Without a Trace (TV Series)

Prodigy (2003)

Anthony LaPaglia: Jack Malone

Quotes 

• Jack Malone : Quite the struggle.

  Martin Fitzgerald : Yeah. Looks like she was grabbed here, dropped the bow. No one on the stage saw her, so she must have been carried out through that emergency exit door there.

  Jack Malone : What about the alarm?

  Martin Fitzgerald : It was turned off. That's the door everyone uses to catch a smoke in the alley.

  Jack Malone : Mm.

  Martin Fitzgerald : We also found this backstage pass. There's no ID on it. The elastic band is torn, so it must have come off during the struggle.

  Jack Malone : Must have been an inside job. It's a pretty risky plan.

  Martin Fitzgerald : Oh, uh, one other thing: her violin's missing. A performer at her level, that violin's worth a hell of a lot of money, so maybe the perp was actually after the instrument, she put up a big fight, and he said "Heck with it. Let's grab her, too."

  Jack Malone : Well, let's hope it's not just about the violin. If it is, they have no need for her now.

• Danny Taylor : She just got a six-figure record deal for her first CD. She's got tour dates set up through 2005, and she's getting 15 grand per performance.

  Jack Malone : How many performances per year?

  Danny Taylor : About 30, sometimes more. It's all on her website.

  Jack Malone : They put how much she makes on her website?

  Danny Taylor : It makes her a pretty good target, huh?

  Jack Malone : We could be dealing with a stalker here. I think what we need to do is cross-reference the fans, the people who work backstage, and anybody who has access to the backstage area.

• Martin Fitzgerald : Okay, the backstage pass we found in her dressing room, it was forged.

  Jack Malone : Eh, it's a holographic image. Has to be the work of a pro. We should keep an eye for anyone that might have skills in graphic design. Uh, any news on the violin?

  Martin Fitzgerald : Oh, yeah. This baby's got quite a bit of history. The Amatti violin, nicknamed the Serafina, built in 1624, it's worth a quarter of a million bucks, and it was a gift from her first mentor.

  Jack Malone : It's probably doubled in value since it's been splattered all over the media.

  Martin Fitzgerald : Right. I've got calls in to some high-end violin dealers.

  Jack Malone : Any bites?

  Martin Fitzgerald : I'll tell you, there's a definite black market here, so I don't think it's gonna take long for some greedy soul to show up.

• Samantha Spade : Sorry, I got held up with something.

  Jack Malone : How'd it go?

  Samantha Spade : Pointless.

  Jack Malone : [sarcastically deadpan]  That's good.

• Samantha Spade : I spoke to our attaché in Moscow. He gave me some very interesting details on Natasha's father, Dmitry. Here we go. He was sentenced to 25 years in a Russian prison for racketeering. He only served two.

  Jack Malone : I doubt he got out for good behavior. He must have turned on somebody.

  Samantha Spade : Well, if that's the case, I'm sure he had enemies going in, he had a hell of a lot more coming out.

• Dmitry : Any news?

  Jack Malone : I should be asking you that.

  Dmitry : What are you talking about?

  Jack Malone : I just heard you on the phone asking someone to call you if they heard anything about your daughter.

• Dmitry : I do have some friends. It's not a crime to ask them for help, is it?

  Jack Malone : No, but it is a crime to impede a federal investigation. Are you being threatened?

  Dmitry : If I'd been threatened, I would have already taken care of it.

  Jack Malone : Oh, is that so?

  Dmitry : Yes.

  Jack Malone : Let me give you a little piece of advice. If I find that you have interfered with this investigation, or taken the law into your own hands, I will not hesitate to arrest you and your wife.

  Dmitry : You cannot do that in this country.

  Jack Malone : I wouldn't count on it. Now, I want you to come with me to my office. We'll have a little discussion about your potential enemies.

• Samantha Spade : So, here's what I got. Apparently, Shane forged a note from his parents to get out of school, and nobody's seen him since 10:00 a.m. yesterday. Now, there's an 11:00 a.m. Greyhound that gets into the city at 4:30. That would have left him plenty of time to get to the concert hall.

  Jack Malone : He's got a credit card?

  Samantha Spade : Yeah, in his father's name. We're running it now. Get anything out of the dad?

  Jack Malone : Well, it turns out we were right. He rolled over on a couple of Mafia types in St. Petersburg. One happens to be his ex-business partner. Moved to New York a couple of months ago.

  Samantha Spade : Maybe his ex-partner's here to settle a score.

  Jack Malone : We're not gonna know until we find him. In the meantime, I want you to talk to Natasha's doctor, find out about those drugs.

• Dr. Lisa Harris : You wanted to ask me about Agent Spade?

  Jack Malone : Yeah, I get the impression that she may be resisting you a little.

  Dr. Lisa Harris : She's been resisting me a lot, actually. Having a hard time even getting her in the room.

  Jack Malone : You want me to talk to her?

  Dr. Lisa Harris : No. No, she'll come around.

  Jack Malone : What if she doesn't?

  Dr. Lisa Harris : They all do. Most of them.

• Danny Taylor : [bumping into Jack outside Dr. Harris' office]  Not you, too.

  Jack Malone : No, but thanks for asking.

• Danny Taylor : We found her dad's old business partner. Yevgeny Putkin. No sign of Natasha, but we're still gonna bring him in.

  [handing Jack a folder] 

  Danny Taylor : You're gonna find this interesting.

  Jack Malone : [giving the file a once-over]  Secret Service, huh?

• Martin Fitzgerald : [watching a witness with a sketch artist]  He said the guy had a Russian accent and a beard and a leather jacket.

  Jack Malone : Well, that describes about half the male population of Brighton Beach.

• Vivian Johnson : If I have to look at one more bearded, 40ish, scary-looking Russian guy, I'm gonna blow my brains out.

  Jack Malone : Yeah, I know.

  Vivian Johnson : How'd you learn to speak Russian, anyhow?

  Jack Malone : A busboy at the Russian Tea Room.

  Vivian Johnson : Hmm. Learn something new about you every day.

  Jack Malone : Yeah, I know. It's a lot of fun, isn't it?

• Danny Taylor : Check this out. Our tech found this buried in the hard drive of Natasha's computer. It's from that guy that keeps stalking her, Ivan Breznev?

  Vivian Johnson : That's Yelena.

  Danny Taylor : Mm-hmm. That has to be Natasha, right? There's Dmitry in the background. There's a message in Russian.

  Jack Malone : It says "look closely."

  Danny Taylor : Now, imagine him with a beard.

• Jack Malone : You know what? I don't have time to screw around anymore. You either tell me everything you know about Aleksander, or I'm gonna charge you as an accessory to kidnapping, and you're gonna get a taste of what American prison's like.

  Aleksander Denisovich : He only wants to see his daughter, okay? He wanted to see her, asked me for the pass. I did it for him for old times' sake. And 300 bucks.

  Jack Malone : Was that the friends and family rate? I'd like an address, please.

  Aleksander Denisovich : Klantic Avenue, 25th Street.