Birds of Prey (TV Series)

Prey for the Hunter (2002)

Joe Flanigan: Det. Claude Morton

Quotes 

• Det. Claude Martin : A generation ago, there was a man, a vigilante who prowled New Gotham's nights claiming he was fighting for justice. All the while, and I'm not kidding about this, he was dressed as a bat.

  Jesse Reese : Okay, now I know you're messing with me. A grown man fights crime and he does it dressed as a giant flying rodent?

  Det. Claude Martin : I think it's safe to assume he had some issues. He called himself the Batman.

  Jesse Reese : Oh, okay, now that, that's creative.

  Det. Claude Martin : Oh, I didn't make it up. The point is, he attracted criminals. It was a prestige thing to fight him. You know, make your mark in the underworld.

  Jesse Reese : That only explains why there are so many criminals here in New Gotham. All metahumans can't be criminals.

  Det. Claude Martin : Why not? Their kind is drawn to crime, they think they're above the law.

  Jesse Reese : What about this flying bat guy? He fought crime. He was a metahuman.

  Det. Claude Martin : No, no, no. He was human all the way. He just, you know, had a scary dress sense. Anyway, he vanished about seven years ago, but the metahumans stayed, had families, built lives here, they're, they're here still. Some even married humans. You don't even wanna know how screwed up those kids are. You know what I'm talking about, Reese, I can tell.

• Claude : This pain in my head comes from you. Every time I get near one of you, I change into something I don't wanna be. Into something that I hate! So, I am going to destroy all of you. And when the last one of you dies, I'll be normal. I'll be free.

  Helena Kyle : And I'm the one in therapy.

• Det. Claude Martin : So, give me an idea what's classified as bizarre in New Gotham.

  Jesse Reese : I've seen some things there's just no sane explanation for.

  Det. Claude Martin : I left my sanity behind a long time ago; it was slowing me down.

  Jesse Reese : Yeah, I hear that.

  Det. Claude Martin : I have seen perps that could shoot electricity out of their hands, who could jump ten stories straight down, land on their feet; perps who could turn into bugs...

  Jesse Reese : Is that a lot of little bugs or one big bug?

  Det. Claude Martin : Both.