Simon & Simon (1981–1989)

Tim Reid: Lt. Marcel 'Downtown' Brown

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• [Rick & A.J. are trying to talk Town into letting them look at a car in the police impound] 

  Rick Simon : Town, now this assignment you got, it's probably gonna be very tiring, right? And you could use a rest... well we're gonna be doing a big celebration when this is all over, y'know, we're gonna do a kind of a blow-out weekend over in Vegas... why don't you kinda tag along with us, y'know, we'll comp you to the Robert Goulet show... it'll be great.

  Lt. M.P. 'Downtown' Brown : Robert Goulet? If you're gonna bribe me, at least make it interesting. I'll give you half an hour.

  Rick Simon : Barry Manilow.

  Lt. M.P. 'Downtown' Brown : 20 minutes.

  A.J. Simon : Uh... Wayne Newton!

  Lt. M.P. 'Downtown' Brown : 10 minutes.

• [Rick & A.J. seek a restraining order against an ex-con they helped put in jail] 

  A.J. Simon : Town, the guy is clearly here to make trouble, and he's carrying a grudge the size of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

  Rick Simon : Tell him about the cantaloupe.

  A.J. Simon : Oh, yes! Somebody broke into my house yesterday and sliced up a cantaloupe that I had in my refrigerator.

  Lt. M.P. 'Downtown' Brown : This *is* serious.

  A.J. Simon : Town, we can take care of ourselves, but when it comes to threatening our mother, yes it is serious.

  Lt. M.P. 'Downtown' Brown : OK look, let's go over the evidence here. Now your mother invited this man into her house for a party and Rick jumped him, right?

  Rick Simon : That's right.

  Lt. M.P. 'Downtown' Brown : Ah-ha. And you found some cut-up fruit in your refridgerator. Oh, I'll think of something.

• Brad Daniels : You look like a straight-ahead guy, I'll get right to the point. A contract has been taken out on my life.

  Lt. M.P. 'Downtown' Brown : Who took it out on you?

  Brad Daniels : I did.

  Lt. M.P. 'Downtown' Brown : What did you do to get into so much trouble with yourself?