- Det. Andy Sipowicz: This little chat that we're having, can we make this a regular thing?
- Det. Bobby Simone: I'm always around if you need me.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: What, are you going to be my guardian angel?
- Det. Bobby Simone: Something like that.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Tell me what to do, Bobby. I got a new boss. Probably gonna ease me off the job. I got a wife and three little kids. I'm too old to start again. I'm too old to change. I don't know what the hell to do.
- Det. Bobby Simone: Sure you do.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Hey, you're the one that's been hanging around up there with them saints and prophet types. You tell me.
- Det. Bobby Simone: Be a teacher.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Yeah, good. There's an image. Andy Sipowicz behind a desk yelling at 30 kids throwing spitballs.
- Det. Bobby Simone: Or maybe just four kids.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Three's enough. Trust me. No more kids in my life.
- Det. Bobby Simone: What about your partner?
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Clark's a grown man.
- Det. Bobby Simone: Who lost one father and he's scared to death he's going to lose another one.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: I can't take that on.
- Det. Bobby Simone: You already did.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: He don't want me being his father.
- Det. Bobby Simone: Yeah, he does. When the kids are at their worst, that's when they need you the most.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: It's too late. I feel like I lost him already. Just like I lost Andy Jr., and Sylvia, and you. I can't go through that again.
- Det. Bobby Simone: Spot him the mistakes, Andy. And teach him to ride out the losses, and you won't have to. You think the Big Guy will let up on you 'cause of your looks? You're supposed to serve a purpose when you're down here.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: The "Big Guy" as in God?
- Det. Bobby Simone: When you needed Him the most, He was right there for you.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: You're saying there's actually a God?
- Det. Bobby Simone: Yes, Andy. That's exactly what I'm saying.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: It'd be nice if He gave me the high sign once in a while.
- Det. Bobby Simone: I think that's what he's doing.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: How come I'm so afraid, Bobby?
- Det. Bobby Simone: 'Cause you think too much about what's ahead of you. You think about what you owe, the people who depend on you, what you owe the job, what you owe yourself. And you're afraid that you won't have enough time to make good on all of it.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: You didn't.
- Det. Bobby Simone: My life was exactly as long as it was supposed to be.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Not as far as I'm concerned. I never got over not having you in the world with me.
- Det. Bobby Simone: I am in the world with you, Andy.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: No, you're not. Not like it was.
- Det. Bobby Simone: No, not like it was.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: I wish we could go back to then
- Det. Bobby Simone: We come when we are called, Andy.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: I gotta ask you. Do you see Andy Jr.?
- Det. Bobby Simone: He's fine.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: What about Sylvia?
- Det. Bobby Simone: Also fine.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Do you see them?
- Det. Bobby Simone: No, it don't work like that, but I know--they're fine. I know you're in their hearts.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: And this little chat that we're having--can we make this a regular thing?
- Det. Bobby Simone: I'm always around if you need me.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: What, are you gonna be like my guardian angel?
- Det. Bobby Simone: Something like that.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: I miss you, partner.
- Det. Bobby Simone: I miss you too.
- Det. John Clark, Jr.: [Clark enters the room and Simone disappears] What are you doing here?
- Det. Bobby Simone: [From just outside the door just as it begins to swing shut] God bless, Andy.
- Det. John Clark, Jr.: I'll be out of your way in a second.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Want to grab something to eat?
- Det. John Clark, Jr.: [with surprise and eagerness] You wanna?
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Yeah.
- [walks over to Clark]
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: I'm not going anywhere, John.
- [puts an assuring hand on Clark's shoulder]
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: I'm right here with you.