Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

Pilot (2003)

Joe Mantegna: Will Girardi

Quotes 

• Helen Girardi : The Florida Keys. We always wanted to go there.

  Will Girardi : You always wanted to go there. I hate sand, water, and bugs. And I really hate it when they all get together.

  Helen Girardi : Okay. How about Canada? We could do that rail thing.

  Will Girardi : Helen, Canada is where people go when they can't really afford to go on a vacation.

  Helen Girardi : Okay, you win. We'll go visit my parents.

  Will Girardi : [teasing]  Oh, I don't think I can get away.

• Joan : I don't want this to be happening to me, daddy.

  Will Girardi : What is happening? You can tell me. Whatever it is, we'll deal with it. I'll get you, I'll get you a doctor, a counselor, a priest. I'll make it okay. That's my job.

  [taking her face his hands] 

  Will Girardi : Look at me. I'm not gonna lose you, for any reason. Do you understand?

• Lt. Michael Daghlian : Her name's Lindsay Mitchell. Junior at AHS. Her mother reported her missing yesterday afternoon. She's been dead about 24 hours.

  Will Girardi : It's the same guy.

  Lt. Michael Daghlian : Same M.O. Footprint's a match.

  Will Girardi : Well, how do you want to handle this? It's your call.

  Lt. Michael Daghlian : What would you do?

  Will Girardi : I'd go to medical school like my mother wanted.

  Lt. Michael Daghlian : Yeah, no kidding.

  Will Girardi : Baptism by napalm.

• Lt. Michael Daghlian : Hey, chief, I, uh... I didn't mean you had to come down. I was just calling to let you know.

  Will Girardi : Drug-related?

  Lt. Michael Daghlian : We don't know yet. It's only an hour old.

  Will Girardi : You IDed her?

  Lt. Michael Daghlian : Not yet. No purse or anything. Chief, look, you show up on a call like this, the guys are... the guys are gonna think you don't trust 'em.

  Will Girardi : [sarcastic]  Yeah, I wouldn't want them to think that.

• Lt. Michael Daghlian : [a patrol cop inadvertently contaminated a crime scene]  He's not Homicide. He's the officer on patrol; luck of the draw.

  Will Girardi : He's a cop, isn't he? He passed the exam.

  Lt. Michael Daghlian : Yeah, I get your point and I'm going to take care of it, but if I could just reiterate, you showing up on a routine murder investigation...

  Will Girardi : Lieutenant Daghlian, when these investigations become routine, I won't have to show up anymore.