Gotham (TV Series)
Mad City: Burn the Witch (2016)
Ben McKenzie: James Gordon
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Quotes
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[Valerie Vale shows up at Jim Gordon's front door]
Valerie Vale : Morning. Surprised to see me?
James Gordon : Not really. What do you want?
Valerie Vale : I have a proposition.
James Gordon : Not interested.
Valerie Vale : Oh, come on. Think of it as a way to say 'I'm sorry for handcuffing you to a car door.'
James Gordon : Except I'm not.
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[Valerie Vale asks for Jim Gordon's help to get the story]
James Gordon : What's in it for you?
Valerie Vale : A story.
James Gordon : That's it?
Valerie Vale : It shocks you that I love my job and I want to be good at it?
James Gordon : Kinda. Why not just bring her in yourself? Why give me a million dollars?
Valerie Vale : Because I'm a bigger person than you. And... because I couldn't find her.
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[Jim Gordon walks into Barbara Kean's bar]
Barbara Kean : [Barb smiles uncontrollably] Oh... my... God.
James Gordon : Hello, Barbara.
Barbara Kean : 'Hello, Barbara'? Is that all I get?
James Gordon : [Gordon hesitates] How you been?
Barbara Kean : [Barbara smiles] Oh. How've I been? Well, see for yourself. I mean, it's no art gallery, but there's less chance of me dying of boredom.
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[Barbara Kean meets Valerie Vale]
Barbara Kean : How's Lee?
James Gordon : We're not together.
Barbara Kean : No. I thought by now you would've chased her down, put a ring on it. Did you dump her? Oh, I bet you dumped her, didn't you? You're such a heartbreaker.
Valerie Vale : I feel like I walked into something.
Barbara Kean : [Barb turns to Valerie] 'Cause you did. Who are you?
Valerie Vale : Valerie Vale. I work for The Gazette. We're working on a project.
Barbara Kean : [Barb whispers] I bet. She your new girlfriend?
James Gordon : No.
Valerie Vale : No.
[Barb chuckles]
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[Barbara Kean offers Selina Kyle's whereabouts to Jim Gordon but only for a kiss]
James Gordon : Selina, have you seen her?
Barbara Kean : [Barb leans into Jim Gordon] A kiss. That's my price.
Valerie Vale : Is she serious? Are-are you serious?
Valerie Vale : [Valerie whispers behind Gordon] Do it.
James Gordon : [Gordon pauses before backing away] Never mind.
Barbara Kean : [Barb sighs] You're honestly no fun.
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[Barbara Kean tells Jim Gordon that she had a dream about him]
Barbara Kean : Jim. I had a dream about you the other night. You were in this horrible accident, and you lost both of your legs, and then I had to push you around in a giant baby carriage.
James Gordon : Good seeing you, Barbara.
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[Valerie Vale locks Jim Gordon out of the car]
James Gordon : Hey. Open the door.
Valerie Vale : You should've let me come to find Peabody.
James Gordon : Vale!
Valerie Vale : And, you know what, I like your ex.
[Valerie drives off without Gordon]
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[Valerie Vale tells Jim Gordon that they're even after both successfully ditching each other]
Valerie Vale : Can we call this even? You got me. I got you. It's over. Let me buy you a drink.
James Gordon : Yeah... it's over when I get Fish. You can read about it.
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[Jim Gordon tells Captain Barnes that they can't reach Harvey Bullock]
James Gordon : Harvey isn't answering his phone. Nobody knows where he is.
Captain Nathaniel Barnes : Well, you could start by looking in every place in Gotham that serves booze.
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[Jim Gordon walks up to Harvey Bullock as a second hostage]
Harvey Bullock : Jim, what the hell are you doing here?
James Gordon : Saving you; I thought that was obvious.
Harvey Bullock : Oh, yeah. Totally. Thank you.
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[Jim Gordon tells Fish Mooney that he showed up to the mansion alone to save Bullock]
James Gordon : I'm here on my own. I only want Bullock.
Fish Mooney : Really? You'd risk your life for this broken down old thing?
Harvey Bullock : Thanks.
James Gordon : He'd do the same for me.
Harvey Bullock : I would, it's true.
Fish Mooney : Well, you've helped me, 'cause now I have two hostages.
James Gordon : Barnes won't see it that way. Hell, you kill me, he'll probably thank you. I've been nothing but a pain in the ass to him.
Harvey Bullock : Also true.
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[Penguin receives a phone call from Jim Gordon]
Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles] Jim, you just keep surprising me.
James Gordon : [Gordon on the other end] Shut up.
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[Jim Gordon looks to the pile of dead monsters being burned]
James Gordon : Tell Barnes something, would you?
James Gordon : [Harvey Bullock nods his head] I'm going home.
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[Valerie Vale questions Jim Gordon about him being the one to let Fish Mooney escape]
Valerie Vale : You promised to help Fish escape, but you did it by double-crossing her and delivering her to Penguin.
James Gordon : If that were so, I'd be a millionaire by now.
Valerie Vale : Except Fish isn't dead. Penguin would've dragged her in front of the mob if she was.
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[last lines]
Valerie Vale : [Jim Gordon tells Valerie Vale to shut up for once] Who the hell are you, Jim Gordon?
James Gordon : [Gordon slowly walks up to Valerie's face] Wait...
James Gordon : Shut up for once.
[when Gordon kisses Valerie on the lips]