Flashpoint (TV Series)

Who's George? (2008)

Enrico Colantoni: Sergeant Gregory 'Greg' Parker

Quotes 

• Sam Braddock : [after failing a hostage negotiating training exercise]  I was doing everything right, wasn't I? Mirroring, emotional labeling, eye messaging, everything in the book, but I just...

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : Need to listen. Look, you can kick ass like nobody's business, and you look great in the cool pants, but as long as you're out there and you're trying to talk to somebody you've got to be able to listen. You've got to be able to connect.

  Sam Braddock : I know, okay, it's just, how do I...

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : Connect to bad guys when I spent four years shooting em'?

  Sam Braddock : I just need to finish this review.

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : Nah, you need time. Field training, a little patience, okay?

  [pats him on the back and leaves] 

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : Remember, you got the cool pants down.

• Ed Lane : So there's no way we can get in there without him seeing us.

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : Okay. Okay, you figure out how to get into the impossible building and I'll go talk to the killer with nothing to lose.

  Ed Lane : If you put it that way.

• Sgt. Gregory Parker : [running from the truck to the bank]  Team One, Sierra One, I think he's coming out. Get ready.

  Ed Lane : [from a rooftop]  That's great. Congratulations.

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : Negative. Not good. He said goodbye to his wife and put his mask back on. He's coming out armed, Ed. Do you understand? Loss of a loved one; mask depersonalizes him and us. He's looking for direct confrontation. He wants us to kill him. Suicide by cop. Hold fire! Suicide by cop.

• Sam Braddock : [finds Parker reviewing the transcript from the day]  Hey, Sarge.

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : Hey. You okay?

  Sam Braddock : Yeah. You?

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : [smiles]  Sure.

  Sam Braddock : Really?

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : [looks away]  Nah.

  [shakes head] 

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : No.

• Sam Braddock : I still think we should try initiating Stockholm. According to the manual, a subject with a hostage is an object of anger or scorn. His negotiator should attempt to...

  Sgt. Gregory Parker : ...Humanize the hostage to the hostage taker. I know the manual, okay? Once this guy knows he lost his cover, he'll be thinking that his life is over, and he's holed up with the woman that made it happen. So my goal is getting him to think about anything but her, okay?