Quotes Of The Week: SVU, Magnum P.I., Conners, La Brea, Party Down And More

Fun fact: TVLine's Quotes of the Week are scientifically proven to reduce your end-of-the-weekend blues. (Just don't ask us to present any hard data or anything.)

In the list below, we've gathered nearly 20 of television's most memorable sound bites from the past seven days, including moments both scripted and unscripted from broadcast, cable and streaming series.

This time around, we've got a bit of classic #Miggy banter from Magnum P.I.'s NBC debut (read post mortem), a nod to Mariska Hargitay's famous mom on Law & Order: SVU, and an attempt to spin an unplanned pregnancy into a positive on The Conners (read recap).

Also featured in this week's roundup: double doses of Party Down (what became of Casey Klein?) and Meredith's Grey's Anatomy farewell (read recap), plus laugh-out-loud moments from Abbott Elementary, The Bachelor, La Brea and more.

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!

THE LAST OF US

"You gonna shoot this thing or get it pregnant?"

Ellie (Bella Ramsey) taunts Joel, whom she thinks is taking too long to teach her how to fire a rifle

OUTER BANKS

"Highly dangerous, zero reward? Yeah, he's doing it."

Pope (Jonathan Daviss) knows his reckless pal JJ won't be able to resist a dare to jump from a very high cliff into the ocean below

MAGNUM P.I.

"How do you know I have good news?"

"You have that look."

"What look?"

"Sort of a confident smirk."

"Well, maybe I have resting confident smirk face?"

"You definitely have resting confident smirk face. But you also have news."

Higgins (Perdita Weeks) knows Magnum (Jay Hernandez) all too well

LAW & ORDER: SVU

"An ass like the devil and a face like Jayne Mansfield."

Pence Humphreys (Bradley Whitford) likens Olivia Benson to Mariska Hargitay's late mother 

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

"You leaving already? Just like your ex-husband?"

"Late? Just like your period after prom?"

Sisters Kristen (Lauren Weedman) and Melissa (Lisa Ann Walter) trade barbs at the educators conference

NIGHT COURT

"I just want to say I have a great deal of respect for Olympic athletes. Your ability to work only once every four years? Incredible."

Dan (John Larroquette) greets famous witnesses Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski

GREY'S ANATOMY

"I want you in my life if you want to be in my life. But if I have to choose, I pick me, I pick my kids and I pick what's best for us — and I am not going to beg you to love me."

Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) makes herself crystal clear to estranged boyfriend Nick

GREY'S ANATOMY (Bonus Quote!)

"She's Meredith Grey. She's impossible and she's perfect, and she's brilliant and she cares, and she can be mean sometimes but only when she needs to be. And she can be selfish sometimes, because she has earned that right. For some stupid reason, she's into men, so she never fell in love with me. But she fell in love with you, and you're here? How stupid are you?"

Helm (Jaicy Elliot) can't believe Nick is at Joe's Bar instead of Mer's going-away party

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

"His teeth are whiter than a Wilco concert."

Fran (Polly Draper) describes a rich mega pastor

ALERT: MISSING PERSONS UNIT

"Your daughter thinks this is your son? That's awkward."

And that's an understatement, C (Petey Gibson)!

THE CONNERS

"I think we're all missing the point here. Harris passed three tests!"

Mark (Ames McNamara) tries to spin Harris' unplanned pregnancy as a positive

PARTY DOWN

"You know, it's funny. The thing they don't tell you about inheriting a huge sum of money is the positive side. I found it very freeing!"

Newly rich Constance Carmel (Jane Lynch) doesn't realize she's stating the obvious

PARTY DOWN (Bonus Quote!)

"It's an amazing feeling to know that for a fact, this year, 2020, is going to be the best year of my life."

OK, who's going to tell poor Ron (Ken Marino)?

THE BACHELOR

"This one kind of smells like Sour Patch Kids when somebody's eating them next to you."

Gabi shows off her sophisticated nose palate while sniffing luxury perfumes with Zach

LA BREA

"I got the most inappropriate gift for some dealing with the emotional fallout of killing someone with a freakin' dagger!"

Scott (Rohan Mirchandaney) doesn't wear the title of "local hero" well

1923

"I made you smile. My holy grail."

"You need loftier goals."

Alexandra (Julia Schalepfer) teases her new husband Spencer (Brandon Sklenar), who teases her right back

THE WINCHESTERS

"Whoever he is, I hope he gives you hell."

John (Drake Rodger), when the Akrida cop questions him about the photo of Dean Winchester

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