Karen Sisco (TV Series)
Blown Away (2003)
Carla Gugino: Karen Sisco
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Quotes
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[Karen Sisco is having drinks with her date, Carl, at a bar by the harbor]
Carl Lokens : Let me guess. Schoolteacher.
Karen Sisco : No.
[takes a sip of her drink]
Carl Lokens : Social worker?
Karen Sisco : [smiles, shakes head no] Mm-mm.
Carl Lokens : Lawyer?
Karen Sisco : What kind of lawyer?
Carl Lokens : Contracts.
Karen Sisco : [smiling, shakes head] Not a lawyer.
Carl Lokens : [pauses for a moment, thinking] Um, art dealer? Stolen paintings? Right? Shipped in from New York?
Karen Sisco : [chuckles softly] Want me to tell you?
Carl Lokens : [smiling back at her] No.
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[Karen notices Carl twirling an unlit cigarette with one hand as they have drinks]
Karen Sisco : What's with the cigarette?
Carl Lokens : I quit. It's just to remind me.
Karen Sisco : Of what?
Carl Lokens : That I can. Give me a hint.
Karen Sisco : [chuckles softly, shaking her head] Play the game, play the rules.
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[while having drinks, Carl notices the bruise on Karen's chest that she got three days earlier in pursuit of a fugitive who shot her bulletproof vest]
Carl Lokens : Is that a birthmark?
Karen Sisco : Something like that.
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Carl Lokens : [trying to guess what Karen does for a living] Yoga instructor?
Karen Sisco : Give up?
Carl Lokens : [smiles, shakes his head] Never.
Karen Sisco : We'll see.
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[Karen gets a call from her father, Marshall, as she's driving to work]
Karen Sisco : Hi, Daddy.
Marshall Sisco : Listen to this: guy goes in to rob a bank, tells his partner to circle the block; he comes running out, gets hit by a car. Who do you think's driving?
Karen Sisco : The partner.
Marshall Sisco : [laughs] They say irony's dead.
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Karen Sisco : You working today?
Marshall Sisco : Yeah. Guy in a wheelchair. Insurance scam.
Karen Sisco : How'd he get in the chair?
Marshall Sisco : Fell off his desk.
Karen Sisco : They'll do that on you.
Marshall Sisco : Every damn time.
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Marshall Sisco : So, this new guy you're seeing, you tell him what you do yet?
Karen Sisco : He still wants to guess.
Marshall Sisco : Huh, sounds like an insurance agent.
Karen Sisco : [laughs] He's a charter fisherman. He owns a boat.
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Marshall Sisco : I always wanted a boat.
Karen Sisco : Dad, you get seasick.
Marshall Sisco : What's that got to do with the price of eggs? Live by the ocean, man ought to have a boat.
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Karen Sisco : I got to run.
Marshall Sisco : Why, you got something to do?
Karen Sisco : Yeah, I'm back at work.
Marshall Sisco : [pauses] How you feeling?
Karen Sisco : Not you too.
Marshall Sisco : I'll see you tomorrow night at poker.
Karen Sisco : Bye, Daddy.
Marshall Sisco : Bye, honey.
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Danny Quintero : Did you get my report?
Karen Sisco : I did.
Danny Quintero : Did you read it?
Karen Sisco : Not 'til I finish mine.
Danny Quintero : Still fuzzy on the details?
Karen Sisco : Bits and pieces.
Danny Quintero : Well, you know, if you need any help...
Karen Sisco : I'll let you know.
Danny Quintero : It was good, though. Textbook.
Karen Sisco : If it was textbook, how come the guy's dead?
Konner : [standing nearby] Good point.
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Karen Sisco : Who's the new guy?
Danny Quintero : Konner, transfer from D.C. Brought in Hector Marcante, solo. Dad told me all about him.
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Amos Andrews : I'd say welcome back, but you're not. I gave you a week off.
Karen Sisco : [holds up APB sheet] This guy, Washman? I know his M.O. If you want, I can pick him up.
Anya Devlin : [sitting in Amos' office] Hello, Karen?
Amos Andrews : [to Karen, softly] Devlin, Internal Affairs, shrink.
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[Karen meets with Devlin, the department psychologist, in Amos' office]
Anya Devlin : Just dropped by to check on your progress. Standard procedure after a fatal. See if we can arrange a time to talk?
Karen Sisco : Thanks, I'm not really a talker.
Anya Devlin : Well, the wrinkle here is you haven't filed a report.
Karen Sisco : Oh, I'll file it.
Anya Devlin : Great. When?
Karen Sisco : When I'm clear on what happened.
Anya Devlin : So you still don't remember.
Karen Sisco : It'll come to me.
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Anya Devlin : Your partner's report says that you were primary through the door, that the shooter was...
Karen Sisco : Are you asking or telling me?
Anya Devlin : Why don't you remember?
Amos Andrews : Oh, let me? Girl takes a .45 slug to the chest, enough to knock out a rhino. Wakes up with every bone in her body bruised, and a Tijuana-sized headache, something like that? I'm sure you've had nights like that. Do you remember the details?
Anya Devlin : [gives Amos a sour look, turns to Karen] Make an appointment, okay? Goodbye, Amos.
[Devlin leaves Amos' office]
Amos Andrews : Goodbye.
Karen Sisco : "Girl?"
Amos Andrews : A figure of speech. File the report. 'Til then, you're off warrants. Courthouse duty tomorrow. Today: take the rest of it off.
[Karen turns and walks away]
Amos Andrews : Off!
Karen Sisco : I heard you.
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[Karen is in her parked car trying to remember details of a shooting when her cell phone rings]
Karen Sisco : Sisco.
Marshall Sisco : You in the neighborhood?
Karen Sisco : Uh, not exactly.
Marshall Sisco : Great, come on by.
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[Karen meets with her father Marshall at his favorite bar & restaurant]
Marshall Sisco : Ah, courthouse duty, that's exciting.
Mordecai Jones : [walks up and hands Marshall a manila envelope] Not too big on courthouses myself.
Karen Sisco : Mordecai, I thought you were doing time up at Glades?
Mordecai Jones : [smiling] Good behavior. Now I'm workin' for your dad.
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[Marshall shows Karen photos of his insurance scam case]
Marshall Sisco : How do you get a guy to jump out of his wheelchair?
Karen Sisco : Set fire to his pants?
Marshall Sisco : His pants are already on fire.
Karen Sisco : She the physical therapist?
Mordecai Jones : How'd you guess?
Karen Sisco : The lipstick.
Marshall Sisco : [to Mordecai] I told you she was good.
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Mordecai Jones : [to Karen] You tell that guy what you do yet?
[Karen looks at her father]
Marshall Sisco : We were talkin' boats. The subject ceme up.
Karen Sisco : Naturally.
Mordecai Jones : Man ought to have a boat.
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Marshall Sisco : Hemingway had a boat.
Karen Sisco : Hemingway knew how to swim.
Marshall Sisco : Details. Amos called.
Karen Sisco : Ah.
Marshall Sisco : He asked me to talk to you.
[Karen gives her father a look]
Marshall Sisco : So we talked. You look great. Don't stay out too late.