Unforgettable (TV Series)

Bigtime (2013)

Dallas Roberts: Eliot Delson

Quotes 

• Eliot Delson : The word's out on you guys. A 92% solve rate. The top of the class.

  Carrie Wells : So that's why you were there this morning. What was that, a final exam?

  [before he can reply] 

  Carrie Wells : Yes, I remember you. I liked the yellow tie better, by the way.

  Eliot Delson : Ugh, I spilled tzatziki on it. There's a lesson in that: never eat a gyro unwrapped.

• Eliot Delson : Welcome to the Major Crimes section of the NYPD.

  Al Burns : I've heard of it.

  Carrie Wells : You have?

  Al Burns : You haven't?

  Carrie Wells : Not like I read "Police and Security News" every morning with my Corn Flakes.

  Al Burns : Maybe you should.

• Eliot Delson : Have either of you heard of Ari Sonnenland?

  Carrie Wells : I have. He's a developer, a big one. Sunny Meadows Complex in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the Sterling Tower in the Navy Yards, and his brother is a beekeeper. I have no idea how I know that. Yes, I do.

  Eliot Delson : Well, what you don't know is that his daughter was kidnapped this morning in Central Park. We're not sure, but we believe this might not be an isolated incident, but one in a series of kidnappings targeting affluent families on the East Coast.

  Al Burns : Central Park. Last I checked, we don't have one of those in Queens.

• Eliot Delson : I promised you answers. Now, I, uh... I'm not sure what your setup is like in Queens, but...

  Al Burns : [following him into another room]  Whew. I know guys who work Major Crimes. They never described anything like this. What'd you do, raid a Best Buy?

• Eliot Delson : Hello, Joanne.

  Joanne Webster : Joanne. You had a few less formal names for me when you sold me out to the city council.

  Eliot Delson : I didn't sell you out; you did that yourself when you called the mayor a corporate toady.

  Joanne Webster : It was just an opinion.

  Eliot Delson : It was an opinion until you expressed it to New York One, and then it became a "Post" headline.

• Eliot Delson : I do have something I'd like to show you.

  [leading them over to a pair of desks with nameplates for them] 

  Eliot Delson : What do you think? Too close? I could move them apart a little. Although, from what I understand, you two are used to close quarters.

  Carrie Wells : Wow. You're quite amazing, you know that? What-what was all this, another test? Save the little girl, get the fancy new job?

  Eliot Delson : Hardly. I put your transfers through two days ago.

  Carrie Wells : You can't do that. Can... he?

  Eliot Delson : Look... I'm hiring you to work on the highest profile crimes in the greatest city on Earth.

  Al Burns : And we report to you?

  Eliot Delson : Only to me, and hardly even that. I'm mostly here to cover your backs.

  Carrie Wells : While we cover your ass?

  Eliot Delson : Just so you know, about seventeen people way up the food chain all called and demanded I back you off Ari Sonnenland. Did I? So just take the damn job.

  [indicating Jay and Murray] 

  Eliot Delson : Besides, those two like working with you. And that is a first.

  Carrie Wells : What about Webster?

  Eliot Delson : Really?

  [sighing] 

  Eliot Delson : Fine. But if she calls me Ellie again, I'm... I'm gonna ship her off to Ronkonkoma. Wherever the hell that is.