CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)

Fannysmackin' (2006)

William Petersen: CSI Dr. Gil Grissom

Quotes 

• Gil Grissom : Truth is, a moral compass can only point you in the right direction; it can't make you go there. Our culture preaches that you shouldn't be ashamed of anything you do anymore and, unfortunately, this city is built on the principle that there's no such thing as guilt. 'Do whatever you want; we won't tell.' So without a conscience, there's nothing to stop you from killing someone and evidently, you don't even have to feel bad about it.

• Catherine Willows : Pig and the piglets are in the pigpen.

  Warrick Brown : About time. Finally some good news.

  Catherine Willows : Did you know Pig, a.k.a Cole Tritt, was the only adult? The rest were all under 18. One was 14.

  Warrick Brown : You're kidding. Who raises these kids?

  Catherine Willows : I mean, they weren't all delinquents. Demetrius James was a college student.

  Nick Stokes : Hangin' out with the wrong crowd in the wrong town. I'm tellin' ya, havin' a fake I.D in Las Vegas is like havin' a - a free ticket on the hell train. Sex, drugs, gambling, no adult supervision, 24/7, by the time they're 21 they've done and seen it all.

  Catherine Willows : Make me slit my wrists why don't ya? I'm raising a teenager here.

  Warrick Brown : Ah, you're doin' a great job, Linds is gonna turn out to be a beautiful young woman. Besides, I grew up in Vegas, I didn't turn out so bad, did I?

  Nick Stokes : Yeah. That was pre-Mirage. Back when you were goin' to the casino, playin' the arcade games. Nah, Vegas is a different animal now.

  Warrick Brown : Yeah, these kids need to beat people up in the street to be entertained. They need some good discipline, they need their grandmother whuppin' their ass like I had.

  Nick Stokes : Yeah, a good slap.

  Sara Sidle : You know, it kinda sounds like you guys are blaming everyone but these kids. I mean, you don't get a bye just because you grew up here or your parents are on drugs or - - those kids were perfectly capable of telling the difference between a wild night out and beating somebody to death.

  Gil Grissom : The truth is, a moral compass can only point you in the right direction, it can't make you go there. Our culture preaches that you shouldn't be ashamed of anything you do anymore. And unfortunately this city is built on the principle that there's no such thing as guilt. "Do whatever you want, we won't tell." So without a conscience, there's nothing to stop you from killing someone. And evidently you don't even have to feel bad about it.

• Gil Grissom : [to Greg]  Greg... lose the monkey suit, you got a scene; liquor store robbery. Here's the address.

  Greg Sanders : [takes slip of paper from Grissom]  Related to the earlier 415s?

  Gil Grissom : Could be - Sofia's got one of the suspect's sweaters. I need you to seal it, bring it back here and anything you can find.

  Greg Sanders : All right. Who's my wingman?

  Gil Grissom : You're a big boy, Greg. You don't need a wingman for this.

  Greg Sanders : Primary.

  [smiles] 

  Greg Sanders : Nice.

• Gil Grissom : Humans have always adapted strategies from insects. Swarming is an ancient military tactic. You surround your enemies, then attack from all directions simultaneously. Alexander the Great pioneered the maneuver 2,000 years ago. Although swarms consist of several individuals, they must be treated as a single entity, which lives, thinks and moves as one, built with an internal logic to continue forward, gain momentum and never backtrack.