Quotes from Pilot


"You know, it's funny, but even the most maximum security penitentiaries, from time to time, the inmates will escape. It happened on Devil's Island, it happened on Alcatraz.... Six weeks ago, it happened in hell. One-hundred thirteen of the most vile creatures who ever walked the earth escaped. And now they're back." -Stone

"They've been doing this for two years, where you been?" -desk clerk
"Out of the country." -Stone
"Whereabouts?" -desk clerk
"Down under." -Stone
"There you go. The elevator's busted, but you're only on the third floor." -desk clerk
"As long as I'm going up." -Stone

"The longer you're in hell, the more it becomes part of you... literally." -the Devil

"It was a better time then, it was more innocent. And this city was clean, unspoiled. In those days, when it snowed, it didn't turn to grey ugly slush, it was white for days on end, like heaven." -the priest

"Oh, yeah, and one more thing. I wasn't ONE of the most decorated cops in Manhattan south. I was THE most decorated." -Stone

"I'm very, uh, flattered, but I'm married." -Stone
"Well, that's too bad." -museum lady
"Not to mention dead." -Stone


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