Simon & Simon (TV Series)

Facets (1985)

Jameson Parker: A.J. Simon

Quotes 

• Rick Simon : You feel like Hell. You keep asking yourself: is there anything I could have done differently. And you're mad because the answer keeps comin' up the same: No.

  A.J. Simon : That kid is 17 years old. He has his entire life ahead of him and I may have taken it away from him!

  Rick Simon : AJ, there is nothing else you could have done!

  A.J. Simon : I could have done what you did, held fire.

  Rick Simon : This is precisely why they tell you never second-guess yourself in a shooting. Yeah, we could have both held fire. We could both be dead.

  A.J. Simon : I've killed two other people in my life. I still have nightmares about it, I see their faces.

  Rick Simon : I know.

  A.J. Simon : I threw up after the first one.

  [long pause] 

  A.J. Simon : I had no choice then. They were trying to kill me. This... kid. This kid didn't even have a gun. I am supposed to be a trained professional. I should... I should have contained the situation somehow. Instead, I...