The Code


Man oh man, I hate the cold... 
  -- Schanke

No, no, you mother...superior?  Man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man,
... I hate winter! 
  -- Schanke

Old man winter strikes again.  Mind if we take your car? My beast of
burden is out of commission, maybe permanently...please, don't ask.
  -- Schanke

...and the bifocals on her, I've seen pop-bottles that are thinner than
that.  Call me crazy, but I don't think somebody should be driving if
they can't see a vehicle smaller than a super-tanker.  
Was she okay?
Oh, yeah, she made off like a bandit... How do you survive in the cold
without a working car heater?
It works, it works, just give it a little time.
Eight centuries and this thing wouldn't heat up.
  -- Schanke and Nick

Schank, there's a problem?
Oh, I'm just, I'm cold, and I'm tired.
Of what?
Of this.  Man, oh man, oh man...I hate winter.
  -- Nick and Schanke

Nat?  You look stunning.
Yeah, well...
Were you at a party or something?
Three hundred incredibly dull coroners at a convention is not a party
by any stretch of the imagination.
  -- Nick and Nat

You do something to your hair?
The suit, Schanke, the suit.
Oh...
  -- Schanke and Nick (about Nat)

Wow, what is this?  The corner drug store?  What some people won't do
to numb reality?
Or the pain.
  -- Schanke and Nick

Ooh, aren't you cold?
I don't think so.
  -- Schanke and Nick

Your gonna hang, right?
Absolutely!
  -- Schanke and Delahanty

I got fried, you know.  I needed a change so I chucked it all and
moved to Arizona.
Phoenix?
No, no, no.  Scottsdale!  Much better!  
  -- Delahanty and Nick

Man didn't have your well-being in mind.
  -- Wade, the Bounty Hunter

I hope you don't find this all too...
Too, gross?  C'mon, Natalie, D's a cop like Elvis is dead.
  -- Natalie and Schanke

Tonight your nightcrawler is ruminating on friendship.  I say a friend
for life is a leech.  Someone who bleeds you.  There is no real or
lasting friendship, and no one is to be trusted.  Who will challenge
me on this?  Who does not believe that all friendships must sour,
slowly, imperceptibly like ?commina de la closh? and in the end it's
not the big lie that turns us into mortal enemies, but the little
white lies that drives the wedges between us, poison our loyalty and
blind our trust.  Do you not agree?  Lets discuss it then...friends. 
  -- LaCroix

They're just hanging...you know, old friends.  I think it's doing
Schanke good.
And you?
Me?
  -- Nick and Natalie

Why don't we snag a lift off a uniform, drop this off at the lab and
we'll do some more catching up, okay?
Got it!
...it's okay, I'll finish up.
  -- Schanke, Delahanty and Nick

Patrick.
Amanda...
  -- Delahanty and Cohen

Is Donny, is Donny okay?
What do you mean?
Well its the real reason I'm here.  About a month ago, I tried getting
in touch with him, but he wasn't in.  I spoke to Myra, his wife, you
know, and she seemed pretty worried about him.
Really.
  -- Delahanty and Nick

We even have our own code.  Dogs go to the end for each other.  See
that's what brought me back, Nick.  My friend needs me.  I just don't
know why, yet.
  -- Delahanty

Do most my traveling by night...yeah, I prefer the night.  When its day,
sometimes you can see how big the land is and how alone you are. 
  -- Ward

You ever kill a man?
Yeah, I have.
You ever wonder what'll happen because of that.  I do.  Everytime I
see there faces, I wonder.
You mean if we're gonna be punished for our sins.  Damned.
It's not the kind of question that's answered so easily, is it?  Maybe
the answer is we're both already damned.
  -- Ward and Nick

Why didn't you just use a blunt instrument?  
You don't like the way I do my job, just say so!
  -- Nick and Schanke

What's got into you anyway?
Maybe some sense.
  -- Nick and Schanke

Donny, you look like hell.
I feel like hell.
You know if I don't know better, I'd say you were burning out.
Burning out with a bullet!
  -- Delahanty and Schanke

The old man died of acute mercury poisoning.  Geez, what was he doing,
wolfin' down thermometers?
  -- Schanke

So, what do you say, Nick?  The great Provotrex scare of 1995 cracked
by none other than Donald Schanke, please spell it correctly, with the
help of his childhood friend and former colleague, Patrick Delahanty.
It would make a great movie of the week, huh?
Well I wouldn't go shopping for a network, yet.
Spoilsport.  Good work, or congratulations, I think might have been
appropriate. The guy's got zero respect for me and I've had it!
  --Schanke and Nick

You know, Schanke probably saved a lot of lives tonight.
Schank?
You jealous?  I withdraw the question.  He's right about this case,
sometimes you don't give him enough credit.  You hurt his feelings,
Nick, I think you should go and apologize.
  -- Natalie and Nick

Got a minute?
Fire away, let me have it.  Burst my balloon.  Quick before my
burgeoning self-esteem gets too big to control.
Schanke, look, I...I was wrong earlier.  I know that.
I'll make this easier on both of us.  I accept your apology, it's okay.
Well, maybe not.  I'd be a liar if I said I felt good about this case.
It's not a case, it's a fait accompli!
  -- Nick and Schanke

I did this!  And you can't handle it.
I'm just not sure, Schank!
Even the coffee's cold.  You know Nick, something clicked today.  A
miracle, a reawakening, a liberation...
  -- Schanke and Nick

Come in.  Just who I wanted to see.  Schanke, you impressed
me today.  Cracked a big case and saved some lives, and that's what
its all about.  ...Something funny?
Well, I'm not laughing at you Captain, it's just that...it's very
kind, and 24 hours ago I would have eaten ground glass to hear you say
that, but now its... please accept my resignation, effective
immediately.
  -- Cohen and Schanke

Hey guys!
Schank, something's not adding up in this Provotrex case.
Well I'm sure that's very interesting, but its no longer my concern.
I've resigned.  Time to move on.
Delahanty!  Schank, you can't leave.
Oh yeah, just watch me.
  -- Schanke and Nick

You guys are chasing rainbows and I'm splitting from Oz.  You're on
your own.  So long Natalie, so long Nick.  It's uh...it's been strange.
Schank?
  --  Schanke and Nick

Welcome aboard, Don.  Good to have you.
Good to be had, I guess.
  -- Tom and Schanke

Someone's pointing us in the wrong direction, Nat.
  -- Nick

HMS Medical, where are they?
Arizona.
Scottsdale?
No.  Phoenix.  Same thing isn't it?
Oh no.  Scottsdale is much better.
  -- Nick and Schanke

Yep, you're my lucky strike.  My pay day.
Terrible likeness really.  What a fine friend you've turned out to be.
What the hell?
Hell.  What a fortunate word to chose.  Who's the bounty now, and
who's the hunter?
  -- Ward and LaCroix

Please, tell me that you've got nothing to do with this!
  -- Schanke

This is the payday we worked so long and so hard to get to. What do
you say?
Yeah, but you had to murder for that payday.
And we'll do it again, if we'd have to.
You'd kill me, D?
  -- Delahanty, Schanke and Tom

I'm going straight to hell, but I'll save you a place at the bar...
  -- Delahanty

Friends.  Who needs 'em.  Right, Nick?
  -- Schanke

How did you know?
Where to find you?  Oh, poor Nicholas.  I'll always know where to find
you.  That is our code.
  -- Nick and LaCroix

Back in business, I guess.
It's good your back.  I'm glad you are Schank.
Nick, I don't know what to say, I've been a real ass.
Call it temporary insanity, huh?
You know how sometimes you get so full of one life, you want another?
Yeah.  Yeah, I've been there, I've done that.
D caught me at a weak moment.  I can't believe he did that.  My
so-called friend.
  -- Schanke and Nick

Well, I guess we're done here.  I'm gonna head home, Schank.
Yeah, I'm outta here too.  Oh, geeze, I forgot I don't have a car.
Can I have a lift? 
Sure.  
Oh, I forgot.  Myra wants me to check out some cross-country skis, Can
I borrow the car later?
Cross country skis?
Yeah, well I figure if I can't beat this winter-wonder-land crap, I
might as well learn how to love it.
Yeah, well you can have the car for the whole day.
Thanks.  
  -- Nick and Schanke

I'll tell you what, I'll get your heater fixed, it's on me.
Oh, Schank, don't bother.
No, no, no.  I insist.
What? What? A heater, do you know how much that's gonna set you back.
I don't know.  I'll just get you a brand no heater.
Save it on Myra's skis...
  -- Schanke and Nick