Southland (TV Series)

See the Woman (2009)

Ben McKenzie: Officer Ben Sherman

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• Dr. Merrill Matthews : It says here that this is your last session.

  [Sherman nods] 

  Dr. Merrill Matthews : How do you feel about the shooting?

  Ofcr. Ben Sherman : ...I'm okay with it... I didn't... enjoy it; it was unavoidable. Some guys, they work twenty years, they never have to shoot anybody... It's - it's weird, how much it means to guys like that... I'm okay with it.

  Dr. Merrill Matthews : Good... good.

• Ofcr. John Cooper : Bein' from Beverly Hills and all, you must have been in *lots* of therapy.

  Ofcr. Ben Sherman : Yeah, it's definitely not my first time at the rodeo.

• Ofcr. John Cooper : What the hell are you doing? People become cops for two reasons - all right, they need the paycheck, or they like to carry a big gun and tell people what to do. All right, now you - you surely don't need the money. I don't think you're a freak... so what the hell are you doin' here?

  Ofcr. Ben Sherman : I'm a cop, same as you're a cop.

  Ofcr. John Cooper : Oh, bull- - , Richie Rich. When I joined, this was the only job I could get makin' thirty thou a year. It's better than diggin' ditches.

• Ofcr. Ben Sherman : All right, all right, no - you wanna know? All right, I was ten - my mom, she's a little, uh... she's a little fragile. My dad walks out on her... and these drug dealers that he represented, they broke into the house. They beat the hell out of her - I mean, just... I went to defend her, and they knocked out my teeth. And after that, I... I had some trouble sleeping, so... so I learned to shoot, right? End of story. Now will you get off my back?

  Ofcr. John Cooper : ...My old man was a bigger ass- - than that.

  Ofcr. Ben Sherman : Is he dead?

  Ofcr. John Cooper : Nope...

  Ofcr. John Cooper : [laughing quietly]  No, he's, uh... he's around. He's in prison.

  [Sherman stares in surprise at Cooper] 

  Ofcr. John Cooper : He raped and murdered someone... You have a good night.