CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)

Nesting Dolls (2005)

William Petersen: CSI Dr. Gil Grissom

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• Sara Sidle : [Sara and Grissom sit facing each other. The light from the setting sun filters through the darkening room]  It's funny... the things that you remember and the things that you don't, you know. There was a smell of iron in the air. Cast-off on the bedroom wall. There was this young cop puking his guts. I remember the woman who took me to foster care. I can't remember her name, which is strange, you know, 'cause I couldn't let go of her hand.

  Grissom : Well... the mind has its filters.

  Sara Sidle : I do remember the looks. I became the girl whose father was stabbed to death. Do you think there's a murder gene?

  Grissom : I don't believe that genes are a predictor of violent behavior.

  Sara Sidle : You wouldn't know that in my house. The fights, the yelling, the trips to the hospital. I thought it was the way that everybody lived. When my mother killed my father, I found out that it wasn't.

  [Sara starts to cry. Grissom reaches out and holds her hand] 

• Conrad Ecklie : I thought I was clear.

  Grissom : You were. Now let me be clear. Sara's behavior is a direct result of my management.

  Conrad Ecklie : So I should fire you.

  Grissom : But you won't.

• [last lines] 

  Grissom : [about Sara]  She's a great criminalist, Conrad. And I need her.

  Conrad Ecklie : I'm sure you do. You know what? She's a loose cannon with a gun. And she's all yours.

• [Grissom comes to Sara's residence] 

  Sara Sidle : Well, if you're here, it can't be good... Can I get you anything?

  Grissom : Sure. An explanation.

• Grissom : It's from The Big Chill. One of the characters explaining a basic fact of life - that rationalizations are more important to us than sex even.