Hill Street Blues (TV Series)

Jungle Madness (1981)

Kiel Martin: Detective J.D. LaRue

Quotes 

• Detective J.D. La Rue : [LaRue is attending his first AA meeting]  My name's John...

  [he takes a long breath] 

  Detective J.D. La Rue : i, I guess I'm an alcoholic.

  AA Members : Hi, John!

  [LaRue starts to sit back down] 

  Furillo : How you doing, J.D.?

  [LaRue looks around the room in shock and sees Furillo sitting among the members] 

  Ben : You're most welcome to this meeting, John. There's a new life for you here if you want it... and we all hope you do.

  [LaRue looks like he's about to cry as he nods yes] 

• Furillo : Smart move, LaRue. You went out on an important operation in a unit with no brakes. How do you explain that? Maybe I can explain it for you.

  Detective J.D. La Rue : Hey. Wa - wa -

  Furillo : [removes bottle from LaRue's shirt]  You're a drunk, my friend. And because you're a drunk, you're a screwup. And I'm through waiting for you to change. You got a couple of choices, pal. Either this, or you call a Lieutenant Johnson down at Division and you say to him, "I'm a drunk, and I want to change." You got that? "I want to change." Otherwise, you're out of this police department, and I mean now.

  [hands bottle back to LaRue] 

• Det. Neal Washington : Look at you, you're half juiced!

  Detective J.D. La Rue : Hey man, hey man, you come on now, I'm gonna tell you something. I haven't had...

  [waits for Furillo & Calletano to walk past] 

  Detective J.D. La Rue : I haven't had a drink all day. One drink. Ok, one drink, all day.

  Det. Neal Washington : Yeah, one drink out of a bowl!