Peter Dunlop – Character Quotes

— I think if you're trying to break Megan, it won't work.
— I'm not trying to break her. I'm trying to contain her. It's better to knock heads with two detectives than the entire Philadelphia Police Department.

— Kate is sleeping with my ex-husband.
— And this bothers you?
— You need to ask?
— You and Todd have been divorced for, like, five years. You... you'd have to figure he'd be seeing somebody.
— Yeah, but Kate?
— What do you got against Kate?
— She's screwing my ex-husband!

— Why is it that you are so comfortable delving into my personal life, and yet, hmm, we never seem to talk about yours?
— Well, that's just our thing, I guess.
— Oh, I see. You and I have a thing?

— I can't remember Elena Rosas as a patient, but I can remember her as a surgical procedure?
— A lot's changed since then.
— Has it?
— Where are you going?
— I am going to apologize to her the only way I can...try to find her killer.

— Oh, like mother, like daughter, huh?
— Honey, even we know when to call it a night.
— No, you don't. You never stop
— She's got you there.

— Funny thing... you always go straight to the bodies.
— What are you talking about?
— Whenever something is bothering you, this is where you're drawn for solace, to the dead.
— Maybe because they don't make annoying observations.

— I've heard of someone getting some sense knocked into 'em, but feelings? That's a new one.
— I'd throw my ex down the stairs if I thought I'd get the same result.

— Who found him?
— Two teenagers snuck out here this morning to sow their burgeoning oats.
— Lot of that going around lately.
— Oh, just not with you.

— Are you gonna talk to me?
— I need you, Peter, okay? Sometimes I just wish I didn't.

— Look, I'm Deputy Chief Medical Examiner. The entire budget of this office is on my shoulders. You keep pulling that crap, I don't care how many friends you have.
— What makes you think I have friends?
— It's true. She doesn't have any.

— Okay, she and Martin met a few years ago, but she did not want to get involved with a married man. They didn't even start dating until after he divorced his first wife.
— Great. So she's a woman of principles. Naturally, she's the one that gets the bullet.

— That's just Megan stirring the pot.
— Listen, you do understand that me taking this case has nothing to do with my dating Todd?
— I didn't think it did.
— Uh-huh. But you think I shouldn't be dating Todd.
— I have three sisters, okay? There is no way that I am getting in the middle of this catfight.
— Who said anything about a catfight?

— You know, you got great instincts
about the dead, Megan. But about the living, you suck.
— I care about the dead because they can't speak for themselves.

— You gonna keep throwing Megan at me the whole time?
— I'm not throwing anything at anybody. I am Switzerland, okay? I'm a neutral party.
— Listen, I haven't done anything wrong!
— Well, technically.