NYPD Blue (1993–2005)

Gordon Clapp: Det. Greg Medavoy

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• Det. Greg Medavoy : Don't you keep a daily log or something?

  Bus Dispatcher : Daily log. What do I look like, Captain Kirk?

• Det. John Clark, Jr. : So, Greg; you know my dad, huh?

  Det. Greg Medavoy : Yeah, from task forces and such; never worked in the same squad.

  Det. John Clark, Jr. : Listen, what do you know about 'Dutch Boy'?

  Det. Greg Medavoy : When your dad was working a foot beat in Brooklyn, he walked by Miller's Hardware...

  Det. John Clark, Jr. : Yeah, I know the place.

  Det. Greg Medavoy : Anyway, Clark noticed the door was open. It's a two story; street level and basement. Anyway, your dad goes in and when he goes into the basement; he sees what he thinks is a guy holding a gun. He identifies himself and when the guy doesn't drop the gun; Clark pulls his gun and shoots

  [starts laughing] 

  Det. Greg Medavoy : . Clark's on the floor, calling for backup when he notices that the guy hasn't moved.

  [laughing harder] 

  Det. Greg Medavoy : Anyway, he grabs his flashlight and notices that there's this white powder all over him. Then he notices that what he shot was a full size advertisement for 'Dutch Boy' paints and what he thought was a gun was the guy's paint brush. Meanwhile, he shot the brush off and there's two holes in the dummy's crotch. Man, he really got his balls broke over that one and...

  [notices the stunned look on Clark's face] 

  Det. Greg Medavoy : uh...

  Det. Baldwin Jones : Uh, of course, anyone could have made the same mistake.

  Det. Greg Medavoy : Yeah, sure, could have happened to anybody.

• [Medavoy and Jones are discussing a DOA] 

  Det. Greg Medavoy : Some of these working girls tell me this guy was a pimp. Imagine that; a white pimp. I mean, how does that happen, D?

  Det. Baldwin Jones : Equal opportunity, Greg.

• Det. Greg Medavoy : You pay a toll for ongoing uncertainty.

• Det. Greg Medavoy : [to a witness who's smoking in the car while on a stakeout]  Put that out; it's affecting my sinuses.

  Witness : Gotta do something while I'm sitting here.

  Det. Greg Medavoy : Why you gotta do something? Why can't you just be?

  Witness : Be what?

  Det. Greg Medavoy : Just be what you are.

  Witness : I am being what I am. I'm a smoker.

• Andy : [Sipowicz suspects Russell is drunk on a bar stakeout]  What the Hell are you doing?

  Det. Diane Russell : Acting like a slut. Isn't that what the boss wants?

  Det. Greg Medavoy : [Medavoy has found out Lesniak is gay]  But, but you had a boyfriend!

  Det. Adrianne Lesniak : And now I have a girlfriend, okay?

• Det. Greg Medavoy : [Medavoy has been testifying before IAB]  Whew, I'm glad that's over. Where's the lieutenant? I need to fill him in on what happened.

  John Irvin : Lt. Fancy left with Detective Jones to pick up a suspect. Detective Jones felt that the suspect needed to be picked up immediately and no one else was here, so...

  Det. Greg Medavoy : [Nervously]  Baldwin had to get the lieutenant to cover for me and help pick up a suspect? How was Fancy? Was he, he upset or anything?

  John Irvin : Actually, he was smiling and seemed to be looking forward to it.