CSI QUOTE ARCHIVE: CATHERINE WILLOWS SEASON 12 QUOTES
12.01 73 seconds
Catherine: “Aloha, stranger.”
Nick: “Aloha.”
Catherine: “Did you have a good training session?”
Nick: “Yeah, you know. Three weeks of sand, surf, and scarabs.”
Catherine: “Well, I hope you got some rest, ’cause it’s looking like a serious tower caper.”
Nick: “Oh yeah, whosse tower? The Sheriff or the Mayor’s?”
Catherine: “Both.”
Nick: “Oh, I’m excited.”
Catherine: “Well, good. Shootout at the L.V. Corral. Two dead, three injured.”
Nick (pointing to D.B. lying on floor): “I thought you said two dead?”
Catherine: “I did.”
Catherine: “So, who ruined Mr. Finnerty’s night? Cowboy or security guard?”
Doc. Robbins: “Neither. He had other complications. He was suffering from advanced mesothelioma. The lungs were encased by a dense fibrotic mass, tumors infiltrated the ribs and intercostal muscle.”
Catherine: “How much time did he have?”
Doc. Robbins: “Three months at best. Mercifully cut short by sharp force trauma, transecting his liver.”
Catherine: “Wait a minute. He wasn’t shot?”
Doc. Robbins: “Nope. Another crime, another assailant.”
Catherine: “Somebody brought a knife to a gun fight.”
D.B.: “I just got a call. A 419 at (stutters and mispronounces) Brim County.”
Catherine: “Brim.” (correcting his pronunciation)
D.B.: “Brim. So probably a two person job. What do you think?”
Catherine: “What do I think? You’re the boss. I think you should stop asking me what I think.”
D.B: “I’m glad we got that out of the way.”
Nick: “Thanks for the head’s up, Catherine.”
Catherine: “Nicky, I’m sorry. There has just been a hell of a lot going on around here. New boss needed an office, I gave him yours. I’m sorry.”
Nick: “You know he’s growing ‘shrooms in there, right?”
Catherine: “It’s supposed to be medicinal.”
Nick: “Medicinal?”
Catherine: “Don’t get me started.”
Nic: “This is great. Ray Langston screws up, and we’ve all got to pay for it. Awesome, this is really fair.”
Catherine (to D.B. lying on the floor): “What are you looking at? The Big Dipper?”
Catherine: “Brass picked up Krick. The genius still had the blood money on him.”
Nick: “Oh, that’s real smart. Yeah, I called Jimmy’s probation officer, tried to get him to cut Jimmy a little slack. This will be his third strike.”
Catherine: “Call him back.”
Nick: “What do you mean?”
Catherine: “I mean that we are doing things by the book now.”
Nick: “What book? Catherine, I’m just trying to help the guy out.”
Catherine: “You’re not listening, Nick. There are no more under the table deals. No more going rogue. No more personal vendettas. No more L.A.!”
Nick: “Now what does this have to do with L.A.? I wouldn’t change anything about what I did there.”
Catherine: “I would! I’m not in charge anymore because…this is our problem. We lead with our hearts instead of our head and then we justify it after the fact!”
Nick: “Why are you so pissed off?”
Catherine: “I got demoted, Nick! I got demoted! I mean, you’re setting up shop here in the break room and D.B. Moonbeam is running the show! And you know what? Maybe he is just what this team needed.”
Nick: “I disagree. It’s not what this team needed. It’s what Ecklie and the sheriff and the rest of the suits think.”
Catherine: “See Nick, this is what I’m talking about. You always blame other people. Stop with the excuses.”
Nick: “Don’t give me that, Catherine! It’s a bunch of people who have no idea how this team really works!”
Catherine: “Well, you can add me to that list.”
Nick: “Come on, Catherine.”
Catherine: “It’s been a long nineteen years. Yeah, nineteen years is a very long time to be doing this job.”
Nick: “What are you trying to say?”
Catherine: “What am I trying to say? Well, I’m saying that this team has to move on. We’ve got to get back to what we do best, and if you can’t handle that then, you know, there’s the door.”
Nick: “I know where the door is. I’ve used it a couple of times.”
12.02 Tell-Tale Hearts
Catherine: “I don’t mean to interrupt your search, but we’ve torn this place apart. There’s no gun, no knife.
D.B.: “Did you notice the decor?”
Catherine: “You in the market for a decorator?”
Doc. Robbins: “I heard about the second confession.”
Catherine: “One is good, two is bad. Nut job or not, she’s just made things more difficult for us creating reasonable doubt.”
Catherine: “I’m going to head out. You need anything?”
D.B.: “No. I’m good, thank you. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Catherine: “Cock Robin. Really? What journal did you get that one from?”
D.B.: “My parents were singers and that was kind of a favorite around our van. Go with what you know, right?”
Catherine: “Yeah. Well, it worked. It really worked.”
D.B: “What’s going on? Are you all right?”
Catherine: “Aren’t you going to get that?” (referring to D.B.’s phone ringing)
D.B.: “No. I don’t want to be rude.”
Catherine: “Oh, be rude. Good night.”
12.03 Bittersweet
Catherine: “Gina Sinclair. Sara’s not the only one that knows she’s out of prison.”
D.B.: “Whose website is this?”
Catherine: “Ed Burrows. His daughter Jennifer was the Sinclair’s second victim. This guy has quit his job, sold his house, pretty much devoted his life to seeing the Sinclairs put away.”
D.B.: “Somebody killed my daughter I’d do the same thing. If I found out that he got out of prison, I’d have eyes on him too.
Catherine: “There’s a lot of people that would like to see Gina Sinclair pay for what she did.”
D.B.: “And by people, you mean Sara.”
Catherine: “You know how it is. You live with a case for a couple of years, you obviously get very close to the victims and their families and justice isn’t served.”
D.B.: “She said she wants another shot. Should I be worried?”
Catherine: “I know why Ecklie brought you in. Clearly as a supervisor I was too close to my team. I allowed one of them to walk into a house with a serial killer.”
D.B.: “Right. What are you saying?”
Catherine: “I’m saying you can’t let Sara walk through that same door. You are the supervisor now. You’ve got to protect the team.”
D.B.: “Okay, I’ve got that. And I appreciate the heads up.”
Catherine: “Okay.”
12.04 Maid Man
Catherine: “Somebody shot Lou Gedda. Again.”
Doc. Robbins: “I hear I almost had our mayor on my table.”
Catherine: “Sorry Doc. Not his time.”
Doc. Robbins: “Don’t be sorry. I voted for him three times. Four if you count his wife. He’s done great things for our town.”
Catherine: “Oh, I agree. Mostly.”
Catherine: “Hodges.”
Hodges: “Hey. I have a 1979 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. They used one of these in the movie The Goodfellas. This one starred in circling the museum for about an hour last night.”
Catherine: “Sam used to have one just like it. I took my driving test in it. Couldn’t fail.”
Hodges: “I failed, twice. I still get nightmares about all those cones.”
Catherine: “So, what about the tire impressions in the alley?”
Hodges: “Oh. Well, here’s where we get into the world of odd fellows, or more precisely, Detroit. Tire impressions were made by Bias Plies. Same specs as you would find in a factory tire in a ’79 Caddy. Bet you can’t guess what kind of car Vinny drove?”
Catherine: “A ’79 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.”
Hodges: “I confirmed that with the DMV. And plates are a match, too.”
Catherine: “Vinny’s car, Vinny’s gun.”
Hodges: “Vinny’s suit and hat.”
Catherine: “Vinny’s back.”
12.05 CSI Down
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12.06 Freaks & Geeks
Catherine: “What are you looking at?”
D.B.: “The view. I’ve never seen the city from this perspective before. It’s beautiful. It takes your breath away.”
Catherine: “Yeah, it can take more than that. We used to call this place The Missile Base.”
D.B.: “The Missile Base. Care to share why?”
Catherine: “Why did I bring that up?”
D.B.: “All right. I’ll tell you what… I’ll make it easy you. I’ll go first. I met my wife freshman year in college, and she was my first and only love.”
Catherine: “Awwww, seriously? You lost your virginity to your wife?”
D.B.: “Yep, yep. Life is simple sometimes. You meet the right person, and you know it’s forever. And that was a boring story, so it’s your turn.”
Catherine: “Tony Anthropalous. I was only sixteen. Too many beers, too little romance. Seemed like a good idea at the time.”
D.B.: “Ah, that’s better. Swept away by the passion of the moment.”
Catherine: “Something like that. Tony was a bad boy, first of many. I liked being wanted, ’til that got old.”
D.B: “Well, you’re a very smart woman. You probably just wanted to be appreciated for that, too.”
Catherine: “Yeah.”
Catherine: “You would think after all these years I wouldn’t be surprised by what people are capable of.”
Catherine: “I’m going to keep my eye on Willy.”
D.B.: (holding a coffee mug) “Do you mind?”
Catherine: “I thought you were a coffee snob.”
D.B.: “Machine in my office is broke and I’m waiting for parts.”
Catherine: “Rachel was sleeping with the elephant man?”
Catherine: “You do tell a good story.”
Elephant “Man: Is that what you think this is?”
Catherine: “I’ve already seen the show, and I’m familiar with the story. Girl hates her life, is searching for something, and she finds it in a man. A man who needs her and then it all goes wrong.”
Catherine: “I heard the suspect coughed up the smoking gun.”
D.B.: “Yep.”
Catherine: “What? Did Nick leave you to do the dirty work?”
D.B.: “No, actually I wanted to run this myself.”
Catherine: “So, Sergio found the propofol when he was cleaning up Rachel’s tent?”
D.B.: “Yeah. He had doubts about Willy so he decided to hang onto this.”
Catherine: “In his stomach.”
D.B.: “Better than a safety deposit box, I guess. A little messier.”
Catherine: “So the propofol belonged to Willy?”
D.B.: “That’s what Sergio thinks. I’m not so sure.”
Catherine: “Why not? Willy was the resident Dr. Feelgood.”
12.07 Brain Doe
Greg: “Is it just me or are defensive attorneys getting smarter?”
Catherine: “No, slimier. But don’t worry, we still have the truth on our side.”
Greg: “I still don’t like that guy. There was nothing wrong with my evidence collection.”
Catherine: “At least he didn’t ask you if it was Doctor Willows.”
Catherine: “You in the neighborhood?”
Sheriff Liston: “Not really. So how are things going?”
Catherine: “No complaints.”
Sheriff Liston: “Really? I’d complain. You were supervisor, now you’re not. No advancement on the horizon. I’d be pissed.”
Catherine: “I work with some good people. It takes the sting off.”
Sheriff Liston: “Well, maybe I can do a little better than that. I’ve been spending a lot of time on the Hill. Senate Judiciary Committee’s exploring establishing a forensic science commission. They need a full time staffer, expert in the field. I recommended you. I hope you’re good with that?”
Catherine: “Ah…Wow. I don’t know what to say.”
Sheriff Liston: “Do you really want to be processing used condoms and dirty panties the rest of your career? Go to D.C. The pay’s good, the hours are great. You get to travel. Sometimes you have to move out to move up. If you’re interested, don’t take too long.”
Catherine: “Thank you, sheriff. Thank you. I appreciate the confidence.”
Sheriff “Liston: It’s not easy for us. Not in law enforcement. It’s a man’s world.”
Vartann: “Hey.”
Catherine: “Hi, Lou.”
Vartann: “You okay?”
Catherine: “Why does everybody keep asking me that?”
Vartan: “Okay. Lieutenant Theodore Seligson. Thirty, on leave from Afghanistan, cutting trees in his backyard, and he fell and broke his neck.”
Catherine: “Guy survived the war.”
Vartann: “Family is Jewish. Now they have to get him in the ground by this morning. Someone was supposed to remain with the body, but the mortuary night guard stayed with his girlfriend last night instead. Came in this morning and called it in. That’s Mrs. Seligson, the widow. She came by as soon as she heard.”
Catherine: “How bad is it?”
Vartann: “You have to see for yourself. I didn’t think corpses bled.”
Catherine: “Embalming is considered desecration.”
Vartann: “Oh, really? What about cutting the guy’s head open and taking his brain? This guy was a war hero. I heard you guys found a brain outside of Tastey Time. That’s got to be his, right?”
Catherine: “Well, it’d better be. Otherwise we’ve got a brain collector on the loose in Vegas.”
12.08 Crime After Crime
Greg: “Surveillance is pretty thin throughout the club. No eyes in this area, but the bouncer did say that there was one ugly incident earlier. Kevin did get into it with an uninvited guest and had him tossed out.”
Catherine: “Anyone have a name for this uninvited guest?”
Greg: “Kevin called him Dad.”
Catherine: “Oh. Son gives dad the heave ho. Maybe dad came back to remind him who’s the grown up.”
Detective Richardson: “What more do you want? You’ve got my confession. I made those people pay for their crimes. I’m ready to settle up.”
Catherine: “Well, we’ve talked to your hospice nurse, Stan. End Stage Pancreatic Cancer. You haven’t been out of bed in a month.”
Detective Richardson: “Well, when something must be done, the universe has a way of granting power.”
Nick: “Oh, we’re in agreement that you had help. Just the human variety.”
Catherine: “Well, since you’re so at peace with the universe, you wouldn’t mind us taking a look around your little corner of it.”
12.09 Zippered
D.B.: “Hey, what are you doing here?”
Catherine: “I work here… Close to twenty years.”
D.B.: “You’re two and a half hours early.”
Catherine: “My house is too quiet. If that makes any sense.”
D.B.: “Oh, that makes complete sense. Our youngest has been out of the house now for three months and we’re still wrestling with empty nest.”
Catherine: “Yeah.”
D.B.: “So, how is your daughter?”
Catherine: “Lindsey.”
D.B.: “Lindsey, yeah.”
Catherine: “She’s doing…she’s doing really good. She’s doing great, in fact. She’s, well, according to her emails…”
D.B.: “Hey, do you do that thing where you call them and then get this three word text back? Doesn’t it make you crazy?”
Catherine: “Yes, but um… it’s her time to find herself.”
Sara: “Catherine, who do you want to be, victim or killer?”
Catherine: “I’ll be the killer.”
Catherine: “Have guns, did travel.”
Catherine: “Your boss is kind of young.”
McQuaid: “He’s not my boss. He’s my replacement. I’m training him ’til I decamp the Las Vegas office.”
Catherine: “On to bigger and better things?”
McQuaid: “I don’t know about better. More important, I suppose. More dangerous.”
Catherine: “More dangerous? Really? Where?”
McQuaid: “Your boss – he said you were him before he was.”
Catherine: “The technical term is demotion.”
McQuaid: “Good girl does bad. So, what are you just buying your time until you can rise to that top spot again?”
Catherine: “I’m not sure I want it anymore.”
McQuaid: “Did you guys have a good conversation?”
Catherine: “How long have you been standing outside my house?”
McQuaid: “Not important. The thing is I’m here, my foot in the door, my hat in hand, a bottle in the other. It’s beer. It’s Belgian. You know, guns are not the only think they make. I’d like to apologize about the whole ‘Lenny’ of it all. I blind sided you and it…”
Catherine: “It sucked!”
McQuaid: “Yeah, it sucked. But it’s the job.”
Catherine: “I have a job too.”
McQuaid: “And you did it kind of perfectly. You got the guns back by way of vultures and garbage bags and what not.”
Catherine: “By what not, you mean saving your ass?”
McQuaid: “I do. But the thing is I had to cut a deal with Wesson, and I would do it again.”
Catherine: “This isn’t much of an apology.”
McQuaid: “But if I did it again, I would tell you before I did. You deserve that.”
Catherine: “At least that.”
McQuaid: “Maybe more.”
12.10 Genetic Disorder
Doc Robbins: “Thank you for not asking how I’m doing. David’s been asking me every five minutes.”
Catherine: “Well, he’s concerned, as we all are.”
Doc Robbins: “I know what you’re thinking.”
Catherine: “Well, it’s just hard enough when someone you love’s in trouble. It’s harder still when you’re dealing with betrayal.”
Doc Robbins: “You don’t think about that when you have an affair.”
Catherine: “Judy had an affair before?”
Doc Robbins: “Not her, me. Everyone assumes that I can’t and I wanted to see if I could. Almost destroyed Judy and our marriage.”
Catherine: “When I was married to Eddie, he would hurt me and then I would hurt him back. And it was this years of back and forth. That what you think happened here?”
12.11 Ms. Willows Regrets
FBI Agent Pratt: “We’ve had reason to believe that Sarasis has been engaged in a number of illegal activities here in the U.S.”
Brass: “What illegal activities exactly are you talking about?”
Agent Pratt: “Full disclosure?”
Catherine: “That would be refreshing.”
FBI Agent McQuaid: “Look, I was going to call you.”
Catherine: “It’s probably better that you didn’t.”
McQuaid: “Maybe we could…”
Catherine: “We’ve got work to do.”
Catherine: “She’s going to bury you!”
Gabriel: “No, you’re the one trying to bury me.”
Catherine: “Well, if I was going to bury you, I’d put you in the ground where they’d never find you!”
D.B.: “Catherine, let’s let them do their job.”
Catherine: “Oh, it’s a little late for that! This should be our crime scene! You should be on the phone getting everybody down here! All hands on deck!”
Lou: “Do you want me to come in?”
Catherine: “It’s probably not a good idea.”
Lou: “Well, if you need anything, call me. Okay?”
Catherine: “Thanks. You deserve more, Lou.”
12.12 Willows in the Wind
Doc Robbins (to the hooker with the curling iron): “You’re hired. Clean it with soap and water and warm it up.”
Catherine (groans at the thought of it): “You got a bullet I can bite on?”
D.B. (as they approach a strip club): “This is your idea of a safe place to hide out?”
Catherine: “When we’re in Seattle, we can go to your coffee house.”
Bouncer: “Yeah.”
Catherine: “Yeah. I need to see Teddy, Jr.”
Bouncer: “You got a name?”
Catherine: “Just tell him it’s Goldilocks.”
D.B.: “So…Goldilocks?”
Catherine: “Well, there was a time when the only thing I cared about more than having fun was getting attention, and a girl gets a lot of attention on a pole. But the thing is, working the pole is about working guys. Lonely guys with money who just want to forget their problems. Well, one night right here at this bar, I met a guy. Had a problem, but he wasn’t trying to forget it. He was trying to solve it.”
D.B.: “Who was the guy?”
Catherine: “Jimmy Tadero. Detective. Well, he was working a case and we started talking. For once, someone saw me as more than just a pretty face and a few other attributes.”
D.B.: “Jimmy sounds like a very wise man.”
Catherine: “After that night, between dances, we would sit here at this bar and he’d run cases and he’d ask my opinion.”
D.B.: “So this is where you became a CSI?”
Catherine: “Yeah.”
D.B.: “How you doing? You all right?”
Catherine: “Well, considering I’ve been shot in my side and cauterized by a hooker’s curling iron, yeah, I guess so.”
Doc Robbins: “I’m going to need to redress that wound.”
Catherine: “I’m going to need to re-dress.”
D.B.: “Henry! Where…” (Henry comes up from under the table & cracks his head) “Oh, I’m sorry. Did we wake you up?”
Henry: “It has been a rough 48…”
Catherine: “Ya think?”
Agent Pratt to Mark Gabriel: “She set your own dogs on you, and you know who they are.”
Catherine: “And how to bring them to heel.”
Catherine: “That went well?”
Agent Pratt: “I hope so.”
Catherine: “Let’s just hope he’s not as smart as he thinks he is.”
Agent Pratt: “Listen, Russell’s right. McQuaid had feelings for you, but I think there was something else too. I think he saw in you what he used to be.”
Catherine: “What was that?”
Agent Pratt: “Someone with integrity. Someone who wouldn’t give up. The kind of agent that the Bureau needs.”
Catherine: “Are you asking me out on a date or offering me a job?”
Agent Pratt: “No. It was a job offer, but it’s one I really think you should consider.”
Catherine: “Well, I’m still in this job right now. But thanks.”
Catherine (to Laura Gabriel): “You do know me, but not as well as you think, because when you chose me, you should have known it was going to end like this.”
Catherine: “Well, I just wanted to say how brilliant I think you all are. What a great team this is. How much I respect all of you, both as coworkers and as friends. Well, as you all know, there were a few changes made a couple months ago which initially hurt me, but ultimately ended up being a great thing. And Nicky, I was so wrong when I said it has been a long nineteen years here in this lab, in this town. I mean, the truth is it’s just gone by too fast. But there comes a point in one’s life in which one feels compelled to make a change.”
Nick: “What are you saying?”
Catherine: “That I’ve been offered another job — with the FBI. I’ve decided to take it.”
Sara: “When?”
Catherine: “Well, it’s effective immediately. I tendered my resignation, for real this time. You are all family, which is why this is the hardest decision I’ve ever made. I mean, how can I leave this place? How can I leave all of you? But not only are you in great hands, but you are a rock solid badass team of criminalists and don’t ever forget it!”
Catherine: “I sat here a very long time ago and talked about how solving a case can make you feel like ‘King Kong on Cocaine’. But just like any drug, it’s got a dark side and the rush is fleeting — just like life.”
Morgan: “This is the only thing I’m good at.”
Catherine: “Then hang onto that, but not so tight that you let the rest slip away.”