The Best The Rookie: Feds Quotes

Christopher: Okay. Now, as as a guy who spent eight years away from the people he loves, I'm not with that "stomp out angry and not speaking" thing. Not in this family. We can disagree and need space, but we don't stop talking. So talk.

Gulliver: She got fired from the BSU right after her meltdown. But to keep her from losing her job, they conspired and, uh, falsified evidence against me.

Matthew: We didn't just find Dante's blood under his fingernails, which is where most murderers get caught. We found traces of his blood all over his hands and his arms and his face and his chest.

Simone: Ms. Laughlin, I really looked up to you. Single mom like myself, getting her second act at life. You taught me the key to success was helping others. What happened to that woman?
Layla: You're staring her in the face right now, and she is hoping that you're good enough at your job to find Dante's real killer. Now, that's it for me. I want my lawyer. Now.

Carter: We obtained a search warrant and raided the labat Layla's company, looking for proof of Dante's demise. However, it was squeaky-clean.
Laura: Layla's smart. Doing any sort of experimental blood work in her place of business would raise too many red flags and create potential witnesses.
Carter: So we got a warrant for her residence.

John: The waterjet uses an industrial pump that propels water faster than the speed of sound. It can cut through metal like butter. It is not a common tool, which means our killer needed both access and technical expertise.
Carter: Like a specialized factory worker.
John: Right. Or high-end construction contractors often use waterjets to cut glass, granite, marble, porcelain.
Carter: Does that mean you had access to one?
John: Yeah. I have a friend who lends me his whenever I... I just made myself a suspect, didn't I?
Carter: Yeah.
[laughter]
John: Swear it wasn't me.
Simone: They all say that. Don't worry, Carter. I'm keeping my eyes on this one.

Novak: You don't seem to be afraid, Regina, which I find equally interesting but suspicious.
Simone: Fear is a decision. If I let it control me, I won't be any help for your friend here.
Novak: So you are afraid?
Simone: If I focus on the fact that you got a gun in my face, then hell yeah. But if I focus on helping this man right now, make this the most important thing in the moment, I can do what I'm trained to do.

Anders: Am I being SWAT-ed? I've read about this. People make a fake 911 call as a prank to get the cops to raid a house.

Gulliver: Do you really trust this woman to catch a serial murderer when she couldn't even tell her own fiancé was stepping out on her? Agent Stensen was... was too busy spiraling to solve the case. I'm the real victim here.

Carter: Alistair was always teased because he was different from all the other animals. But then he'd teach them that differences were what made each of them special.
Laura: Anders turned his own experience of being ostracized for his condition into a hit children's book series.
Carter: So we apologized to Mr. Huxley for the intrusion. And he was really kind and forgiving about the whole mix-up,

Brendon: Jake was a, you know, model on the rise. Worked with all the big fashion houses.
Simone: At the height of his career, he even dated Layla Laughlin.
Filmmaker: The cosmetics maven?
Simone: Founder of Untold Cosmetics and the inventor of de León Miracle Cream. The woman's an icon. Layla was a single mother, working as a waitress when she had a dream to start her own beauty company. I mean, she used to mix all her products in her own kitchen, and then sold them to local moms out of the back of her minivan.
Filmmaker: You admire her.
Simone: What's not to admire? I mean, she took a risk. She bet on herself, built a Fortune 500 company, all while raising her son? Hmm. Plus, have you seen her? The girl had looks, poise, and always had a young, hot boy on her side. She was living her best life for sure. And that life included... Jake, until...
Simone: Until it didn't.
Brendon: Didn't. Right.

Brendon: Okay. What are we looking for?
Laura: All right, we always start with the three A's :Assess, aim, adapt. -- First, we assess the location.
Brendon: Three entries, three exits.
Laura: Mm-hmm. And aim?
Brendon: Minimize the congressman's exposure. That's why we placed him at the north side of the lobby so we can see all the exits.
Laura: Very good.
Brendon: And adapt?
Laura: Be ready for it all to go to hell.

Laura: Dante was dating Layla Laughlin at the time of his disappearance. Hey, uh, you're not gonna wait until like 40 minutes into this thing to tell the audience this part, are you?
Carter: I hate when docs do that... Hold back information that the investigators knew on day one. Ugh. The worst. Don't screw with the audience.
Filmmaker: I would never. Cool.

Gulliver: She's a train wreck. My lawyer found evidence that she was, uh, mentally unstable around the time she arrested me.

Matthew: Your claims of patsies and copycat killers... You know, it may help boost ratings, but it's irresponsible to cast aspersions on my people and the FBI. Dante Smith's murderer wasn't the Canyon Killer, and you know that. So stop creating a narrative that never existed. It's lazy storytelling, and you're better than that.

Simone: Are you suggesting that Special Agents Stensen and Atlas framed a serial killer? Yeah, right.
Filmmaker: I'm just looking for the truth.
Simone: No. No, you're not. You're fishing for provocative sound bites that you can edit out of context. Hmm? Anything to make this little documentary of yours, uh, I don't know, a bit more salacious.
Filmmaker: This isn't some news mag with gotcha questions.I'm an award-winning documentarian. Film is my medium. I deal in truth.
Filmmaker: Look, I don't appreciate what you're insinuating. Especially when we have the proof.
Simone: No, you don't. We do. Overwhelming evidence that proves that Mr. Farris was the one and only Canyon Killer. And how dare you, huh? How dare you disparage Laura Stensen's good name. She is one the finest FBI agents to ever carry the badge.

Laura: At the time of Mr. Farris' arrest, my personal life was... challenged, but that in no way affected my performance at work.

Laura: Mm. That was a good day. Yeah, it was probably one of our best. Mm. We gave the victims' families closure, let the people of Los Angeles rest their fears, and put a monster behind bars.

Carter: Jake was riding high, until the harsh realities of the business brought his dreams crashing down. He hit 30, and his modeling contracts dried up.
Laura: And Layla left him... for Dante. That's right. Dante was dating Layla Laughlin at the time of his disappearance.