The Closer2005

Louie Provenza:
I don't know if you've noticed, but, um, Gabriel and Daniels can hardly stand to be in the same room together anymore.

Brenda Leigh Johnson:
I already issued an order for them to sort out their romantic problems.

Louie Provenza:
You-you are an excellent leader, Chief, but... you can't just boss around the human heart.

Brenda Leigh Johnson:
Lieutenant, I'm in the middle of a double homicide investigation. I don't wanna talk about this right now.

Louie Provenza:
Well, I don't wanna talk about it either, but... Look, Sanchez was gone for four months on a disability leave, and then... and then Gabriel took a week off for some training, and Daniels was off at some Homeland Security labs for two weeks. I mean... Look, I may not be a psychic, but as an experienced civil servant, I can tell you this: the brass will not let you do with six people what you'e proven you can do with five.

Brenda Leigh Johnson:
[thinking] Chief Pope told me this morning that he may have to promote someone from Major Crimes to the CI Division.

Louie Provenza:
Well, there it is, then. There it is. And, I'm telling' you, Chief, h-h-he could take Sanchez, or Tao, or even Flynn, and our problem would still be the same, and it's sitting right out there.

[Brenda and Provenza gaze out at Daniels and Gabriel working at their desks]