The Rookies (TV Series)

Someone Who Cares (1975)

Bruce Fairbairn: Officer Chris Owens

Quotes 

• Lt. Ed Ryker : [Lt. Ryker and Officer Chris Owens are at the cemetery. They are standing some distance from Officer Terry Webster and Mrs. Austin, who is kneeling by Karen's grave; Terry is standing next to her]  You can be proud of what you did, Owens, the two of you.

  Officer Chris Owens : [Chris looks at Lt. Ryker]  Ah, not me, Lieutenant. Terry. He's the one who really cared.

  Lt. Ed Ryker : [Lt. Ryker looks upward, reflecting on Chris's statement]  Yeah, I guess he's his brother's keeper, all right. He just couldn't stand the thought of that girl remaining Jane Doe #4 and he just wouldn't quit until he'd given her back her own identity.

  [Ryker looks back at Chris] 

  Lt. Ed Ryker : He's a good man.

  Officer Chris Owens : [Chris is deep in thought as he looks toward Terry and Mrs Austin, who are now walking up the path]  Yeah. I also think he gave her more than an identity... immortality, maybe. Someone who cared enough about her not to forget.

  Officer Terry Webster : [Terry is holding Mrs Austin's arm as they are walking up the path. He is reflecting on his earlier conversation about Karen]  She touched me... she reached out... she asked me to help her. Do you want me to pretend she didn't happen? 'Cause, if that's what life has to be about, then it's nothing more than a joke. And the joke just happens to be on every one of us...