- Harvey Bullock: So I've been thinking. You're still a douche bag. But you have the moral high ground. So I'm gonna back your play, whatever it is. I figure I'm doomed anyhow. I might as well join the good guys.
- James Gordon: Thank you.
- Harvey Bullock: So what is your play? I mean, you got one, right? You said you had one.
- James Gordon: Tomorrow morning, I'm arresting Falcone and the mayor for the framing of Mario Pepper. Conspiracy, POJ, Rico, the works.
- Harvey Bullock: Well, that's a... that's a hell of a plan. You sit there with a panel of chimpanzees and a bucket of crack and come up with that one?
- James Gordon: I figure whatever else happens, we'll stir things up. We might even make the papers.
- Harvey Bullock: Oh, yeah, we're gonna make the papers, all right. We're gonna be dead in the streets in time for the evening edition.
- James Gordon: Well, at least the people will know the truth. And we'll go out doing our jobs, enforcing the law.
- Harvey Bullock: That's the best inspirational speech, you got? Doing our jobs?
- James Gordon: You don't have to join me.
- Harvey Bullock: No, I'm game. Like I said, I'm doomed anyhow.
- Oswald Cobblepot: Why do they want me back so badly?
- Sal Maroni: I know why. Because they know I got a stone moneymaker here. A golden goose. They know it, and they don't want us to have him. Right, Penguin?
- Oswald Cobblepot: Honk, honk.
- Sal Maroni: What?
- Oswald Cobblepot: Honk, honk. It's what geese say.
- Sal Maroni: Oh, right, right. Honk, honk.
- Frankie Carbone: So, fine, we got a goose.
- Carmine Falcone: I envy you boys. Having nothing to lose must be liberating. Must feel pretty good.
- James Gordon: Yes, it does.
- Carmine Falcone: Suppose you did have something to lose. What would you do then? Suppose, for instance, I had a knife to Barbara Kean's throat, right now? Would you still be so brave?
- James Gordon: You don't.
- Carmine Falcone: I'm telling you, I do.
- James Gordon: You're a liar.
- Carmine Falcone: I have many faults, but I'm not a liar. Victor Zsasz has Barbara. You know Victor.
- James Gordon: You're lying. She's far away.
- Carmine Falcone: She came back. Came right to me to plead for your life. You have a good woman there. She loves you very much. Too much.
- James Gordon: Prove it. Prove you have her.
- Carmine Falcone: I could. But I won't. I want you to believe me.
- Harvey Bullock: It's obvious, Jim. He's lying.
- Carmine Falcone: Am I? If you think, go ahead and try to bring me in. You'll be dead, so you won't know what happens to Barbara. But it won't be pretty.
- Harvey Bullock: Lying.
- Carmine Falcone: On my mother's grave. Drop your gun, and Barbara won't be harmed in any way.
- Oswald Cobblepot: Yeah, that's clever enough. I never doubted your intelligence. That's not your problem.
- Frankie Carbone: Oh, I got a problem, huh? I got a problem. No, you got a problem. What's my problem, schmo?
- Oswald Cobblepot: What drives you? What's your passion? When you know what a man loves, you know what can kill him.
- Frankie Carbone: Do you believe this guy?
- Oswald Cobblepot: For you, it's money. You love money. More than power or respect. You're a skinflint, Mr. Carbone. A cheapskate.
- Sal Maroni: Penguin! Come on out here. Don't be scared. She won't bite.
- [to Fish]
- Sal Maroni: You won't bite him, will you?
- Oswald Cobblepot: Told you. Easy as pie. There must be a million dollars worth here.
- Frankie Carbone: Yeah, you told us, all right. You're clever. You're very clever.
- Oswald Cobblepot: I sense a sarcastic and hostile edge to your tone.
- Frankie Carbone: Hostile?
- [punches Oswald in his stomach]
- Frankie Carbone: You got that right. You ain't no golden goose, you're a yellow rat snitch, and you got Maroni all twisted.
- Oswald Cobblepot: I'm glad we're finally clearing the air at least.
- Frankie Carbone: [grabs him] That's it. Act smart, okay? 'Cause all I got to do right now is put a bullet right here. Bang. See, then I go back and tell the boss that one of Niko's men shot you. Gee, that's too bad. End of story.
- Sal Maroni: Um, I heard Vic Zzasz tore up the GCPD, tracking down Gordon. Did you catch him yet?
- Carmine Falcone: We're working on it.
- Sal Maroni: Well, good luck with that. There's nothing more dangerous than an honest man, huh?
- Mayor Aubrey James: Jumping catfish.
- James Gordon: Good morning, Mayor James.
- Mayor Aubrey James: Gordon, you scared... scared the bejebers out of me. I almost spilled my coffee.
- James Gordon: Sorry. Sir, you're under arrest.
- Mayor Aubrey James: That's not funny.
- Harvey Bullock: Depends where you're sitting.
- James Gordon: [slips him arrest warrant] Might want to take a look at this.
- [stabs Carbone]
- Oswald Cobblepot: The simple act of a substantial pay rise is all it took to sway these men, your greatest passion became your greatest weakness, love, love conquers all
- Oswald Cobblepot: Mr. Falcone, indeed I have a secret of great value. I have one request: give the job of killing me to James Gordon.
- Carmine Falcone: Why him?
- Oswald Cobblepot: He's the only man under your sway with a conscience. He can be persuaded to spare me.
- Carmine Falcone: Why would I agree to that? I want you dead, you're a snitch.
- Oswald Cobblepot: Because I will be your snitch for life. I will snitch my way into the Maroni family. I have a gift for this, I'm excellent at this kind of thing.
- Carmine Falcone: If the job of killing you goes to James Gordon, what is the valuable secret?
- Oswald Cobblepot: Fish Mooney and Nikolai the Russian only pretend to hate each other. They're lovers. She's pushing him to take your place so she can take over from him.
- Carmine Falcone: Hmm... that *is* a valuable secret.
- Carmine Falcone: What on earth are you thinking?
- James Gordon: We're thinking we're taking you both to jail and charge you with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
- Carmine Falcone: Try and take me in, you won't make it to the end of the street.
- Mayor Aubrey James: That's exactly what I said.
- James Gordon: This is a lawful arrest. If you resist, you will be shot.
- Carmine Falcone: I see. We all die together in a blaze of glory.
- James Gordon: If that's how it works out, it's fine with me. How about you, Harvey?
- Harvey Bullock: Fine by me.
- Mayor Aubrey James: Oh, God.
- Harvey Bullock: Game's over. I have to kill you, take your body to Falcone and beg for mercy.
- James Gordon: I know I screwed up. Don't kill me. I have a plan, help me.
- Victor Zsasz: My name is Victor Zsasz, I've been appointed personally by Don Falcone for a matter of deep concern. I'm here for Jim Gordon, only him. Everybody minds their own business, everything's cool.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: [about Gordon] He wants to leave now
- Crispus Allen: Okay, some clothes would be good
- Fish Mooney: Gordon must die, Bullock must die, Penguin must die today!
- Carmine Falcone: You're overreacting. You want to start a war over the guy who carried your umbrella?
- Fish Mooney: He was on my hip every bit of the way! He knows things!
- Carmine Falcone: What things?
- Fish Mooney: ...He knows too much!
- Carmine Falcone: Go to Maroni and politely ask for him back - *politely*.
- James Gordon: I promised I would find your parents' killer. I might not be able to do that. I'm in a tight spot, I've upset powerful people...
- Bruce Wayne: Stop treating me like a child! Explain.
- James Gordon: You are a child.
- Bruce Wayne: You expect to die! I should at least know why. Is it connected to my parents' murder?
- James Gordon: Yes, it's all connected somehow. Bruce, I will do my best to work this thing out, but if I don't, Montoya and Allen here will take over your parents' case. I've told them everything I know. You can trust them one hundred percent.
- Crispus Allen: One hundred percent.
- James Gordon: Bruce, these are good detectives. If anyone can find the truth, it's them.
- Bruce Wayne: [to Montoya and Allen] Thank you.
- Alfred Pennyworth: Sir, what can we do to help you now?
- James Gordon: Nothing. From here on in, I have to go it alone.
- Sarah Essen: No cops or lawyers in this city will help you.
- James Gordon: I think plenty of people will help when they see it's possible to fight back.
- James Gordon: Tell Falcone we'll talk, just not today.
- Victor Zsasz: Why would you do that? Alive is a very broad term. Someone with no hands can be alive.
- James Gordon: There are fifty cops in this room, try something.
- Victor Zsasz: Everybody out.
- [the cops hesitate]
- Victor Zsasz: *Please*?
- [the room clears, except for Gordon and Essen]
- James Gordon: The situation is, you've been told to take me in alive, or I'd be dead already.
- Butch Gilzean: You know the rules, a few lumps, nobody gets hurt.
- James Gordon: Tell your partner to put down his gun or I'll blow his brains out.
- Butch Gilzean: Fine, we'll do it your way. After we kill you, we're gonna kill blondie.
- Sarah Essen: What the hell are you doing here?
- James Gordon: I work here. It's my shift. Where else should I be?
- Sarah Essen: How about Alaska? Arrest warrants? For who?
- James Gordon: Mayor Aubrey James, Carmine Falcone, and their close associates. On charges of conspiracy and perversion of justice in the Wayne case.
- Sarah Essen: Are you insane?
- James Gordon: No. Maybe a little. Feels good. They're gonna try and kill me anyway. Might as well make them pay for it.
- Carmine Falcone: Such a waste though. Gotham needs men like you. Both of you. Strong men with principles. I wish I could show you I'm not the enemy. The system is not the enemy. The enemy is anarchy. But I told you that before, didn't I, Jim?
- James Gordon: Yes, you did.
- Carmine Falcone: You didn't listen though.
- Harvey Bullock: Do we get a last meal or a smoke or anything? Or just talk?
- Carmine Falcone: [to Oswald] Condemned men are honest men, I find. What can you tell me before you go?
- [last lines]
- Carmine Falcone: It's almost uncanny. Everything played out exactly as you said it would. We got rid of Nikolai painlessly, and Maroni thinks you're a wizard. You really do have a gift. But I think we're making a mistake letting Gordon live. He's trouble.
- Oswald Cobblepot: Thank you so much for sparing him. I appreciate the favor. Don't worry. He'll see the light. One way or another, I guarantee it.