Magnum P.I. (TV Series)

Bad Day to Be a Hero (2018)

Corbin Bernsen: Francis 'Icepick' Hofstetler

Quotes 

• Ice Pick : What happened to you? Coconut fall on your head?

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Is it really that bad?

  Ice Pick : Actually, it's an improvement.

• Ice Pick : I wasn't expecting you until next week, so this has to be serious.

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Yeah. Got myself in a bit of a bind.

  Ice Pick : What's her name?

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Toni.

  Ice Pick : Tell me.

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Well, last night she's hosting a poker game. I offered to help. Brought in a couple whales. About halfway through, two mutts kick in the door and rob it. Now, the problem is Toni is the bank, so she's on the hook to the guy who was in the lead.

  Ice Pick : And who's that?

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Pascale Parata.

  Ice Pick : How the hell did you rope Pascale in?

  [seeing Rick's face, realization dawns on him] 

  Ice Pick : You dropped my name.

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Sorry, Ice Pick.

  Ice Pick : You were always in a jam growing up, Rick. Headed down the wrong path. On your way to becoming a criminal degenerate like me. So what do I do? I nudge you onto another path. Now you're a war hero earning an honest living and still you're mixing up with animals like Pascale. And what the hell were you doing bringing a crime boss to a game?

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Look, I know, I know. It was stupid. I get it, all right?

• Ice Pick : My guess? They're amateurs.

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : What makes you say that?

  Ice Pick : Because if you're gonna pull a cowboy score like that, you wait 'till the end of the night when the maximum amount of coin is on the table. Look, my advice to you, kid? Be smart. Stay out. Guy like Pascale gets involved, it always gets messy. And no skirt is worth a bullet between the eyes.

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Toni is way more than that.

  Ice Pick : You sound bit, my friend.

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Maybe. She has MS.

  Ice Pick : Tough break.

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : Not for her, it isn't. Let me tell you, Ice, this woman is stronger than I ever will be. And she knows me well. So much so that I was afraid to make a move at first.

  Ice Pick : Got a gal who can call you out on all that baggage you got. That's a horse of a different color.

  Orville 'Rick' Wright : So, you think you can talk to Pascale? He gave her a deadline 'till this afternoon. I-I just need a little more time to track down the dough.

  Ice Pick : My one redeeming quality in this life is that I've always tried to be a father figure to you. What kind of father figure would I be now if I stepped in? No. You got yourself into this, Rick. Get yourself out. It's the only way you're gonna learn.