Femme Fatales (TV Series)

Libra (2012)

Adam Huss: Max Bailey

Quotes 

• Max Bailey : You thought I wouldn't know where you were going?

  Libra : You shouldn't be here.

  Max Bailey : Neither should you. Being anywhere near Olesky right now is a very bad idea.

  Libra : Yeah, and you need to let me be. Let me take him down.

  Max Bailey : Are you trying to get yourself killed? You try and get in there, and you're dead. Libra is a fictional comic book character. Somehow, I don't think the author based his stories on your real-life exploits. You're not Libra.

  Libra : He let my mother die. Some kidnappers took her for some easy score. They tried to ransom her back. $5 million. They wanted $5 million. Pocket change for my father. He told them to go screw themselves. Refused to pay a dime. Cops found her a couple of days later -- raped and mutilated. We had to have a closed casket. He didn't even come to the funeral -- too busy screwing one of his harlots.

  Max Bailey : You're Anya Olesky?

  Libra : No. I'm Libra. And these streets are mine. And tonight, Dimitri Olesky will pay for the blood that he has spilled.

• Max Bailey : I was... I was surprised you got that Socetti case dismissed. Even Dimitri thought he was going downhill for that one... especially after Homeland Security got involved.

  Norma Swanson : Well, I had some help on that. And Dimitri spread a lot of cash to make it go away.

  Max Bailey : Help, huh? So Olesky does have a mole in Special Investigations. Any idea who it is?

  Norma Swanson : Not a clue. Since when are you so nosy? Anyway, it's a good thing he does. I can't keep blowing big cases every week without someone catching on.

  Max Bailey : You ever think what if you hadn't started taking bribes? With Burke and Bannion dead, you really could've amounted to something in this town.

  Norma Swanson : Careful, darling. I'll be something in this town because I can be bought. They got off cheap with Burke... but with me, they're gonna pay retail.

• Max Bailey : Well, you got your revenge. I guess we both did. Now what?

  Libra : It's not about us anymore. There's a lot of people suffering in Cuesta Verde. People who have no one to help them. Cuesta Verde needs a symbol. A champion for the oppressed.

  Max Bailey : You know anyone for the job?

  Libra : I might.

  Max Bailey : That was a rhetorical question.

  Libra : I can't do this all by myself. I need a Robin.

  Max Bailey : A Robin? Your very own Boy Wonder? I don't think so.

  Libra : Ah, come on. You'd look hot in tights.

  Max Bailey : We'll see, Anya.

  Libra : The name's Libra, and these streets are mine.

• The Detective : You're telling me that some chick named Libra, dressed in black spandex and wearing a Halloween mask, saved your life and took you back to her secret hideout, like some kind of comic book superhero?

  Max Bailey : It wasn't spandex. It was leather. And she is a comic book superhero. At least she thinks she is.

  The Detective : [chuckles]  Well, please, don't let me interrupt. Continue.

• Max Bailey : Where am I, lady?

  Libra : The name's not "Lady". It's Libra.

  Max Bailey : Okay, nice to meet you, um... Libra. My name is Max...

  Libra : Max Bailey. I know. I've had Olesky's place under surveillance for weeks.

  Max Bailey : Are you a cop?

  Libra : You never know. But mostly just a concerned citizen. Same as you.

  Max Bailey : That's the first time anyone's ever called me that.

  Libra : Your father worked for Olesky. They were partners until Olesky cut him out of the business. When your father started to talk, Olesky had him killed.

  [removes her mask] 

  Libra : You want revenge... just like I do. But instead of wearing a mask, you're helping the police. You're looking for Olesky's mole in Special Investigations.

  Max Bailey : Yeah; Do you know who that is?

  Libra : [removes her utility belt and drops it on the floor]  Not yet.

  Max Bailey : Look, I need to report in. Tomorrow night Olesky's having a sit-down with the other bosses.

  Libra : That's right.

  [removes her evening gloves] 

  Libra : I plan on being there.

  Max Bailey : Who are you? I mean, nobody names their kid "Libra".

  Libra : We're on the same team, Max. We just wear different uniforms.

  [stares Max in the face] 

  Libra : Do I frighten you?

  Max Bailey : Isn't that the idea?

  Libra : There's a reason you should be frightened of me.

  [removes her costume and reveals her body to Max] 

  Libra : Before, I was just a woman. But gangsters aren't scared by women. They use them, exploit them, manipulate them. But Libra... she's a symbol. Someone that they can't bribe, scare or seduce. And the scales of justice always tip in Libra's favor. But right now, I'm not Libra. I'm just a woman.

  Max Bailey : You're beautiful.

  Libra : Thank you, Max Bailey.

  [kisses Max on the lips] 

  Libra : So what do you know about Libras? Hmm?

  Max Bailey : Ask me later.

  Libra : Uh-huh.

  Max Bailey : I'm still learning.

  Libra : Yeah? Well... for one, we loathe cruelty, viciousness and vulgarity. But we believe in compassion and compromise.

  Max Bailey : Doesn't sound like you.

  Libra : You know what else? We like to be touched.

  Max Bailey : Oh.

  Libra : That leg isn't gonna give you trouble now, is it?

  Max Bailey : No, I'll manage.

  Libra : That's what I thought.