Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series)

A Shot in the Dark (1993)

Richard Belzer: Detective John Munch

Quotes 

• Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander : You got two things right, you got a drug deal and a shootout, but not between those two guys! Lowe is lying wounded on the floor, and Cole is lying dead on top of him on his back!

  John Munch : ...They shoot each other!

  [holds out his finger, mimicking a gun] 

  John Munch : BANG! BANG! Cole gets shot in the chest,

  [places his hand over his heart] 

  John Munch : then he spins around,

  [spins backward dramatically] 

  John Munch : falls over on Lowe!

  [pretends to faint onto Bolander, who shoves him forward] 

  Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander : Okay, where's Cole's gun? We only recovered ONE gun!

  John Munch : So far...

  Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander : [angry]  What'd he do, SWALLOW it?

• Tim Bayliss : [about the Adena Watson killer]  DAMN! Now why would he even stay in Baltimore?

  John Munch : [Munch is eavesdropping while reading a newspaper]  Because if he's REALLY from Baltimore, he won't go. He'll talk about it enough, but he'll never leave.

• Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander : [disappointingly, to Munch]  God! It gets so I can't depend on you for anything!

  John Munch : What's the big deal? It's a phone call, I'll take care of it.

  Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander : No, it's sloppy... when I was partnered with Mitch, I...

  John Munch : Oh no, here we go again...

  [imitating him in a fake voice] 

  John Munch : 'Mitch, Mitch, Mitch'!

• John Munch : Eh, Kay?

  Kay Howard : Yeah?

  John Munch : You know how Stan is always in not-so-great a mood? While today he's like a bear, like a grizzly on barbiturates!

• John Munch : [about Bolander not wanting to speak to Dr. Blythe]  Hello, Dr. Blythe? Well, I had my glasses off and when I put 'em back on, he wasn't there... okay, bye.

• Orville Warren : I was just doin' what Mister Lowe said!

  John Munch : [sarcastic]  ... Commendable.

• John Munch : That's it, I am outta here! I've put up with potted plants, I've put up with these ceramic mugs, I've even had to put up with Nirvana on the jukebox... but a karaoke machine?