Quotes Of The Week: Countdown, And Just Like That, Dexter, Sistas And More
As Taylor Swift enters her showgirl era, TVLine continues our regular celebration of show-stopping dialogue in our latest Quotes of the Week.
In the list below — which features our picks for TV's most memorable sound bites of the past seven days — you'll find nearly a dozen shows represented, including Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, And Just Like That..., Dexter: Resurrection, The Challenge: Vets and New Threats, Beyond the Gates, Outlander: Blood of My Blood and Countdown.
Also featured in this week's roundup: Jimmy Fallon celebrates Taylor Swift's album announcement, The Summer I Turned Pretty's house hunt gets morbid and Tyler Perry's Sistas summons Shakespeare.
Scroll through the list below to see all of our picks for the week, then hit the comments and tell us if we missed any of your faves! (With contributions from Nick Caruso, Dave Nemetz, Kimberly Roots and Andy Swift)
ALIEN: EARTH
"These are weird... They move around when I run."
Android Wendy (Sydney Chandler) has the mind of a child, so she's still getting used to her synthetic breasts
THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY
"It's... It's cozy."
"Cozy like a coffin."
House hunting is not going well for our young couple
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON
"Seriously, we all need Taylor Swift right now, because without her music and her merchandise, we end up doing weird stuff like starting a Labubu collection."
TYLER PERRY'S SISTAS
"Heavy is the crown of the Black woman."
We'd like to think that Shakespeare would approve of Fatima (Crystal Renee Hayslett) revising his famous quote
BEYOND THE GATES
"You already went through the money Ted gave you. God knows what you spent it on, maybe an infinite supply of wigs?"
Eva (Ambyr Michelle) jokes, but it's been a minute since we've seen Leslie in all her wigged-out glory — we almost miss her many personas
THE CHALLENGE: VETS AND NEW THREATS
"You've made yourself center of attention. Shock."
"Yes I have, for 25 seasons, and will continue to do so. There's a reason you're here and it's because of me. I am the f–king Challenge!"
Johnny Bananas' ego once again causes heads to shake and eyes to roll
OUTLANDER: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD
"Time to say your prayers."
At first we thought Brian (Jamie Roy) was introducing us to some naughty 18th-century slang... then we realized Ellen's dream was coming to an abrupt end, courtesy of Mrs. Fitz
COUNTDOWN
"You want me to be there for you while you start treatment?"
"[Mark, lying to himself] No. No way. You've go to get back at it. Besides, I don't need you waiting around too wipe drool off my lip."
"I would never do that."
Mark (Jensen Ackles) and Amber (Jessica Camacho) have grown close, but maybe not that close
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER
"We're going to dive straight in with our main story tonight, which concerns immigration. The thing that brought America the likes of Gloria Estefan from Cuba, Albert Einstein from Germany, and Elon Musk from... hell."
DEXTER: RESURRECTION
"If I really am who you think I am, this can't possibly end well for you."
"I'll take my chances, buddy."
If we weren't worried for Angel Batista (David Zayas) before, we certainly are now!
AND JUST LIKE THAT...
"So this girl... what's she like?"
"How can I put this nicely? I'm afraid she might be an idiot."
Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) shares with Steve (David Eigenberg) that their son's baby mama Mia might not be the brightest bulb