Unforgettable (TV Series)

The Comeback (2012)

Dylan Walsh: Al Burns

Quotes 

• Al Burns : Why didn't you bring a coat?

  Carrie Wells : I didn't expect to be stopping outside.

  Al Burns : Well, now I'm freezing.

  Roe Saunders : Whoa, how was the opera?

  Al Burns : Well, we got that City Heroes charity thing tonight.

  Mike Costello : You know, Al used to invite me to that sort of thing.

  Roe Saunders : Yeah, but she looks way better in heels.

• Al Burns : That was the commissioner's office making sure we're on our way.

  Carrie Wells : Did you explain to them that we've been interrupted by a little thing called our job?

  Al Burns : No, actually. I told them we're on our way. Let's go.

  Carrie Wells : I say we stay in, solve a murder.

  Mike Costello : You guys get out of here. We got this.

  Al Burns : The guard's security footage is limited. I'm thinking you should...

  Mike Costello : Pull the cameras from down the street, see if we catch our guy making his exit. Maybe run the M.O. through the database? Like I said, we got it. Just go.

• Al Burns : We got a regular drugstore here.

  Carrie Wells : Wow. Well, it looks like he was traveling with his whole stash.

  Al Burns : Fits the M.O. of a hunted man. You know, procedure is you wait for backup.

  Carrie Wells : Me, wait? Never.

• Mike Costello : Shooter escaped our net. Must've just gotten out.

  Al Burns : We get a caliber on the gun?

  Mike Costello : Yeah, CSU's guessing nine mil.

  Al Burns : Yeah, same round that killed Kayla. Let's get those slugs to Ballistics.

  Mike Costello : I talked to Narcotics about this guy. Th-they said Smolin was pretty scattershot with his operation. Didn't seem to be encroaching on anybody's turf, at least not enough to put crosshairs on his back.

  Al Burns : Just takes one shorted customer. Keep looking.

• Al Burns : Hey, how'd you trip to this Hedstrom, anyway?

  Carrie Wells : [evasively]  Saw it on a bench.

  Al Burns : There a story that goes with that?

  Carrie Wells : Of course there is, but you don't want to hear it.

  Al Burns : Funny, I do.

• Carrie Wells : [leaving an interview with Reed Benedict]  Wait a minute. That's Jonathan Hedstrom. If they've got their fixer here, it means they're circling the wagons.

  Al Burns : First things first. We're gonna find that shrink to check Benedict's alibi.

  Carrie Wells : No, first I'm gonna talk to him.

  Al Burns : [stopping her]  Wait a second. We don't even know what questions to ask.

  Carrie Wells : Oh, I got a question. "Did you kill Kayla Yancey?", for starters.

  [watching him leave] 

  Carrie Wells : I'll fix you, you bastard.

• Al Burns : I just got a call from the Corruption Commission about you.

  Carrie Wells : Corruption Commission? What did they want?

  Al Burns : To inform me they're opening an investigation into your expenditures and your earnings.

  Carrie Wells : Oh, this is coming from Jonathan Hedstrom. And you know what that means? That means we're close to the truth on Kayla Yancey. He's behind this, he's coming after me.

  Al Burns : I don't care how they got here. I care about getting them away. So I'm gonna ask you, is there anything for them to find?

  Carrie Wells : I'll be fine, Al.

  Al Burns : That's not an answer. If your gambling shows up on their radar...

  Carrie Wells : Okay, you don't have to worry about it!

  Al Burns : I *do* have to worry about it! You leave your prints at some underground casino, I'm the guy that's got to make that go away. You remember that?

  Carrie Wells : I've said thank you for that. You want me to say it again? Thank you. Thank you, Al.

  Al Burns : Look, you're getting a higher profile now. The whole team is getting a higher profile. Whether or not this Hedstrom is coming after you, you got to be careful. And I'm not just talking about your gambling, I'm talking about your gangster boyfriend.

  Carrie Wells : Gangster boyf... what? He's not a gangster, first of all. Second of all, stay out of my dating life.

  Al Burns : I'll stay out of it, but I can't speak for the commission. I'm trying to protect you.

  Carrie Wells : It sounds like you're trying to protect you. It sounds like you're worried people are gonna find out that your star detective isn't Mother Teresa and you might not get invited to your uptown events to hobnob with the deputy mayor anymore.

  Al Burns : You're part of a team here, and you may not like to believe it, but we have your back. You ought to have ours.

• Joanne Webster : You know what's great about being a doctor? Professional courtesy. I just talked to a colleague over at Bellevue who told me that your friend there, Molly Benedict, has had her fair share of psychiatric care over the past decade. Her latest stint at Bellevue for acute stress disorder, or as you laymen commonly refer to it, a nervous breakdown.

  Mike Costello : [having entered as she talked]  Which doesn't make this any more comforting. You ready? Molly Benedict obtained a handgun license three months ago.

  Roe Saunders : Please tell me it was a nine mil.

  Mike Costello : Glock 17. That's our baby.

  Al Burns : Go get her.

• Carrie Wells : I think... I've been in touch with Fred. Listen, he gave me Jonathan Hedstrom.

  Al Burns : Hold on. He called you?

  Carrie Wells : Not exactly. He also gave me Judge Silverman from when we were at that charity thing. Look, I looked into him. He's an attorney. His name is Walter Morgan. I... called him. I met him.

  Al Burns : You're out of your mind.

  Carrie Wells : Yeah, well, we both know that.

  Al Burns : And you lied to me.

  Carrie Wells : I had to be sure.

  Al Burns : And now you're sure?

  Carrie Wells : Yeah. But we can't touch him. I mean, I have looked at every public record, every brief. Nothing traces back to him. I'm sorry I lied to you. I shouldn't have done it.

  Al Burns : You're just doing what we wants. You realize that.

  Carrie Wells : No. He's doing what I want. He helped me with this case.

  Al Burns : No. He's playing you. That's what he does.

  Carrie Wells : [a thought strikes her]  Oh, my god. Molly.