CSI: NY (TV Series)

Officer Blue (2004)

Gary Sinise: CSI Detective Mac Taylor

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• [Detective Mac Taylor has been trying to delay surgery on a horse to remove a sniper's bullet, hoping extra hours will give the horse more strength to survive] 

  Stella Bonasera : Where's the bullet from the horse?

  Det. Mac Taylor : Still in the horse.

  Stella Bonasera : Forgive me, but taking the bullet out of the horse is the first thing that should've been done.

  Det. Mac Taylor : [testily]  And you should be searching Jerald Brown's house for the weapon instead of arguing with me. We need the bullet and the weapon to make an arrest. Plain and simple, Stella. Until then, the horse can stay alive a couple more hours. It's my call. End of conversation.

  [Stella leaves to search the house. She returns after finding a weapon] 

  Stella Bonasera : [testily]  In Stella talk, it's time to get the bullet out of the horse, Mac. End of conversation.

• Jerald Brown : Willie and I just picked any pig cop. An eye for an eye.

  Det. Mac Taylor : You shot a New York City police officer. He wasn't just a cop, he was somebody's son. He made somebody proud at home. When you shot him through the back, you shot those people through the heart.

  [Mac stands up] 

  Det. Mac Taylor : From where I stand... you're the one that should be put to death. No trial, no jury. Eye for an eye.

• Det. Don Flack : This city is full of nuts.

  Det. Mac Taylor : That's why we're scientists.

• Det. Mac Taylor : Cause of death?

  Sheldon Hawkes : Single gunshot wound to the back. It pierced through the protective vest and exited at downward trajectory through the front. Must've been a high-powered rifle.

  Det. Mac Taylor : The rifle doesn't concern me, it's the rifleman. Sniping a live target in motion is no easy task.

  Sheldon Hawkes : Sharpshooter?

  Det. Mac Taylor : I'll know for certain after I take a look at that vest.

• Det. Mac Taylor : Jerald Brown. You were in the Army. Sergeant, E-5. Qualification: marksman. Years of service: two. Dishonorable discharge for willfully disobeying orders during Desert Storm, where you were reduced to an E-1.

  Jerald Brown : What do you expect from the white man's army, man? We had hostiles in the building five klicks away from base camp. So we went in and took them out. And we know for a fact they murdered ten women and children.

  Det. Mac Taylor : According to your file, you disobeyed a direct order. The chain of command is sacrosanct, Mr. Brown. I'm a Marine; I know. Endangering lives against explicit orders is unconscionable.

• Det. Don Flack : They're arranging for a funeral for Officer Velasquez. It's a shame. How you guys doing? Anything yet?

  Det. Mac Taylor : We're running Touch Print right now. You get anything from the park?

  Det. Don Flack : We sent the world out and got next to nothing. I spoke to a lot of eyewitnesses, I got everything under the sun. He was shot from a tree, he fell off his horse and shot himself. One lady said aliens came down.

• Dr. Huff : [veterinarian, about sniper's bullet lodged in horse's neck]  We can remove it during surgery, but I have to warn you: removal will most likely be fatal to the horse.

  Det. Mac Taylor : Look, I sympathize with this animal, sir, but unfortunately, humans take precedence in this case.

• Det. Mac Taylor : Detective Flack, start getting statements.

  Det. Don Flack : Yes, sir.

  Det. Mac Taylor : Emergency Services, canvas the entire area. Conduct roof searches along the perimeter of the park. Restrict all flyovers. Get aviation to assist. No one sleeps in New York City until this shooter is caught.