Girardi : And he was shampooing the rug. I'm a cop, Joan. This is when I start reading you your rights.
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Will Girardi : Who won?
Helen Girardi : We did. She thought about it, but she didn't sleep with him.
Will Girardi : And we believe that?
Helen Girardi : What choice do we have?
Will Girardi : Well, we could tell her that she can't... see him anymore.
Helen Girardi : Ah, the "West Side Story" strategy. Yeah, that always turns out great.
Will Girardi : Well, she thought about it. Aren't we supposed to do something?
Helen Girardi : We've already done it.
Will Girardi : And w-what was that, exactly?
Helen Girardi : Been her parents.
Will Girardi : So basically, you're saying we go on faith that we've raised her right.
Helen Girardi : Yeah.
Will Girardi : You're asking an awful lot, Helen.