Quotes Of The Week: The Masked Singer, Black-Ish, Russian Doll, Idol And More
NBC's Pearsons, ABC's Johnsons and CBS' clan of ghosts are among the TV families to pop up in our latest Quotes of the Week compilation.
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 Rebecca's ambivalent reaction to Jack's new facial hair on This Is Us, a MasterChef Junior contestant who's worried about more than just her meal, a none-too-pleased Ken Jeong during The Masked Singer's latest unmasking, and, with all due respect to hosting pro Ryan Seacrest, one of the clunkiest results announcements in American Idol history.
Also featured in this week's roundup: double doses of Sanditon and Russian Doll (grade the Season 2 premiere!), plus quotable moments from Snowfall, Moon Knight, The Girl From Plainville, black-ish's series finale (grade it!) and more shows.
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!
THIS IS US
"I can't tell if you look like a pizza delivery man or a porn star."
"Baby, tonight I can be both."
Rebecca (Mandy Moore) doesn't know what to think of Jack's (Milo Ventimiglia) new mustache
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
"I don't know why everybody wants me to watch these old movies. Deeks made me watch Hair. And he sang every single song. That was more traumatizing than Get Out!"
Roundtree (Caleb Castille) prefers body-snatching to hippies
MASTERCHEF JUNIOR
"I'm a little bit scared because I don't want anything bad to happen, because that means the show could get cancelled."
Attempting her first-ever flambé, Ivy fears for not hide nor hair, but Fox's primetime schedule
SHINING VALE
"Wow, you really are just a hairy spine."
Pat (Courteney Cox) gives family dog Roxie an overdue bath
SANDITON
"Did you really never work it out? Sidney and Charlotte were in love. He married Eliza to save you. But you would throw all that away for a game of dice."
Mary Parker (Kate Ashfield) gives her husband Tom a tall glass of ice-cold honesty when she schools him on the reality of his gambling woes
SANDITON (Bonus Quote!)
"Oh, in heaven's name. What's wrong with you? Find a remedy."
Lady Denham (Anne Reid) also verbally chin-checks Tom for his inability to hold the Redcoats responsible for their debts to the town's shopkeepers
WECRASHED
"If you don't resign, I'll break your f—king arm."
Benchmark Capital partner Bruce Dunlevie (Anthony Edwards) has lost all patience with ousted WeWork CEO Adam Neumann
AMERICAN IDOL
"Cadence, last night Katy called you a fighter. But will the fight continue? ... It will! ... Because it's time to keep fighting ... for a spot in the Top 10 for a judges' pick. You did not make it into America's Top 10."
"That was confusing!"
Good on Katy Perry for calling out Ryan Seacrest's clumsy delivery here. And can you blame poor Cadence Baker for smiling through it all? It sounded like good news!
THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE
"How much does this affect your opening statement?"
"Well, it starts with, 'Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,' so..."
Prosecutors Katie Rayburn (Aya Cash) and Teresa Adams (Chinasa Ogbuagu) are forced to rethink their strategy after Michelle Carter opts for a trial by judge
SNOWFALL
"They want to see the next generation in chains, and this is how they do it. So, it's time to get out the game. Start a legit business. Invest. Buy a house. ... Anything other than this."
Leon (Isaiah John) wisely warns his corner boys before bowing out of the business to avoid the harsh and racist sentencing disparities between crack and cocaine possession
THE REAL WORLD HOMECOMING: NEW ORLEANS
"I don't know if he's been sleeping in a cryogenic tank, but that motherf—ker don't got a single wrinkle. Imma tell you what, if it makes your skin look like that, I might believe in Jesus, too!"
Melissa Beck comments on her uber-religious former roommate Matt Smith's youthful glow
RUSSIAN DOLL (Episode 1)
"Who is Chez?"
"Some kind of Paul Snider character. Now I don't expect you to get that — it's a Star 80 reference, very deep cut."
Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) likens the man she met in her mom's past to Eric Roberts' Star 80 villain
RUSSIAN DOLL (Episode 3)
"Look at this: Turns out I'm the Norm of this Cheers! [pause] OK, nothing, too soon. Well, all you really need to know is he's a cutie-pie alcohol abuser in a loveless marriage."
Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) forgets that people in 1982 won't get her witty TV references
GHOSTS
"Very small chance. Like size of Jay's forearms. So it should be fine."
Thor (Devan Chandler Long) tries to reassure Sam that the likelihood of her losing the ability to see the ghosts is tiny
WWE RAW
"Honestly, she deserves the big E-S-T fine the women's division has ever seen."
Sonya Deville, flipping the script on Bianca Belair's catchphrase while demanding retribution after Belair put hands on her before their title match
BLACK-ISH
"Mama was wrong."
"After 20 years, you finally figure out what to say to turn me on!"
Better late than never, right, Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross)?
THE MASKED SINGER
"I'm done."
Ken Jeong is all of us who bothered to stick with this show long enough to see Rudy Giuliani unmasked
MOON KNIGHT
"If they sprang to life right now and asked me a riddle for passage, I'd be thrilled. I'd s—t myself, but I'd be thrilled."
Steven (Oscar Isaac) marvels at the stone guardians of an ancient Egyptian tomb