Nancy Everhard credited as playing...
Sam Leary
- Sam Leary: How long do you think someone can live after you've cut out their heart?
- Frank Castle: A long... time.
- Sam Leary: [as she and Berkowitz are combing the sewers for the Punisher's lair] ... So how come you never gave up on Frank Castle, like everybody else did?
- Jake: Because I know what it's like to be given up on.
- Sam Leary: Who gave up on YOU?
- Jake: Everyone and myself. You know how most cops like to go out for a drink after work? Well, I kept moving on up... to the drink BEFORE work, the drink DURING work, and finally the drink INSTEAD OF work. It got to be a real problem; nobody wanted to deal with it, least of all me. Before I knew it, I was down to cleaning empty shells off the firing range. Then along came Frank Castle, ex-Marine commando with a shiny new police badge, and a request to learn from the man who wrote the book on busting bad guys: me. He helped me get my act together, and the rest is history.
- Sam Leary: Excuse me, Lieutenant Berkowirz?
- Jake: Yeah.
- Sam Leary: I'm detective Sam Leary.
- Jake: Sam?
- Sam Leary: Samantha. I worked with you once five years ago. Did the Moretti heroin bust. It was my first assignment plain-clothes. I was the hooker!
- Jake: Oh, right. What can I do for you, detective?
- Sam Leary: I'd like at shot at being your partner.
- Jake: I don't work with a partner.
- Sam Leary: I know, but you used to.
- Jake: Right, used to. Past tense.
- Sam Leary: I'm not after a free ride. I can carry my share of the load.
- Jake: I'm sure you can.
- Sam Leary: No, you're not. You're not even listening to me.
- Jake: That's right. I'm not even listening to you.
- Sam Leary: Why?
- Jake: 'Cause I work with the best. Anything else is a waste of my time. Besides, do you think you're the first person to apply for this job?
- Sam Leary: No, but I'm the most qualified.
- Jake: What makes you think that?
- Sam Leary: I graduated first in my class at the academy. I scored in the top 1% of all officers in the target range. I made detective first time up, the second youngest woman on the force to do that.
- Jake: It must make your parents very proud, but why should it make you my partner?
- Sam Leary: I believe that Frank Castle is still alive... also that he and the Punisher are one and the same person.
- Jake: ... Meet me in my office, first thing tomorrow morning.