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Live-Action TV
"A good detective knows that every task, every interaction, no matter how seemingly banal, has the potential to contain multitudes. I live my life alert to this possibility."
—Sherlock Holmes, Elementary, "Possibility Two"
Odo: I think the Romulans tried to kill Garak.
Russol: Very good, Odo. I see working for the Bajorans hasn't entirely dulled your instincts.
Odo: My question is why.
Russol: You'd have to ask the Romulans. But I do know that you're investigating a very insignificant piece of a much larger puzzle.
Russol: Very good, Odo. I see working for the Bajorans hasn't entirely dulled your instincts.
Odo: My question is why.
Russol: You'd have to ask the Romulans. But I do know that you're investigating a very insignificant piece of a much larger puzzle.
"Because once the Prime Minister knows, there will have to be an enquiry, like Watergate. The investigation of a trivial break-in led to one ghastly revelation after another and finally the downfall of a president. The golden rule is don't lift lids off cans of worms. Everything is connected to everything else."
—Sir Humphrey Appleby, "The Whisky Priest", Yes, Minister
Video Games
"OCP built me to serve the public trust, protect the innocent, and uphold the law. So when I found Kano selling arms to Old Detroit's gangs, I had one duty: Apprehend him. I never thought the chase would take me to a different universe, let alone end in a fight with Kano's protector, Kronika. And when Kronika went down, something unexpected happened. Her power washed over me, sweeping away the limits my designers had put on my programming. For the first time, I saw the depths of OCP's corruption. It wasn't just a couple of greedy executives... It was the whole damned company. OCP is making a killing playing both sides, selling to cops and criminals. When I get home, I am bringing them to justice. It will not be fast or easy. OCP has too much cash, and too much firepower, for me to clean things up alone. It is a good thing this'll be an "inter-agency" effort. Welcome to the future of law enforcement."
—RoboCop's Tower Ending, Mortal Kombat 11
"You know this all started with a bit of iron in Nashkel? Everyone thought their weapons would rot out of their hands. Back then, I thought the problem was bad trade."
—An Amnian mercenary recalls the events of Baldur's Gate in The Mortal View: Eyewitness Accounts of the Bhaalspawn Crisis, Baldurs Gate 3
