Major Crimes (TV Series)

Rules of Engagement (2013)

G.W. Bailey: Louie Provenza

Quotes 

• Lt. Louie Provenza : Mm, normally I'd throw him back in prison, but old Speedy might have seen something useful last night.

  D.D.A. Emma Rios : Oh, God. Don't you just love gang cases?

  Detective Julio Sanchez : I don't think this is gangs.

  D.D.A. Emma Rios : Why? The vehicle was found in gang territory with a gang weapon in the back seat.

  Detective Julio Sanchez : Nobody would have left the car on the street like that...

  D.D.A. Emma Rios : Speedy and his Third Streeters... I'm not finished! Speedy and his Third Streeters, they think it was gangs. It was a drive-by. Plus, I...

  Detective Julio Sanchez : Plus, you need to watch your mouth.

  D.D.A. Emma Rios : Excuse me?

  Detective Julio Sanchez : Did you grow up sleeping on the floor every night so you wouldn't get hit by gunfire? Anyone in your family shot dead on the street? You spend fifteen years of your career hunting these guys? It's not gangs! And you stop talkin' to me like I'm your waiter.

  [gets out of the room] 

  D.D.A. Emma Rios : Wow. Does he always get that... that... that-that hostile?

  Lt. Louie Provenza : Mm, hmm. Actually, Emma, I think what he was trying to say, in his own way, was don't be so damn rude. Excuse me.

  [gets out of the room] 

  D.D.A. Emma Rios : I wasn't rude. I was...

  Buzz Watson : Obnoxious? Dismissive?

  Lt. Mike Tao : So, what's your theory of the crime?

• Jackson Raydor : I want to see that video of Javier's interrogation before I leave here. I won't let you trample that man's civil rights in order for you to get what you need.

  Lt. Louie Provenza : Sit. Wait. We'll get back to you after we've burned the Constitution. Like you really care.

  Captain Sharon Raydor : No questions.

  Detective Julio Sanchez : Right. Javier, we're not allowed to interview you, but there're two things that you should know. First, we're about to search your neighborhood for all the places that you could have buried Melissa Orr, paying special attention to your former addresses and homes of family members; and, secondly, whatever your relationship with Browning used to be, he doesn't like you anymore. It's gonna take days for the courts to find someone to defend you, since this is a death penalty case.

  Javier 'Speedy' Reyes : Death? But... Well, c-can't you help me?

  Captain Sharon Raydor : Not if you invoke your rights.

  Javier 'Speedy' Reyes : But what if I gave up my rights?

  Detective Julio Sanchez : Well, if you cooperate now, the DA has already agreed to give you a deal for second-degree murder - 17-to-life - so you have a parole date.

  Captain Sharon Raydor : Of course, if you didn't kill Melissa, then you're okay.

  Detective Julio Sanchez : And maybe you don't care about doing what's right, but maybe your relationship with Christ was like a joke that you played to get out of prison.

  Javier 'Speedy' Reyes : It's not a joke. Christ is the only thing that matters in my life. The Bible says it. Look it up.

• [Rusty asks Lt. Provenza and Buzz for help in getting out of a dinner date with Kris and her parents] 

  Lt. Louie Provenza : [referring to Rusty's mom]  Just, uh, tell me Rusty, you ever have anyone in your life that you really cared about just not show up and leave you hanging?

  Rusty Beck : S'not like that.

  Lt. Louie Provenza : Oh, but it is. It's exactly like that.

• Lt. Louie Provenza : What do you think, Captain? Is Browning our guy, was he trying to kill Speedy, or have we merely been documenting the role of chance in the universe?