Kyra Sedgwick credited as playing...
Brenda Leigh Johnson
- [about the interview with the mayor to become Chief of Police]
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Chief, if you don't at least attend this final interview, the women of the LAPD will be completely demoralized, and many of them will never forgive you. Ever.
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: Well, can I just skip the whole prep part? I'll just go in there and be myself.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: That is a *terrible* idea.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: May I ask you a question?
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: Sure, Captain. Why not?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Do you really not want to be Chief of Police?
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: No, I don't.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: And as a woman, don't you feel an obligation to at least give it a try?
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: As a woman, I feel I've earned the right to options, and one of my options should be to say no.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: You don't think that I wanted to spend my career in Internal Affairs, doing a job that leaves me disliked and mistrusted by my fellow officers every day of my life? No, I chose I.A. because I thought it was the quickest way to achieve rank. And I also thought it'd be good for the department to see a woman in a Captain's uniform. And, of course, you got your job the old-fashioned way.
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: How's that?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: By sleeping with the boss. That's not an insult. It is a time-honored way of moving forward, but those roads are not open to everyone, and you have the chance to maybe change that a little.
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: So, you're saying I should take the job whether I want it or not.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Yes. Please make the oh-so-terrible sacrifice of accepting a promotion that offers you more money, prestige, and power than any other job in the city. And, if it will help you with the suffering, you'll not only be a positive role model for little girls all over this country, but I personally will feel very... I will feel very proud to have a Chief that I can truly admire.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: I think that we should capitalize on your feminine strengths.
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: Which are?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Uh, don't take this the wrong way, Chief - because I have always admired with how little you care about current fashion. And the - the purse. That... That purse. Come on. That - the - the purse. This purse helps people underestimate you - which I think, you know, is a good thing when it comes to criminals. The Mayor - he's somebody you really want to impress - so I was wondering if we could...
- Assistant Chief Will Pope: So, when you say you're not interested in the job, it's... it's very disappointing.
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: Didn't you tell me yourself that I had no real chance at being Chief? That you were only permitting me to submit an ap...
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Excuse me? Permission?
- Assistant Chief Will Pope: No, that's - that's - that's not what I said. I did not say that.
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: Yes, you did. You permitted me to apply as a sort of stalking horse...
- Captain Sharon Raydor: You did not.
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: You lied about going on a date, about being in her apartment, and you lied about having sex with her.
- Fritz Howard: When you say it all out loud like that, it sounds pretty bad.
- Fritz Howard: Don't be late. You got a big day tomorrow.
- Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson: So everyone keeps telling me.