Quotes Of The Week: Chicago Fire, NCIS, Andor, The Last Of Us, Elsbeth And More
Before April's showers bring May's flowers, let's take a moment to celebrate the week's best little droplets of dialogue.
In our latest Quotes of the Week column — which features our picks for TV's most memorable sound bites of the past seven days — you'll find more than a dozen shows represented, including The Last of Us, Survivor, St. Denis Medical, NCIS: Sydney, Happy Face, MobLand, The Amazing Race, The Handmaid's Tale, Doctor Who, Dark Winds and more.
Also featured in this week's roundup: LL Cool J shares his affinity for German pastries on NCIS, CBS' Ghosts takes a shot at Peacock and Chicago Fire demonstrates a base-level understanding of the young American woman. Plus, we've got double doses of Fire Country, Andor and Hacks.
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 Vlada Gelman, Rebecca Luther, Charlie Mason, Matt Webb Mitovich and Kimberly Roots)
18. NCIS: SYDNEY
"You good?"
"Yeah. You need to work on your stealth, though. I saw you coming a mile away."
"We're mid-rescue and you're giving me notes?"
Evie (Tuuli Narkle) makes DeShawn (Sean Sagar) work hard for his wins
17. NCIS
"Are those apfelküchle?"
"Whoa, look at this! Finally, a fellow connoisseur. You know apfelküchle?"
"Course I know apfelküchle."
"Uh, I just thought they were apple donuts."
"You, my friend, have the palate of a 9-year-old."
Sam (LL Cool J) impresses Alden (Gary Cole) — Torres (Wilmer Valderrama), less so
16. ANDOR (Episode 2)
"Next time, catch them first. Then make them famous."
Partagaz (Anton Lesser) has no more patience for Dedra's hunt for "Axis"
15. ANDOR (Episode 3)
"This game ends now. If you want Syril in your life, you will think before you speak. I'll make sure he visits twice a month, I'll make sure he calls you. I will guarantee a level of engagement but it will be inversely proportional to the volume of anxiety you generate in our lives."
"Quite a mouthful—"
"I'm not done. You can spare me the Uncle Harlo testimonials; I had a look at his ISB criminal files and that is not a story you want to be advertising."
Dedra (Denise Gough) tells Eedy how it's gonna be
14. THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS
"A smile like that has an ego to go with it."
Yep, Sally (Courtney Hope) has Holden's number
13. ST. DENIS MEDICAL
"I don't believe in giving 10s. A 10 means you can't imagine anything better. Like, Ryan Gosling is the hottest man alive. But is he a 10? No. He's a nine. [beat] Ryan Reynolds is a six."
Serena (Kahyun Kim) explains her low score for Bruce's dance performance at the annual gala
12. GHOSTS
"Damn, it's April already? I gotta cancel Peacock."
Stoned Gabe (Dustin Ybarra) realizes he's let his streaming subscription go on too long
11. GHOSTS (Bonus Quote!)
"It's like edible pot."
"Whoa. The munchies are the drugs? I died too soon, man."
Trevor (Asher Grodman) explains what "gummies" are to Flower (Sheila Carrasco)
10. ELSBETH
"Why do you look like the Morton's Salt girl?"
Detective Rivers (Braeden De La Garza) does have a point about Elsbeth's outfit
9. CHICAGO FIRE
"Have you ever lived with a woman in her twenties?"
"No."
"I have. Good luck. They make playlists for everything."
Cruz (Joe Miñoso) talks with Ritter (Daniel Kyri) about his new roommate, Lizzy Novak
8. MOBLAND
"Harry, in 20-odd years of being together, we firmly established three things. One, I f—king hate cats. Two, I can't swim. Three, I don't want to know what you do all day."
It's good for couples to revisit boundaries every once in a while, as Jan (Joanne Froggatt) reminds her shadily-employed husband
7. THE LAST OF US
"Happens to everyone. People get drunk and say awful s—t they've never thought before."
Ellie (Bella Ramsey) isn't as accepting of Seth's apology as perhaps he would like her to be
6. THE HANDMAID'S TALE
"Oh hell no."
Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) has one immediate thought upon seeing June in the Jezebel's garage
5. HAPPY FACE
"The pain doesn't go away. But you learn to live with it, let it scab over. Every once in a while something gets you, like you going on TV. Sometimes it's like walking into a f—king Walmart."
"Oh my god, never go into a Walmart."
"Too many happy faces, right?"
"F—king everywhere."
Ash (Teach Grant) and Mel (Annaleigh Ashford) commiserate about the unexpected things that can trigger you when your father figure is a murderer known as the Happy Face Killer
4. DOCTOR WHO
"You should stay suited."
"Oh, I'm just not loving the look, babes. I come in peace."
"It's not appropriate to call me 'babes.'"
"OK, hon!"
The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) gets (overly) familiar with his new trooper friends
3. DARK WINDS
"Son of a bitch shot you with a horse tranquilizer, Joe."
"Jesus."
"Guess he didn't know what kind of thoroughbred he was trying to put down."
Gordo (A Martinez) confirms that the "Ye'iitsoh" isn't horsing around
2. FIRE COUNTRY
"Forget benching you. I wish I could ground you. For life."
Sharon (Diane Farr) is none too happy to hear of son Bode's orders-defying derring-do
1. FIRE COUNTRY (Bonus Quote!)
"I appreciate the deathbed speech. But we're getting out of here."
(An overly optimistic?) Vince (Billy Burke) cuts short Walter's monologue