Flashpoint (TV Series)
Backwards Day (2009)
Hugh Dillon: Constable Ed Lane
Quotes
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Josh Scott : Please, let me talk to my wife. If I could just...
Ed Lane : Josh, we can't right now, we can't.
[to Lewis]
Ed Lane : Spike's on less lethal. Boss is gonna need you with the gas.
Josh Scott : Wh... what do you mean, "lethal?"
Ed Lane : Josh, plan A is less lethal.
Josh Scott : Less lethal?
Lewis 'Lou' Young : Rubber bullets.
Josh Scott : Well, how can you be less dead?
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Ed Lane : A knife's as bad as a gun. It never sticks, never jams, never runs out of ammo, and you don't need training to know how to use it.
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Sgt. Gregory Parker : [driving the truck] You doing okay?
Ed Lane : Yeah, yeah, I'm good, I'm good.
Sgt. Gregory Parker : 'Cause, uh, the other day at the station...
Ed Lane : [takes off his sunglasses] Oh, come on, here we go. What?
Sgt. Gregory Parker : Look, I'm just saying. You look through the scope and you see things that aren't there. Maybe you need a break from the action. When was the last time you had a day off?
Ed Lane : I don't need a day off.
Sgt. Gregory Parker : Hey, we could all use a day off, Ed.
Ed Lane : All right, thanks, Oprah, I forgot what a joy it was to ride with you.
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Sgt. Gregory Parker : Ed, I'm gonna run tactics. You and Lou run command post.
Ed Lane : Wha...? Command post?
Sgt. Gregory Parker : Oprah says.
Ed Lane : Yes, sir.
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Ed Lane : What?
Lewis 'Lou' Young : You... in the truck.
Ed Lane : What can I tell you? It's backwards day.
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Sgt. Gregory Parker : [on radio asking about subject's husband] Eddie, Eddie, what's he saying?
Ed Lane : That he's not involved with anyone.
Sgt. Gregory Parker : You believe him?
Ed Lane : No.
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Sgt. Gregory Parker : We can't second-guess whether an earlier tactical response might have had a different outcome.
Kevin 'Wordy' Wordsworth : Due respect, sir, but it came down to talk or tactics, and you're the one that called talk.
Sgt. Gregory Parker : That's right.
Kevin 'Wordy' Wordsworth : Because maybe that's the call a negotiator would make.
Mike Scarlatti : Whoa! Whoa!
Kevin 'Wordy' Wordsworth : Look, I'm just saying, all right? I want to know what Ed would have done.
Mike Scarlatti : It was the Sarge's call!
Lewis 'Lou' Young : I want to know too.
Ed Lane : Sometimes you do everything right. Things still go wrong. That's the job. Situation was gray, the boss made a black-and-white call. We saved the hostage. Period.
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Ed Lane : [walking into briefing room where Parker is cleaning up the file] We need to talk.
Sgt. Gregory Parker : [doesn't look at Ed] Take a number.
Ed Lane : [waits a moment] All right. I'll see you tomorrow.
Sgt. Gregory Parker : Hey, Eddie. I'm sorry. Today should have gone better. You... need to be back where you belong. Team needs you back.
Ed Lane : I'm thinking, I'm... I'm gonna get Soph, I'm gonna get Clark, we're gonna go up and get a cottage, you know? Regroup, like you... like you said.
Sgt. Gregory Parker : [smiles and looks back down at the file case and picks it up] That's great. That's great.
Ed Lane : You know, unless, uh, you feel useless or something without me.