Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

The Boat (2003)

Erik Palladino: Lt. Michael Daghlian

Quotes 

• Will Girardi : Gentlemen, Detective Daghlian here has informed me that the consensus of opinion is that the murders of Patrolman Wilson and Sergeant Milner are connected.

  Sgt. Eddie Fosberg : Well, it sure looks like it, Chief.

  Will Girardi : He's asked for a task force. I'm not ready to go there.

  Sgt. Eddie Fosberg : Why not?

  Will Girardi : A task force carries a certain mentality. Its entire bias is we're looking for one murderer. That's a big assumption. And big assumptions create big blind spots.

  Sgt. Bob Crowley : Yeah, but there is a pattern.

  Lt. Michael Daghlian : The way the bodies were arranged.

  Sgt. Eddie Fosberg : The weapon.

  Will Girardi : All forensics got off the bullets was caliber.

  [seeing Crowley whispering to another cop] 

  Will Girardi : I'm sorry, Sergeant Crowley, I didn't catch that.

  Sgt. Bob Crowley : I said "Exactly how many dead cops does it take to make a pattern?". With all due respect.

  Will Girardi : Does anyone doubt that I want to catch Sergeant Milner's murderer?

  [silence] 

  Will Girardi : I'll be the first one to go after a cop-hater. The first. We've lost two of our own. I share your anger. But Wilson was a traffic stop, and Milner was an ambush outside a cop bar. Maybe there's an ex-con with a grudge out there, or maybe the two of them owed a bad man money. But no one in this room has brought me that. With all due respect.

• Will Girardi : [finding his car vandalized]  This isn't a joke on me. This is a stain on the memories of two slain cops.

  Lt. Michael Daghlian : Are you suggesting one of my guys did this?

  Will Girardi : Detective, perhaps you didn't pick up the subtle indicators of how angry I am, but do you honestly expect me to believe this was done by some arch-criminal? That the Green Goblin figured out which car was mine and snuck in here, leaving threatening graffiti? One of you did this! Maybe to bug my ass, maybe to prove a point, maybe for less laudable reasons. Quit screwing around! Be cops!