Happy! (TV Series)

What Smiles Are For (2017)

Lili Mirojnick: Det. Meredith McCarthy

Quotes 

• Det. Meredith McCarthy : James Joyce called cheese the corpse of milk.

  Francisco Scaramucci : I never listened to folk music.

• Francisco Scaramucci : You're more of a "yellow slices wrapped in plastic" girl. Kraft American.

  Det. Meredith McCarthy : Just get to the point. You want Sax.

  Francisco Scaramucci : We need to learn to take our time with things. This wine, for instance. Began as a grape. A sweet thing. Yes. But also an immature thing. To reach its full potential, the grape is subjected to pressure. Squashed to a pulp. Reduced to its essence. Sealed in darkness. And there it waits. Compelled by the hands of time to become a finer thing.

  Det. Meredith McCarthy : I get it, Blue. I'm the grape.

  Francisco Scaramucci : No, no, no. You don't get it. I'm the grape. I'm the god damn grape!

• Francisco Scaramucci : When I was a boy, hm, the Don swore to me on the souls of his ancestors that I would get what's mine, if I was patient. Now, I didn't understand then. But I do now. I wasn't ready. But now I am. And I want what I'm due.

  Det. Meredith McCarthy : And what's that?

  Francisco Scaramucci : Everything. This is my time to step to the fore, take my place as leader of the family. And you're in my way, Meredith. I get it. Life has been complicated. Father gunned down in the line of duty. Your mother, bright, beautiful, talented, she loses her mind. You, the candy striper. No man in your life. The only man you ever loved, well, you broke up his marriage, wrecked his career.

  Det. Meredith McCarthy : Your script needs a little work.

  Francisco Scaramucci : And now he's back. And you let him go. You gave him your car.

  [taking a sip of his wine] 

  Francisco Scaramucci : Mm. I'm glad you did. I am. You gained his trust all over again. Use that trust. Find him. Bring him in. Alive and articulate. That's very important, Meredith.

  Det. Meredith McCarthy : How important?

  Francisco Scaramucci : What did you have in mind?

  Det. Meredith McCarthy : I bring you Sax, and we're even. I'm out from under you. Bill paid in full. Me and ma.

  Francisco Scaramucci : Deal.

  Det. Meredith McCarthy : Deal.

  Francisco Scaramucci : What, you wanna fucking spit on it?

• Francisco Scaramucci : I know how hard it can be to get help on short notice. So, I've dispatched a qualified professional to attend to your mother's every need. 'Till you do what needs to be done.

  Det. Meredith McCarthy : What?

  Francisco Scaramucci : Run along, Meredith.