Unforgettable (TV Series)

Day of the Jackie (2013)

Dylan Walsh: Al Burns

Quotes 

• [Carrie and Al enter the crime scene; Jo is already examining the body] 

  Al Burns : Hey, Jo.

  Joanne Webster : Hi, waste of a perfectly good silk tie if you ask me.

• Jay Lee : It just so happened me and his kid went to prep school together, and we were both on the tennis teams

  Al Burns : Hold on, you went to prep school?

  Jay Lee : As a matter of fact, yeah! I also had the change to help a classmate of mine pass his Philosophy of Art final during my junior year. I'd rather not say how

  Al Burns : Hold on, you were on a tennis team?

  Jay Lee : Right! So all we got to do is run them up against the Alpha Five photos, maybe we have a match

  Al Burns : Yeah, of course

  Jay Lee : Thanks! So aren't you gonna say: Hold on, Philosophy of Art final?

  Al Burns : As a matter of fact I wasn't. But now you mention it...

• Eliot Delson : Absolutely not! No!

  Al Burns : Eliot, when we signed on here, you pretty much gave us carte blanche to run our own operation

  Carrie Wells : You said: we always have you backs, empower to get results, whatever it takes

  Eliot Delson : Now that's funny, I don't recall saying that

  Carrie Wells : It was July, 22nd, raining outs...

  Eliot Delson : Yeah right. Okay.

  [Turns to Al] 

  Eliot Delson : Do you ever, you know,

  [whispers] 

  Eliot Delson : get tired of it?

  Al Burns : Yeah, once I did, October 10th, 2012, we were at dinner, it was a Thursday if I'm not mistaken

  Eliot Delson : You two should go on Letterman!

• Al Burns : Skydiving? Me?

  Carrie Wells : Yeah. Come on. You are the one who said you wanted to face your fears.

  Al Burns : I never said that.

  Carrie Wells : Yes, you did. November 7, 2012. It was a Wednesday. We were having lunch at Misai Sake House on Northern Boulevard.

  Al Burns : Okay, I said it, but I was referring to eating raw sea urchin, not jumping out of an airplane.

  Carrie Wells : Al, you need to face your fears. Just jump.

• Carrie Wells : You got a time of death for us, Jo?

  Joanne Webster : Uh, yeah, according to rigor, between 8:00 and 10:00 last night.

  Al Burns : He missing any valuables?

  Joanne Webster : Mm-hmm. His watch is gone, his wallet is gone. His cell phone's over on the table.

  Al Burns : Sounds like a robbery gone wrong.

• Robert Cushman : Detectives, how long do you expect to tie up the suite?

  Carrie Wells : As long as it takes.

  Robert Cushman : It's just that, uh - let me be blunt - there are seven conventions in the city right now. That suite goes for $5,200 a night.

  Carrie Wells : [watching him leave]  Oh. One of his guests is found murdered in a hotel suite, and all he cares about is flipping the room.

  Al Burns : Guess Paul Dirkson should've stayed in the City of Brotherly Love.

• Al Burns : Well, that was fast. The room was formally released, what, two hours ago?

  Carrie Wells : Yeah, well, for $5,200 a night, they better be fast.

• Al Burns : We found the ambulance. No trace of Jackie.

  Carrie Wells : Why am I not surprised? I should've seen this coming.

  Al Burns : FBI's got it out nationally. We'll get her.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : Maybe not. TSA out at Kennedy just sent us this. From a gate at Bolivian Airlines. Flight to Bogota six hours ago.

  Carrie Wells : Okay, great. We can interdict the flight.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : It landed fifty minutes ago. She's gone.

  Carrie Wells : There's gotta be a way. Al, we can't just let her go.

  Al Burns : You saved Dimka. That's what matters.

  Carrie Wells : Tell that to her next victim.

• Jay Lee : I ran background checks on all the hotel employees. Turns out the concierge got fired from his last job in L.A. for tipping off the paparazzi to when celebrities were arriving. And after I explained to him accessory to murder's a little more serious than pissing off Kim Kardashian, he admitted to setting up guys at the back door, which, as it turns out, is how the beautiful people check in.

  Al Burns : You're thinking if a photographer was out there last night, maybe he caught our guy coming in the back way.

  Jay Lee : Someone was there. Our concierge tipped his pal that Megan Fox was arriving yesterday evening. Guy sat out there shooting for four and a half hours.

  Al Burns : Did you get all the photos?

  Jay Lee : No, not yet. They're actually owned by his magazine. The editor's giving me the runaround. But don't worry, I'll get 'em.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : Well, you should loop Eliot in. He'll know who to call.

  Jay Lee : Like I said, I'll get 'em.

• Al Burns : Last time we were alone in a hotel room was in Syracuse. That dive motel.

  Carrie Wells : That's not right.

  Al Burns : Okay, maybe it wasn't technically a dive. We did have our own bathroom.

• Carrie Wells : These kind of hotels, they usually organize the amenities in the exact same way, right?

  Al Burns : You're asking me?

  Carrie Wells : The last time we were here, all this was different.

  [reorganizing the items] 

  Carrie Wells : The dock was here, right? The headphones were here. The magazines were over here. The maid had already done turndown service before Dirkson arrived. If these amenities had been out of order, she would've rearranged them. So, why would...

  [spotting a ventilation shaft on the wall] 

  Carrie Wells : Al...

  Al Burns : Give you a hand?

  Carrie Wells : Yep.

  [he helps her up onto the table] 

  Carrie Wells : Always a gentlemen.

• Jay Lee : It's a mobile data extraction device. CIA and military use them to secretly access data from a suspect's cell phone. Basically, if it's on your phone, this baby can copy and transmit it.

  Al Burns : We recovered Dirkson's phone at the scene. If someone wanted the data, why not just take the damn phone?

  Jay Lee : Because they weren't interested in what was on his phone. Photos from inside the ceiling vent. Note the sensor? It's aimed in an upward direction. In this case, directly into the room above Dirkson's.

  Al Burns : Dirkson got back early, surprised someone planting that. He wasn't the target; his room was.

• Nina Hall : This is about the man who was killed in the room below me, isn't it?

  Al Burns : That's right. Just tying up some loose ends.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : Ms. Hall, we understand you've been staying at the St. Laurent all week?

  Nina Hall : I'm a buyer for Neiman Marcus. We have meetings in New York several times a year.

  Al Burns : [there's a knock at the door]  I'll get it.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : Has anyone else been staying here with you? Any friends or family?

  Nina Hall : No. Just me. My husband stayed back in Chicago with the kids.

• Cherie Rollins-Murray : We believe someone tried to hack into your cell phone.

  Nina Hall : My cell phone? Why would anyone be interested in my phone?

  Al Burns : Your room service receipts for the past week.

  Nina Hall : What the hell are you doing? That's private.

  Al Burns : Dinner for two, champagne, double Swedish massage, adult movies. Maybe it wasn't your phone they were after.

  Nina Hall : Okay. What gives you the right...

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : We are not the morality police, Ms. Hall. We're simply trying to solve a murder.

• Nina Hall : His name's Kevin Purcell. We met three years ago in Chicago. He's been here with me.

  Al Burns : Was he here last night?

  Nina Hall : [nodding]  Look, we're both married. And Kevin is a press attaché with the UN. He could get fired for this.

  Al Burns : Press attaché? Who is he assigned to?

  Nina Hall : Right now he's with a political activist from West Africa. I'm sorry, I forget his name. Uh, Kevin said he's up for a Nobel Peace Prize.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : Dr. Okoro Dimka.

  Nina Hall : Yes. That's him.

• Okoro Dimka : I've been shot at, I've been imprisoned, and tortured. And yet I'm still here.

  Eliot Delson : We understand that, but now you're a guest in our city, and your safety is in our hands.

  Al Burns : Sir, whoever's behind this already knows your entire schedule for the week.

  Okoro Dimka : How is this possible?

  Al Burns : Your press attaché. Someone hacked his BlackBerry while he was staying at the hotel.

  Okoro Dimka : I see. Well... what do you propose?

  Carrie Wells : We would like you to cancel your public appearances.

  Okoro Dimka : That will not be possible. True reform cannot occur in West Africa unless our message is heard.

  Eliot Delson : With all due respect, Doctor, nobody's gonna hear your message if you're not around to deliver it.

• Cherie Rollins-Murray : Dimka is a real hero in West Africa. He's the first person to take on the diamond monopolies. Wanted to spread the wealth, and the profits.

  Al Burns : I'm guessing there were enough of those to hire the services of Alpha Five.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : Mm-hmm. He's been a target before. His house was bombed last winter. Two of his guards were killed.

  Al Burns : Looks like his trouble has followed him to Manhattan.

• Al Burns : So, that song contest you won on the radio. What was the winning tune?

  Carrie Wells : You want to talk about that now?

  Al Burns : Yeah. Why not?

  Carrie Wells : Uh, "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden.

  Al Burns : Hmm, don't know it.

  Carrie Wells : What? Yes, you do. We danced to it.

  Al Burns : Well, so, we danced to it once. I...

  Carrie Wells : Oh, wow.

  Al Burns : You know, maybe if you sing it.

  Carrie Wells : [lauging]  No way.

  Al Burns : Yeah.

  Carrie Wells : No.

  Al Burns : Just sing a little. Face your fears, right?