Major Crimes (TV Series)

Risk Assessment (2013)

G.W. Bailey: Louie Provenza

Quotes 

• Louie Provenza : And the only reason that you are riding along with us is to see if you can be a team player and follow directions, and so far, Mr. Beck, you are doing a crappy job.

  Rusty Beck : Let's have it.

  Louie Provenza : Stay in the hall.

  Rusty Beck : [to Buzz after Provenza exits]  Geez. Why is he being so rude?

  Buzz Watson : Not following orders is worse than being rude. If you want the captain to sign papers approving your participation in an SIS operation, you better do what the lieutenant says.

  Rusty Beck : Bu... but just standing here is boring.

  Buzz Watson : You expect us all to be fascinated with your life, but you never take the smallest interest in other people.

  Rusty Beck : I do so take an interest in other people. I do that all the time.

  Buzz Watson : All the time? Really?

  Rusty Beck : Yeah.

  Buzz Watson : So tell me, why did Lieutenant Provenza become a detective? What was Mike Tao going to do before he started working Homicides? The reason you can't answer those questions is because you never ask people about themselves - ever. Not even how they're doing in the morning.

  Rusty Beck : Well, I don't have to ask how you're doing because you're, like, obviously in a really bad mood.

  Buzz Watson : No. I'm disappointed... again.

• Andy Flynn : Mike, you have an apartment number for our victim?

  Rusty Beck : I think it's that one.

  Louie Provenza : And how do you know that, Detective Beck?

  Rusty Beck : Because that's where Brenda's husband is standing.

• Rusty Beck : So I've been thinking over, um, being a team player, and if this really is a team, then shouldn't I know more about the people playing on it?

  Andy Flynn : You asking a question about us?

  Rusty Beck : Yes. Why is that such a huge surprise? It's not like I'm an egomaniac. I am interested in other people.

  Louie Provenza : Mmm, 'kay. All right. What are you interested in?

  Rusty Beck : Well, you know, like, why did you become a police officer?

  Louie Provenza : 'Cause I'm scared of fire. I'd rather be shot at than stand on the roof of a burning building surrounded by flames. Plus, I enjoy telling people what to do. It's fulfilling.

  Rusty Beck : And, uh, what about you, Lieutenant Flynn?

  Louie Provenza : Oh, God. The short version, please.

  Andy Flynn : When I was a kid, my older brother and I, we, um, "borrowed" a motorcycle that belonged to my cousin and took it for a joyride, and this cop, Officer Nichols, he caught us and brought us downtown, showed us the jail, and said, "This is where you're headed." Now, my brother, he didn't think too much of Officer Nichols, but me, I decided, better putting people in jail than going there myself. Right?

  Rusty Beck : So, you were almost a criminal.

  Louie Provenza : Ah, here we are.

• D.D.A. Emma Rios : Is there a reason why two hundred members of the 12th Street Rounders were arrested and no one thought to call me?

  Louie Provenza : Yes, because that's not our concern. We're only trying to find a suspect in the murders of Robert Keller and Tyler Rhodes.