Unforgettable (TV Series)

The Haircut (2014)

Dylan Walsh: Al Burns

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• Dr. Paul Hughes : I was up by a lot.

  Carrie Wells : He's right. He was. By 152, to be exact.

  Gavin : You don't know that.

  Carrie Wells : Yes, I do. I also know you failed to score your buddy's last three shots. A 21, a 16, and a 19, which brings your total score to 286. And you need to tuck your elbow further under the dart. You had three wall hits and punctured the beer sign. Twice.

  Gavin : What are you, the dart police?

  Carrie Wells : Yeah. I show up whenever anyone sucks at darts.

  Al Burns : [pulling her away]  Come on, come on.

  Carrie Wells : Wanna go? Wanna go? Wanna go?

  Al Burns : Please, can you give your highly superior memory a break while we try to relax?

  Carrie Wells : I... I never relax. You know this.

  Al Burns : [offering her the darts]  I do.

  Carrie Wells : Am I winning?

  Al Burns : You don't remember?

  Carrie Wells : [fake laugh]  I'm winning.

• Jay Lee : The victim was found by housekeeping when they came around to clean. We sealed off the room, but this one... it's gonna be a political nightmare.

  Al Burns : Why?

  Jay Lee : It's the reporter, Annabel Parker.

• Al Burns : One more bullseye, I would've had you. Plus, you foot-faulted.

  Carrie Wells : [taunting singsong]  Dreaming.

• Cherie Rollins-Murray : Bad news. General Claridge's office just kicked our interview request back. He's not available.

  Al Burns : On what grounds?

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : He's "engaged in matters of national security."

  Carrie Wells : Oh. With a naked intern?

  Al Burns : You tell them if it's a subpoena they want, it's a subpoena they'll get.

• Carrie Wells : You have a friend in that office, right? Why don't you just ask him?

  Al Burns : Yeah. Maybe.

  Carrie Wells : What is that look on your face?

  Al Burns : No, no, no, it's just funny you assume it's a man. Lieutenant Colonel Emily Connors.

  Carrie Wells : Emily. Wow. Well, should I assume by the look on your face that you two were more than just friends?

  Al Burns : Carrie.

  Carrie Wells : Mm? You slept with her, didn't you?

  Al Burns : That is a matter of national security.

  Carrie Wells : You're not gonna tell me?

  [he leaves without answering] 

  Carrie Wells : Not jealous!

• Jay Lee : Since we weren't able to find Annabel's phone, I dumped it for all the call records and texts, but there's nothing there. Nothing about the room and anything related. My guess is she used Snapchat or Burn Note for these kinds of messages.

  Al Burns : No idea what you're talking about.

  Jay Lee : They're apps where messages appear for a short time, then they disappear.

  Al Burns : So, perfect for spies.

  Jay Lee : Or discreet hookups.

• Al Burns : Jay said Hoda's cell was a burner. No way to be certain it was really her.

  Carrie Wells : It was her. I know it was her. And she's trying to tell us something important. Someone wants us to stop.

  Al Burns : It's the someone that bothers me. These Washington guys...

  [entering the office and seeing Agent Simms at his desk] 

  Al Burns : Ah, I rest my case.

  Carrie Wells : Hello. Is the president here to see me? I'm awfully flattered.

  Agent Frank Simms : Not the president, but the next best thing.

  Al Burns : Francis, get out of my chair.

• Emily Connors : So... I didn't put on hand-crafted French perfume so we could talk shop, did I?

  Al Burns : I'm sorry. I just thought you could give me some insight into why Hoda Amin would think her life was in danger.

  Emily Connors : Don't get distracted by the messenger. Pay attention to the message.

  Al Burns : So you don't think she's in danger?

  Emily Connors : Sure she is, just not in the way that you think. But you've got a different problem.

  Al Burns : Which is?

  Emily Connors : You're wasting a lovely meal with a beautiful woman.

  Al Burns : Mm.

  Emily Connors : [she hands him a blueback]  What's this?

  Al Burns : Subpoena for your boss.

  Emily Connors : You're supposed to give it to the person directly.

  Al Burns : That's absolutely correct. Maybe you could help me with that.

  Emily Connors : [amused]  No wonder you're still single.

• Carrie Wells : How was your lunch?

  Al Burns : Good. Yours?

  Carrie Wells : Good.

  Al Burns : We both had good lunches.

  Carrie Wells : Mine was great.

  Al Burns : Mine was just good.

  Carrie Wells : Good is fine when you can't have great.

• Al Burns : The heroin packets match the ones we found in Annabel's room. You're done, Joey.

  Joey Quinones : I'm not a murderer.

  Al Burns : You're a heroin dealer! Annabel died from a hot shot. And now, your palm print in her hotel room.

  Joey Quinones : Yeah, okay, so I was in there last night, but early. I had the drugs, the door was propped open. I put 'em in the safe, and then I was gone. There was nobody there.

  Al Burns : You ever deliver drugs to her before?

  Joey Quinones : No! I thought it was weird, but I figured she was working on an undercover thing, making a trade for a story or something.

  Al Burns : You heard from Annabel directly? She called you?

  Joey Quinones : No. It was a Burn Note. But she had nicknames for everybody. Mine was Holden.

  [indicating his hat] 

  Joey Quinones : You know, like "Catcher in the Rye". She's the only one who called me that, so I knew it was her.

  Al Burns : Burn Note? Not Snapchat?

  Joey Quinones : Snapchat? Do I look 16?

• Al Burns : The general's lawyers claim he's not even in the country.

  Eliot Delson : Stop. Can you? Can you stop harrassing the Deputy Director of National Security?

  Carrie Wells : This guy is a suspect in a murder investigation.

  Al Burns : The name at the top of our list.

  Eliot Delson : Why isn't Joey Quinones that name?

  Al Burns : This was way over his pay grade.

  Eliot Delson : Okay, let me break it down. One one side, we have a sleazy, drug-dealing paparazzo who was actually in the room and he knows how to inject heroin. And on the other side, we have a highly-decorated intelligence officer whom no one saw at the hotel that night.

  Carrie Wells : Didn't your mommy tell you not to judge a book by its cover? We have a photograph.

  Eliot Delson : Forget about that. Can't this just be easy? Remember the good old days when it was just the drug dealer who did it?

• Al Burns : Are you still having dinner with Frankie later?

  Carrie Wells : Yeah. Why? You and, uh, Emily wanna do a double date thing tonight?

  Al Burns : I'm just saying, if the subject of how to get to the general comes up...

  Carrie Wells : I should seduce the information out of him, do whatever it takes, right?

  Al Burns : Or you could just ask for his help.

  Carrie Wells : Or I could seduce him.

• Al Burns : Now another person is dead.

  Emily Connors : What does this have to do with me?

  Al Burns : I'm not making accusations. I'm asking for your help. This has all the tradecraft of your side of the table.

  Emily Connors : You have no idea what my side of the table is like.

  Al Burns : Look, no disrespect. I got two young people murdered.

  Emily Connors : You don't understand how hard it was for me to get where I am now. What you're asking me for... if I hand it over to you, everyone will know; the NSA, the CIA, Homeland. I'll be through. It's a breach I won't recover from. My career will be over.

  Al Burns : I understand. I do. But the Emily Connors I used to know... she knew the difference between right and wrong.

• Carrie Wells : You know, the Al Burns I know is kind of a comic book guy. Who turned you on to Vigenère?

  Al Burns : I did it by myself.

  Carrie Wells : Lie!

  Al Burns : All right. Had a little help.

  Carrie Wells : Ah. From Lieutenant Colonel Emily Connors?

  Al Burns : As a matter of fact, yes.

  Carrie Wells : Hmm.

  Al Burns : At least my contact was useful.

  Carrie Wells : Well, that depends on how you define "useful."

• Al Burns : [after Carrie tackles the killer]  You're a little small for a linebacker.

  Carrie Wells : Yeah, well, I make up for it with speed, right?

• Carrie Wells : [seeing Emily on the news]  She's pretty.

  Al Burns : Mm-hmm.

  Carrie Wells : She is. Strong, authoritative. I mean, I bet she doesn't have a highly superior biographical memory or a deeply torture soul, but, you know, you just... you can't have it all, right? She's pretty.

  Al Burns : Yeah. My taste in women is impeccable. Look in the mirror.

  Carrie Wells : Aw. You know what's strange? No matter what we do or where we go, somehow we always end up together, you and me.

  Al Burns : And a dartboard. And your highly superior memory can't help you throw a dart.

  Carrie Wells : It can help me remember how many times you lose.

  Al Burns : All right. Let's go.

  Carrie Wells : [laughing]  Here, I'm bringing your drink. You're gonna need it.