Tyne Daly: Maxine Gray

Quotes 

• Maxine Gray : [to Vincent]  You were born on the hottest day of the year. Nineteen hours of labor. They wanted to use forceps, but I refused.

  Vincent Gray : I could have been paralyzed.

  Maxine Gray : You know how I hate to use that.

• Maxine Gray : [When a 12-year-old boy is being interrogated for raping his little sister]  I thought the doctors didn't find semen.

  Jonathan Ashworth : Yeah, but the little perv doesn't know that, if he's even old enough to produce any.

  Maxine Gray : Jonathan, we might all like you better if you didn't enjoy this so much.

• Jonathan Ashworth : What's the problem? It took Detective Frazier less than 20 minutes to get a confession.

  Fran Winston : She terrified a 12-year-old boy.

  Det. Peggy Fraser : He should be terrified. He raped his sister.

  Jonathan Ashworth : You people slay me. That bit with the underpants was brilliant. We should be drinking champagne and toasting this woman.

  Maxine Gray : There's a very good chance a judge will disallow the confession.

  Det. Peggy Fraser : Because I lied to the boy.

  Maxine Gray : Yes. And pressured him.

  Det. Peggy Fraser : He was appraised of his rights. There was an interested adult in the room with him.

  Maxine Gray : If Robert was an adult, your tactics would be acceptable, but children are more easily coerced and juvenile court judges take that into account.

• Maxine Gray : Where does a 12-year-old boy get the idea to rape a 5-year-old girl?

  Det. Peggy Fraser : Been for a cruise on the Internet lately?

  Fran Winston : Most underage molesters have been molested themselves.

  Maxine Gray : The boy wore a condom. That's learned behavior.

  Det. Peggy Fraser : The stepfather?

  Fran Winston : According to the police report, Mr. and Mrs. Manning used condoms as their preferred form of birth control.

  Jonathan Ashworth : Hey, I love it. I mean it'd be quite a feather in our cap to snag a kiddy diddler.

  Maxine Gray : Jonathan, if you weren't already in a wheelchair, I would feel a distinct urge to put you into one myself.

• Maxine Gray : [to Mr. Lawrence]  We believe that Robert himself is a victim of molestation.

  Tim Lawrence : You know what's wrong with places like Sanctuary House? They can become witch-hunt factories.

  Maxine Gray : We're still finding our way. We might stumble a few times, I admit that possibility, but can we for the moment stay focused on Robert Valdez?

• Jonathan Ashworth : [after Detective Frazier interrogates Robert]  What the hell just happened?

  Maxine Gray : He's not ready to admit he was molested. He's ashamed. He's not going to talk with Peggy about it.

  Jonathan Ashworth : Well, then you've got to try.

  Maxine Gray : What?

  Jonathan Ashworth : You want to get this guy or not? Cause we don't have much time. That lawyer's going to pull the plug, that kid's mother will get wise to what we're doing. You've got to try.