Detectives are known as an eccentric lot. Neurotic and paranoid, hard-nosed and hard-boiled—their line of work often results in memorable lines as theatrical as their cases.
Whether it’s a quirky one-liner, pithy retort, or monologue wholly emblematic of their character, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite tough-talking, gun-toting sleuths of the small screen for you to identify... simply by the their signature sayings.
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