S.W.A.T. (2003)

Larry Poindexter: Capt. Thomas Fuller

Quotes 

• [about Hondo's S.W.A.T. selection] 

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : Sanchez is a woman and Street, well he's on my shit list

  Hondo : Hey! I'm on your shit list too and I'm the team captain.

• Hondo : 10-David, this is 70-David.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : 70-David, where the hell are you?

  Hondo : We are somewhere around Sixth and Trenton. We lost communication in the tunnels. Where's our backup?

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : [**POSSIBLE SPOILER**]  Everything I have is going to Hawthorne Airport. That's where your friends Gamble and T.J. McCabe are headed.

  Hondo : That's the other side of town! Send a couple units to pick us up.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : PICK YOU UP? For all I know you're in on this! I got a good mind to bring you in!

  Hondo : [to Street, Sanchez, and Deke]  Like hell. Come on, let's go.

• Capt. Thomas Fuller : Nice job.

  Hondo : Don't sound so happy.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : Still got a problem. He's still here.

  [Gestures towards Alex Montel] 

  Chris : Road trip?

  Street : [Beaten up from the fight with Gamble]  Road trip.

  Hondo : Yeah... road trip. Guess you'll have to fire us later.

  [Street spits blood out of his mouth, team walks away toward arriving SWAT truck with Fuller smiling at the team for once in the whole movie] 

• Capt. Thomas Fuller : Sometimes doing the right thing isn't doing the right thing.

  Sgt. Howard : What the hell is that supposed mean?

• Velasquez : We have ID'd those suspects.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : Great! Who are they?

  Velasquez : Former officer Gamble and Officer T.J. McCabe.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : Gamble, as in Street's ex-partner, Gamble?

  Velasquez : Roger.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : We have got two SWAT-trained guys leading this attack. How do we know the rest of the team isn't in on it?

  Velasquez : Because I can vouch for Hondo.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : You wanna bet 100 million dollars on that?

• Brian Gamble : [getting chewed out by Fuller for his stunt at the bank]  That woman is alive because of what we did!

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : Yeah, alive and suing the city for millions. The Chief said if he's gonna pay, somebody else does, too, and it sure as hell isn't gonna be me.

  Brian Gamble : C'mon Fuller we get...

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : [Interrupting]  *Captain* Fuller.

  Brian Gamble : Captain Fuller, we get two seconds to make a decision! You get two months to sit there and tear it apart!

  Velasquez : SWAT means "Special Weapons *And* Tactics". Where were your tactics out there?

  Street : Saving a woman from getting shot. That's where are tactics were.

  Brian Gamble : Yeah, every cop in this department knows that we did the right thing.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : Sometimes, doing the right thing isn't doing the right thing.

  Sgt. Howard : What the hell does that mean?

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : Sergeant?

  [Fuller turns to Street and Gamble] 

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : You disobeyed a direct order, end of story. You're both off SWAT.

  Velasquez : Captain. They're two of our best officers.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : Well I'm not sticking them back in the field after a stunt like that.

  Brian Gamble : [Becoming angry]  Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know that saving lives was goddamn stunt!

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : [Becoming angrier]  Hey, you've got a big mouth, and apparently you're quick on the trigger, and *that* is why your ass is in a sling!

  Velasquez : Captain Fuller, if you're really gonna put them off SWAT at least keep them in the division. Give'em a shot at getting back.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : [pause]  Fine, stick'em in the gun cage. Get'em out of my sight.

• Capt. Thomas Fuller : The Chief is *making* me take you back. He's concerned about losing all his best officers to other cities.

  Hondo : He thinks that I'm one of his best officers?

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : But, he's given me complete oversight, and trust me, you've got no room for error.

  [Looking at the files] 

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : So, I will give you Boxer, T.J. McCabe and this new guy, uh, Deacon Kay. I'm gonna pass up the other 2. Sanchez is a woman and Street? Well, Street's on my shit list.

  Hondo : Hey, *I'm* on your shit list too, and I'm the team leader.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : You work for *me* now, and it's *my* team to choose.

  Hondo : With all due respect, Captain, other leaders get to pick their teams.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : And you can too, just pick two new people.

  Hondo : Look. Just give me the team I asked for. You can even call it your *shit list* team. That way, if anything goes wrong, you can put all the blame on me. It'll be just like old times.

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : Okay. Okay, you got your team.

  [Puts the files together] 

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : But, when you fail, and you probably will fail, Sanchez goes back to Traffic, and you and your boy Street are plain gone.

  [Hondo shrugs in disgust] 

  Capt. Thomas Fuller : No, not just off S.W.A.T., off the force. You *feel* me?

  Hondo : Oh yeah, I *feel* you.