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"Mighty oaks from little acorns grow” - Geoffrey Chaucer

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#OTD in 2014:

Ricky: “You know Mom, some day soon, you & Rusty are gonna have to come to San Francisco & let me take you to this place. Got the best dumplings in the world.”

Rusty: “Well, from all the stuff you've been inviting us to do tonight it sounds like everything's better up north. How did you manage to survive growing up in LA?”

Ricky: “Well, it's not so bad being here. You know, if you don't mind breathing air you can see.”

Rusty: “And how would you describe inhaling all of the fog where you live?”

Ricky: “Funny. He's a funny guy. Okay. Funny guy. I have one question for you: Before you officially become the little brother I never wanted. I'm interested in what your idea of family is & what the word means to you...’family.’”

Rusty: “Well...I guess...it means that the people in your life who you've decided to love no matter what & the people who are going to love you back no matter what.”

Sharon: “Sounds pretty good to me. Loving each other no matter what.”

Ricky: “Not bad. Alright, little brother. Any questions for me?”

Rusty: “Yeah. Uh, just one.”

Ricky: “Shoot.”

Rusty: “Who cuts your hair?”

Ricky: “What? Don't snort-laugh. I... Don't be laughing. I cut my hair. It saves me tons of money. What?”

Sharon: “Well, that explains it.”

Ricky: “Like a lot of other decisions I've made recently, I am...rethinking it.”

Rusty: “Thank God.”

Ricky: “I am. I'm rethink... Stop it. I'm rethinking it.”

#MajorCrimes #SweetRevenge

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#OTD in 2014:

Ricky: “I just think that we need to take a giant step back here & just re-eval...”

Sharon: “Hold on. Before we go back I should clear up a misunderstanding that you have. I'm not asking your permission to adopt Rusty or Emily's permission. I see great things in this boy & I mean that from the bottom of my ever-so lonely heart.”

Ricky: “Come on Mom. You know that I didn’t mean loneliness as a criticism. I was only pointing out the fact...”

Sharon: “It's clear what you're pointing out. Now I'm pointing out to you. If you don't develop a little human compassion for this young man who grew up with none of the advantages you took for granted every day of your life then I'm gonna leave here wondering where I went wrong as a Mother.”

Ricky: “Mom. Mom, wait wait wait. Hang on. Look, I'm gonna have children one day. So is Emily. Do you really want your Grandkids calling that boy ‘Uncle Rusty’?”

Sharon: “That is a whole lot better than what I'm thinking of calling you right now.”

Ricky: “Mom!”

Sharon: “Richard William Raydor! You listen to me & you listen to me good. You've got one chance to get this right. You need to turn your attitude around right this minute. Because if you make Rusty feel unwelcome in this family after all of his & my hard work I will be just so... Disappointed. Oh my God! I am so disappointed in you right now, I don't even know what to say.”

#MajorCrimes #SweetRevenge

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#OTD in 2014:

Ricky: “Morning, Mom.”

Sharon: “Morning, darling.”

Ricky: “Find your shooter?”

Sharon: “Our sniper, yes. As it turns out, he was the son of an Army Ranger. His Mother committed suicide. He's a very troubled young man.”

Ricky: “You're not gonna be adopting him, too, are you?”

Sharon: “Let's discuss this adoption because I feel your lack of enthusiasm from a great distance & I'd like to know what's that about?”

Ricky: “Okay. Right off the bat, I want you to know that I understand a lot of what you're going through. Dad was a letdown as a Husband. Emily left for New York to do her ballet thing. I left for Palo Alto. I don't make it home all that often. You work all the time. It's a recipe for loneliness. And Mom, I have a lot of sympathy for you on that score. And, also, you are incredibly giving & caring but Mom, that kid is a hustler & he's a con artist & I think that he's taken advantage of you. Look, you did so much for me. You were tough & honest when I needed it & now I need to do the same for you. I need to take the hit like you did & be the bad guy for a minute & step in to say this is not a good idea.”

Sharon: “May I ask, have you been talking with your Father about this?”

Ricky: “Yeah we talked a few times. I mean, he's worried about you. Mom, I'm worried about you. I am. Like, helping the kid a little bit, that's great but to make him legally your son.

#MajorCrimes #SweetRevenge

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#OTD in 2014:

Andy: “Hey, Ricky.”

Ricky: “Andy.”

Provenza: *Andy? When did these two have the chance to get so close? Ye Gods! Idiot! It’ll all end in disaster! I’ve warned him! He can’t say I haven’t already warned him! Idiots!*

#MajorCrimes #SweetRevenge

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#OTD in 2014:

Ricky: “Hi Mom.”

Sharon: “Ricky! Hi! Hi! Oh! Oh my gosh. Look at you. Oh my gosh. What is this? Got a little scruff. It's cute.”

Ricky: “Thank you.”

Sharon: “Boy, you guys got back here quickly.”

Ricky: “Yeah. Well Rusty, knows his way around the big city.”

Rusty: “Yeah. I also know how to take directions well.”

Sharon: “Lieutenant, do you remember my son Ricky?”

Provenza: “Hey. How are you, Ricky? Good to see you again.”

#MajorCrimes #SweetRevenge

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A reminder of how much I miss these two idiots

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Your weekly reminder that I’ll NEVER be over it

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#OTD in 2015:

Rusty: “Lieutenant. If you are going to be around my life more often then that promise you just made to Gus had better be real & not just something you said to make a witness cooperate.”

Andy: “Oh? Well, finding Paloma might not be everything Gus hopes for. But I intend to do it. Just don't hold me responsible for the outcome.”

#MajorCrimes #WishYouWereHere

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#OTD in 2015:

Rusty: “But how can Gus be a witness in Al...in Mariana's murder? He wasn't even there.”

Sharon: “Gus is now the 1st person that Andrea will call to the stand.”

Rusty: “Why?”

Sharon: “Well he's the only one that can ID his sister. And after that Slider's Defence will demand to know why Mariana ran away from him in Vegas.”

Rusty: “And if he does that will the LAPD help him find his other sister, Paloma?”

Sharon: “Yes, if we can determine she's actually missing from somewhere. Come in.”

Robby: “The guy says he tried filing a missing-persons report on both sisters in Baltimore but he didn't have standing & then again in Vegas where he didn't have standing. I'm not quite sure how to file either unless we know this young girl went missing in LA. I ran Paloma Wallace through MUPS. No hits at all. So under normal circumstances I'd say the DA’s investigators should...”

Andrea: “I'm not spending a dime hunting down this Paloma girl until Gus answers my questions which so far he's refusing to do.”

Sharon: “Does he say why?”

Andrea: “Well, before he starts explaining everything I need to know he's demanding that we pay for Alice or Mariana, I guess, that we pay for her funeral.”

Rusty: “How much would that cost?”

Sharon: “Well, there's a State's Victim's Fund that will cover the first $2,000 of...”

Andrea: “No, no, no! Then he'll want us to put him up somewhere & find him a job. Not doing it. He gets zero support from the State until he gives me some answers.”

Andy: “Why don't I take him home with me? He lost his family. He feels guilty. I can relate to some of that. Maybe what he needs is a good dinner & a decent night's sleep.”

Andrea: “Do not volunteer to pay for the funeral or give him any money.”

Andy: “I'll just see what he wants. Oderno, you tell him to wait until you figure out a way that we can search for his sister? And Rusty, maybe you can keep Gus company until I'm done here today.”

Sharon: “Thank you, Andy.”

Rusty: “Yeah. Thanks, Lieutenant.”

#MajorCrimes #WishYouWereHere

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#OTD in 2010:

Ashley: “The only thing I don’t like about Dallas is there’s not enough good Chinese take-out.”

Provenza: “Well, maybe there aren’t enough Jews. My experience has been that the more Jews, the better the Chinese food. Well, it goes back to Moses, who said: ‘With Ten Commandments, you get egg rolls.’”

Linda: “I don’t get it.”

Andy: “No one ever does.”

Provenza: “Here we go.”

Ashley: “It’s so wonderful of you & Andy to let us stay here tonight. Are you sure if your boss finds out y’all won’t get into any trouble?”

Provenza: “Not a chance. When he & I are off the clock, nobody tells us what to do.”

Ashley: “Would you go easy on me if you knew I smuggled something off the plane? Tiny wine, anybody? It goes great with take-out.”

Andy: “None for me, but you go ahead.”

Provenza: “You scared me there for a second.”

Ashley: “So, what’s the deal with your boss?”

Provenza: “How do you mean exactly?”

Ashley: “Well it’s like she thinks she’s too good for the beauty pageant. I mean, believe me, being from the South, I know her type. Like when she says ‘Thank you,’ what she’s really saying is 'You know where you can stick that!’”

Linda: “You know some women they just hit that glass ceiling, you know, & they just get so bitter.”

Provenza: “Dumplings, anyone? Now, these are delicious!”

Fritz: “Don’t pay attention to them.”

Brenda: “Oh please! Honestly, do you think I care what a couple of stewardesses say about me?”

Mike: “I think they’re called flight attendants now, Chief.”

Fritz: “We’ll get to see how good they look in orange jumpsuits.”

Andy: “Excuse me. Hello?”

Brenda: “Lieutenant, let’s not forget we’re here to do something & that someday this may all get played in court.”

Andy: “No habla Español.”

Linda: “Oh, you speak Spanish? Oh! Wow!”

#TheCloser #Layover

Tony should have won an Emmy for this look alone! 😂😂😍❤️

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#OTD in 2010:

Brenda: “Look, no matter what, Ryan Wade didn’t shoot himself, so there’s still at least one killer outstanding. And I want to know everything that those women know.”

Provenza: “But Chief, look I’m as anxious to close this as you are. But Ashley & Linda, these are very respectable ladies. Flynn, back me up here.”

Andy: “Sure thing. Chief, did we meet these girls yesterday? Absolutely. Do we know them well? I mean, hardly. I mean, would I stake my reputation on their being on the up-and-up? No. Is it possible they…”

Provenza: “Way to back me up, Flynn! This dead Ryan guy, I mean, he could be mixed up with anybody.”

Brenda: “Lieutenant, has it even occurred to you that these women just asked y’all out ‘cause they were using you?”

Andy: “What?! That’s crazy!”

Provenza: “I won’t even dignify that with a response! I know what’s what & these girls are crazy about us! Is that so hard to believe?”

#TheCloser #Layover

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God, how I miss the 1990s! It was the BEST time for US (and British) sitcoms and I devoured them all, recording most of them on VHS. Back then in the UK, sitcoms from the US would play every week day at dinner time on Channel 4 for an hour, usually repeats. But the best time was Friday evening when Channel 4 would play them back to back to back with new episodes from Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Ellen, Cybil, Mad About You, Roseanne, Home Improvement, Murphy Brown, Spin City, Seinfeld, NewsRadio, Wings, Caroline in the City, The Nanny, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Sports Night and Just Shoot Me. Oh how I adored them all (and one in particular)!

On a related note, it amuses me that many many many people watching Bridget Jones's Diary for the first time, see her watching Frasier on TV and assume that makes her more sophisticated and intelligent, more so than if she was watching something else. In reality it meant she was alone and watching TV at 10pm on a Friday night rather than going out on the lash!

i've begun to realize that the only things i'm interested in watching right now are 90s sitcoms.

i think that says a little something about my current mental state. 🙃

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#OTD in 2016:

Taylor: “Provenza not seriously wounded?”

Andy: “Only his pride.”

Sharon: “Thank God.”

Taylor: “Good. Good. Great job, Captain. Great job. And really good work keeping your personal & professional lives separate. It can't always be done.”

Sharon: “Oh. Actually, Chief, that may be about to be tested further.”

Andy: “Yeah. I put my house up for sale & we are planning on finding a place together.”

Taylor: “Wow! So you two are moving in together? Well, good luck with that.”

Rusty: “Hey, Mom... Oh. I'm sorry. Sorry.”

Taylor: “No, no. It's alright Mr Beck. I was just leaving. Let me know when you find Mr Downey.”

Sharon: “Will do.”

Rusty: “So, I was thinking about what you said, the whole not IDing a suspect with less than 12 points on a fingerprint thing?

Sharon: “You mean the LAPD policy?”

Rusty: “Yes. And I'm sure that you guys have a really good reasons for that, but I wonder in what Buzz put together of the fingerprint, does it have enough points for him to search for & ID a potential witness?”

Andy: “Hmm. That's another way of looking at it.”

Gus: “Which could have waited till tomorrow to discuss but hey.”

Sharon: “That request would have to come from Buzz.”

Rusty: “Well, I'll mention it to him.”

Gus: “Tomorrow. You'll mention it to him tomorrow morning.”

Rusty: “Right.”

Gus: “Bye, Sharon, Andy. You'll see him tomorrow morning. Won't you?”

Rusty: “Yeah. Okay.”

Gus: “And we're off. Have a good night, everybody.”

Sharon: “Night! Searching for a possible witness? He sounds less like a journalist & more like a lawyer.”

Andy: “Out of the frying pan.”

Sharon: “No! No!”

#MajorCrimes #MoralHazard

Just adorable! 😍❤️😍❤️

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#OTD in 2016:

#MajorCrimes #MoralHazard

Who needs words when a look and a little nod conveys it all: “Be careful. Stay safe. Good luck. I love you.” 😍❤️

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#OTD in 2011:

Sharon: “Do you recognise this place? Turell Baylor’s house, where you delivered him, unprotected, the day he died.”

Brenda: “It’s where Turell said he wanted to go.”

Sharon: “And that may get us out of criminal court but it may not work in your favour in front of a Jury of civilians. Come with me please. So, let’s walk through it. After you dropped Turell off, leaving him on his own, he ran into his house, locked the door & tried escaping through his backyard here. But he didn’t get very far. See? He broke free & tried to run but he was caught over here. And they dragged him across his driveway...to this wall where his head was smashed repeatedly until he was dead. You say your responsibility ended the moment Turell left your custody and the Warren Rule frees you from criminal liability, but in a civil trial the Jury may very well decide that you behaved with a callous disregard to the suspect's life & if the City Attorney starts to think that he's losing this case...”

Brenda: “He could settle.”

Sharon: “He could settle & leave you to take the blame & you will be entirely on your own.”

Brenda: “So, what should I do?”

Sharon: “For your own sake, GET YOUR OWN ATTORNEY.”

#TheCloser #UnderControl

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#OTD in 2011:

Sharon was definitely NOT looking at Andy’s ass as he walked by her at the murder board. No, she was only looking at his…shoes. Yes, that’s it! Looking at his shoes! That’s her story & she’s sticking to it!

#TheCloser #UnderControl