Fairly Legal (TV Series)

What They Seem (2012)

Ryan Johnson: Ben Grogan

Quotes 

• Kate Reed : [as Ben catches up in the elevator]  Panting is not a good look for you.

  Ben Grogan : You don't think it brings out my animal magnetism?

  Kate Reed : [scoffs]  It might if you had any.

  Ben Grogan : You wound me, lady.

  Kate Reed : Mm-mm.

  Ben Grogan : You ever wondered what would have happened if we'd have gone home together the night we met in that bar?

  Kate Reed : [laughs]  I would have been intrigued, as I was, and then very quickly grossed out, as I am.

  Ben Grogan : You're right. It would have been complicated. You're lucky I turned you down.

• Ben Grogan : Third Rule of Humanity: People love a simple story. There's like fourteen good ones: the conservative politician with a sex fetish, the preppy murderer, the sports star who spends all his money, and the cop who lies to cover for his cop buddies.

• Ben Grogan : My heart won't explode. It'll grow three sizes from all the money I'm gonna stuff inside of it.

• Ben Grogan : He said a lot of things. You know, for someone that doesn't like lawyers, you totally rocked it, Katie. You got the goose to lay the golden egg. Maybe we are alike.

• Ben Grogan : Well, I happened, lady! And guess what? The circus is coming to town!

• Ben Grogan : I'll be honest. The vibe's still pretty car-bomby.

• Ben Grogan : Hi, this is Ben Grogan calling for Dudley do-right. My bad, I mean assistant D.A. Justin Patrick.

• Ben Grogan : So... What basically happens is you love and you lose, and then the person you lost finds someone else and wins. So love is basically an eternal return to hell... For losers.

• Ben Grogan : You and I may have different methods, but we both know how to get what we want, and you can call that being passionate or you can call that being a dogged jackass. But you can't call it empty. I am not empty.

• Kate Reed : You know, you wondered what would've happened if we'd gone home together.

  Ben Grogan : Yeah.

  Kate Reed : Was it everything you hoped for?

  Ben Grogan : Yeah, this is exactly how I imagined it. You're miserable, and I have to pee.

• Lt. Frank O'Hara : Oh, you wanna twist my words, lady? Lawyers trick and talk? That's not what cops do.

  Kate Reed : Oh, yeah?

  Lt. Frank O'Hara : No, no, this world's dangerous stuff, but you know what makes it worse? It's people standing on the sidelines and do nothing. We get in there, and we go where you wouldn't dream of going in your cute little dress.

  Kate Reed : This cute little dress has been more places than you can even dream of, jackass. And just for the record, I'm not a big fan of lawyers myself.

  Lt. Frank O'Hara : And that's even worse, because I can't imagine coming to work every day to do something I knew was lousy.

  Ben Grogan : Kate, I...

  Kate Reed : He's right.

  [to O'Hara:] 

  Kate Reed : You're right! Do you see this guy? He's exactly what you're talking about. And do you know what his plan is? His plan is to make you the bad guy in this movie.

  [Ben cheerily acknowledges this] 

  Kate Reed : So while you're being dragged through the mud in front of the entire city, Andre Chernof, he's gonna be the hero. So, if you did see something, Lieutenant, now is definitely the time to spit it out.

  Lt. Frank O'Hara : You think you're different than him, but you're not.

  Kate Reed : Are you happy that Andre Chernof got beat up, huh? Did Andre Chernof got what he deserved, 'cause me in my cute little dress, living my safe little life, I can't do anything about a man like that, is that right? But you, a decorated cop, a lieutenant, you could do whatever you want! Hey, O'Hara, do you beat your wife up too whenever she does something wrong?

  Justin Patrick : Hey, Kate, back off!

  Kate Reed : Would you lie to protect another cop?

  Jeremiah Treesdale : Uncalled for!

  Lt. Frank O'Hara : I would take a bullet for another cop! Lying ain't no big deal. But I didn't see anything.

  Justin Patrick : Okay, okay, Lieutenant O'Hara, did you or did you not see Andre Chernof being beaten?

  Lt. Frank O'Hara : No. And I don't care what you do to me.