Quotes Of The Week: Destination X, Criminal Minds, Sandman And More
Fireworks may have lit up the sky this holiday weekend, but our Quotes of the Week column is always delivering dazzling dialogue.
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 The Buccaneers, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Below Deck and Days of Our Lives.
Also featured in this week's roundup: a double dose of Squid Game, and a rare triple dose (!) of Ironheart. Plus, we've got quotable moments from The Sandman, Destination X and Countdown.
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 Matt Webb Mitovich, Kimberly Roots, Ryan Schwartz and Andy Swift)
14. DAYS OF OUR LIVES
"No luck with the necklace, huh?"
"None. It's like trying to find a straight guy at a Kylie Minogue concert... unless he's wearing cargo shorts and is very deep in the closet."
If there's a tiny shred of hope in any situation, Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) will find it
13. DESTINATION X
"I don't do haunted castles. The only ghost I believe in is the Holy Ghost. Amen."
Blessed are those among JaNa
12. IRONHEART (Episode 4)
"It's not a bad look, right?"
"It's giving store-brand Jason Statham."
Zeke's (Alden Ehrenreich) bionic upgrade comes with a free haircut!
11. IRONHEART (Episode 5)
"You're telling me this puffy-ass cloud with eyes holds apocalyptic power...? I've seen pigeons on the South Side scarier than this."
Zelma's Dormammu sketch doesn't scare Riri (Dominique Thorne)
10. IRONHEART (Episode 6)
"Great. Another magic a–hole."
With a wave of his hand, "Dormammu" yanks Riri (Dominique Thorne) out of her suit
9. LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER
"The White House recently said that [Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill] will deliver a 'Blue-Collar BOOM,' all caps, which sounds like a new special at IHOP tied to the Smurfs movie that'll make you immediately s—t yourself."
8. THE BUCCANEERS
"What do you know about romance? You're a married woman."
"Miss Merrigan, I may be a married woman, and I may be a teeny bit older than you, but I am at least a million times more experienced in love, life and not being an ungrateful, rude, spoiled baby!"
"...Is this because I said I didn't like mustaches?"
"Nobody does! But you might like the man beneath one!"
Conchita (Alisha Boe) may not have the temperament for matchmaking
7. CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION
"Your lawyers die faster than the drummers from Spinal Tap."
"I'm not sure if it's the amnesia or you're just old, but I don't get that joke."
1. Don't worry, Rossi (Joe Mantegna), we got the joke — good one! 2. Voit (Zach Gilford), you're not that young
6. COUNTDOWN
"See that mirror behind me...? Behind that mirror is a little room with four people who say they haven't seen a performance that sh-tty since Jar Jar ruined Star Wars."
Meachum (Jensen Ackles) advises a POI to put a plug in the crocodile tears
5. SQUID GAME (Episode 2)
"Get up. We've only killed half a person each."
Myung-gi (Yim Si-wan) teaches "Squid Game math" to Nam-gyu
4. SQUID GAME (Episode 3)
"Who knows, this might turn [Player] 222 into some kind of Marvel superhero!"
"Like Wonder Woman?"
"That's actually a DC superhero, but anyways...."
For a brief instant, the VIPs appeared to be actual humans from our actual world
3. BELOW DECK
"St. Barts is known to be one of the most glamorous, ritzy islands in the Caribbean, which makes me think I'm probably not going to fit in that well... but, f—k it. I don't need to dress like a wanker to be a wanker."
And a wanker you are, Damo!
2. THE SANDMAN
"Well, that's just a lot of words smooshed together."
Delirium (Esme Creed-Miles) isn't impressed by the Three Fates' ponderous (and vague) warning
1. THE GILDED AGE
"I hesitate to pull rank, but my great-grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence. What were your ancestors doing then, I wonder?"
Congratulations to Mrs. Carlton (Victoria Clark) for destroying Bertha with the most 1880s-appropriate shade we've ever heard