Twin Peaks (TV Series)

Masked Ball (1990)

Clarence Williams III: FBI Agent Roger Hardy

Quotes 

• FBI Agent Roger Hardy : Agent Cooper, it's showtime. You've heard the charges. What do you wish to present as your defense?

  Special Agent Dale Cooper : I have no defense. I am completely confident that in the rightness of my actions. Some of it occurred outside of Bureau guidelines, and I will pay the price for that. But I am innocent of any criminal wrongdoing. If they wish to charge me, I will defend myself in a court of law.

  FBI Agent Roger Hardy : Dale. There's a right way and a wrong way to do this. And the first thing we expect is for a Bureau man to stand up for himself. A man who can't, who doesn't even try, well, he may be packing feathers where his spine is supposed to be.

  Special Agent Dale Cooper : Roger. I know the moves I'm supposed to make. And I know the board.

  FBI Agent Roger Hardy : So?

  Special Agent Dale Cooper : I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. And I've started to focus out beyond the edge of the board. On a bigger game.

  FBI Agent Roger Hardy : What game?

  Special Agent Dale Cooper : The sound the wind makes through the vines. The sentience of animals. What we fear in the dark and what lies beyond the darkness.

  FBI Agent Roger Hardy : What the hell are you talking about?

  Special Agent Dale Cooper : I'm talking about seeing beyond fear, Roger. About looking at the world with love.

  FBI Agent Roger Hardy : They're liable to extradite you for murder and drug trafficking.

  Special Agent Dale Cooper : These are things I cannot control.