Dallas Roberts: Eliot Delson

Quotes 

• Eliot Delson : I was in here earlier, and I couldn't help but notice that you had a bottle of nail polish remover near where the bodies were being autopsied, and then I saw a curling iron, and I... I thought maybe this is a good time to talk about protocol.

  Delina Michaels : Wait. Wait. You think I'd use this on my nails?

  Eliot Delson : Well, it is nail polish remover.

  Delina Michaels : And Korbel is champagne. Doesn't mean I'm gonna drink it. The nail polish is for the acetone. Helps pull up any foreign elements, like copolymer resinase. In the van, for instance, which helped lead us to the missile.

  Eliot Delson : [with a nervous chuckle]  Yes, it... it certainly did.

  Delina Michaels : Yeah, and the curler allows me to cut through the subderma after rigor mortis sets in. It warms the muscle mass and allows me to cut shallow without damaging the surrounding tissue. Couple tricks I learned in training. At Quantico.

  Eliot Delson : [awkwardly, feeling dumb]  Mm-hmm. Well, I'm really glad we had this conversation. Good night.

• Eliot Delson : Listen, I'm only gonna say this once. Yes, we broke protocol, but I personally ordered my detectives to look at this case. We were already working with Daytona PD. I didn't want to involve any other agencies until there was something to involve them with. Now, clearly there is. So, moving forward, I'm more than happy to keep you in the loop.

  Lt. Greg Sartain : Not a problem.

• Eliot Delson : You three have some explaining to do. I specifically said this was not a Major Crimes case.

  Carrie Wells : Well, you know I have a problem with authority.

  Eddie Martin : And commitment, too, by the way.

  Al Burns : Yeah, right?

  Carrie Wells : I do not have a problem with commitment. I just haven't met the right guy.

  Eliot Delson : Whoa. Okay, stop. Just stop talking. The point is, this is now a Major Crimes case. Don't screw it up.

• Jay Lee : Hey, guys, we gotta talk.

  Carrie Wells : Oh. What kind of "welcome back" is that?

  Al Burns : Especially for the most eligible bachelorette in New York.

  Jay Lee : Yeah, yeah, I read that article.

  Eliot Delson : Don't say another word, Jay. You'll ruin the surprise.

  Carrie Wells : [suspiciously]  What surprise?

• Eliot Delson : I'd like you to both meet a detective out of Daytona Beach. Uh, Carrie, I believe you spent some time there? Al Burns, Detective Eddie Martin. Carrie, there's no introduction needed because, apparently, he's your husband.

• Carrie Wells : What are you doing here, Eddie?

  Eddie Martin : I've been tracking a couple of guys out of Daytona. Got a string of dead bodies to their names.

  Al Burns : And that's our problem why?

  Eddie Martin : Four days ago, they got into a van full of methylamine and headed north. I followed them to see if I could find their buyers. But I lost them coming out of the Holland Tunnel.

  Eliot Delson : Your C.O. signed off on this?

  Eddie Martin : I took some vacation days. It's kind of... kind of a personal mission for me.

  Al Burns : Yeah, I can see that.

• Eliot Delson : While I commend you taking vacation days and using them for work - Carrie, Al, you could learn a thing or two from him - Major Crimes does not condone vigilante missions. I'll leave you two alone for a moment.

  Carrie Wells : Thanks, Eliot.

  Eddie Martin : I think he meant for the two of us to have a moment.

  Al Burns : Oh, I don't care what he meant.