Body of Proof Quotes

Don't believe everything you've heard about me. The truth is much worse.

— Just be on your best behavior and hide the gory stuff.
— That's kinda hard to do in a morgue.

— I heard you were some big neurosurgeon a few years back.
— Used to be.
— So why are you working here?
— You can't kill somebody if they're already dead.

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Megan Hunt

detective Samantha Baker

Season 1

Episode 1

— Do you have any friends?
— Why?
— Get some. You can't fight everybody, everywhere, all the time, alone.

When you got nothing, any hand that reaches out to you in the darkness seems like it's worth grabbing hold of.

— Lacey's coming to watch you work, and you drew up a schedule?
— She's going to interview each one of you. I've drawn up a list of questions that I thought she might like to ask.
— And did you draw up our answers, too?
— I'm not a complete control freak.

You let this job get too personal, and you're gonna burn yourself out.

— I cannot stress enough the high profile nature of this case.
— Really? You sure you want me on this?

— I think if you're trying to break Megan, it won't work.
— I'm not trying to break her. I'm trying to contain her. It's better to knock heads with two detectives than the entire Philadelphia Police Department.

I lost my child to my career, and then I lost my career.

— This new you, Megan Hunt, M. E, who seems to care about dead people more than she ever did about the living, is she for real? Or is she just working off her guilt after killing a patient on the operating table?
— They're not just dead bodies to us. They're the stories of a life and it's our job to tell it.

— I'm trying to have a relationship with my daughter, okay?
— Well, maybe you should just try having some fun with her, you know?

A Peter Dunlop just sent you a text message. "DB on Route 14. Chief wants U" Spelled the letter "U," by the way. There's a dead body out there somewhere who's more important than I am.

From a conversation with my daughter in a cafe about her work as a forensic expert.

— I thought you were supposed to have the day off today.
— Had the whole thing planned out. A new book, an old Bordeaux...

The body is the proof. It will tell you everything you need to know if you just have the patience to look.

— I know a lot of M. E's, and none of 'em are as big a pain in the ass as you are!
— Look at that. Already we agree on something.