Quotes Of The Week: Stranger Things, Tom Swift, SYTYCD, The Flash And More
It's not quite Independence Day yet, but you'll still find fireworks of the verbal variety in our latest Quotes of the Week collection.
In the list below, we've gathered more than 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 some puppy love developing for a certain So You Think You Can Dance competitor, Superman & Lois' aesthetic tribute to Tim Burton, a brand-new addition to our vocabulary (courtesy of Tom Swift), and a revelation from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills that honestly left us with more questions than it did answers.
Also featured in this week's roundup: double doses of Stranger Things (revisit the biggest moments from Season 4, Volume 2), Only Murders in the Building (take stock of Season 2 clues), The Bear (who's our Performer of the Week?), The Flash (read finale post mortem) and Ms. Marvel (read Episode 4 recap), among other series.
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!
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
"We are getting the hang of this."
"Absolutely. You can tell it's our second season."
Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) are talking about the show within a show... we think
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (Bonus Quote!)
"Why do I recognize your voice?"
"I'm an actor. I was on that TV show Brazzos."
"Yeah, they have that on at my assisted living... It's a very good show to have on in the background while you're dying."
Leonora (Shirley MacLaine), hitting Charles (Steve Martin) where it really hurts
STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS
"I'll pile the kids in the station wagon, take a road trip... If anybody has to go, now's the time. Do not make me turn this car around."
Capt. Pike (Anson Mount), Handsome Space Dad, using the perfect metaphor while explaining that he'll take the cadets out for one last mission with senior officers
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
"Your relationship with your sister has kind of been screwed up from the very beginning, ever since she was a baby and you tried to sell her on the black market."
"Are you seriously throwing that in my face right now? How come people can't just move on from that? It was a long time ago, I was a kid! And they got her back!"
After all these years, you'd think Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) would know better than to pester Sami (Alison Sweeney) with things like facts
THE BEAR (Episode 6)
"I'm not homeless. I just started sleeping here so I could save time on my commute. I'm just so close to nailing these donuts, and they gotta be perfect."
"OK, good. So you're a psychopath. Cool."
Marcus (Lionel Boyce) explains to Gary (Corey Hendrix) his sleep-at-work sitch
THE BEAR (Episode 8)
"This is my station, this is not respect."
"No, chef, that is not respect."
Ebraheim (Edwin Lee Gibson) doesn't care for what their bachelor party clients left behind
EVIL
"Food allergy. I didn't do that."
The Demon of Sex (Marti Matulis) refuses to own up to creating the nasty scratches on a newlywed's back
ANIMAL KINGDOM
"Don't worry, that face of his ain't contagious."
"Nah, man, he's all right."
"No, no, no, you don't have to be polite. I mean, Frankenstein wears a mask of my brother on Halloween."
Dissing Arthur, jewelry designer Eddie (Alan Trong) proves to Craig (Ben Robson) what a "gem" he is
THE FLASH
"The Negative Forces used your body as an incubator. And yes, it's a dastardly scheme. Reminds me of my bad old days!"
Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) details just how sick an idea Iris' time sickness was
THE FLASH (Bonus Quote!)
"Who's his new tailor? Satan?"
Bart (Jordan Fisher) and Team Flash get a first look at Reverse-Flash's extra-sinister (and very rubbery-looking) new threads
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE
"Keaton is very cute. His body is just wonderful. His muscles are just wonderful. His eyes — oh, his eyes."
We're starting to think Ralyn's self-described "baby crush" on dance partner Keaton might be a tad bigger than she wants to admit
THE BOYS
"How long have you been f—king it behind my back?"
"OK, it's not an 'it.' It's a 'her.' Get your pronouns right."
Cassandra (Katy Breier) and The Deep (Chace Crawford) discuss his relationship with Ambrosius the octopus
LOOT
"Cousin Molly, why would you do this? You don't have to date Arthur! You've got so much money, you could buy any man. You could get Chris Hemsworth, Liam Hemsworth... they'd probably make you a whole new Hemsworth and give him a Gosling head!"
Howard (Ron Funches) is comically appalled after a tabloid implies that Molly is romantically involved with Arthur
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (Episode 6)
"Lila, did you kidnap a kid?"
"[His mom] went on holiday, and he needed some fun! And I wanted to see what kind of dad you'd make. You know, stress test. Kick the tires."
"Are you insane?!"
"Uh, we met in an asylum."
Yeah, Diego (David Castañeda) really shouldn't be surprised that Lila (Ritu Arya) would concoct a ridiculous scheme like pretending Stan was her and Diego's biological son
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (Episode 8)
"Luther, do you be taking this banging hottie to be your lady?"
"I do."
"Sloane, do you promise to love and cherish this big, hairy bastard for the next 24 to 48 hours?"
"I'm gonna try!"
"Well, then... I pronounce you married as s—t!"
It's tough having a wedding ceremony on the eve of the apocalypse, but officiant Klaus (Robert Sheehan) makes it work for lovebirds Luther and Sloane
TOM SWIFT
"Isaac, you'll wear the Insta-Tom, conceived after too many New Year's Eve invites. Oh, yes, back in the day I had to be in five places at one time without losing links in my hoe-tation."
We'd like to thank Tom (Tian Richards) for officially adding "hoe-tation" to our vocabulary
THE ORVILLE
"I believe I would like to do what Commander Grayson does."
"I haven't told [Topa] how much day drinking that requires."
Topa (Imani Pullum) explains to Yaphit why she's shadowing Kelly (Adrianne Palicki)
TYLER PERRY'S SISTAS
"Bitch, you're f—king Black Panther and Eddie Murphy all rolled into one?!"
In case you couldn't tell, Danni (Mignon) is pretty excited about Sabrina dating an African prince
MS. MARVEL
"My passport is Pakistani; my roots are in India. And in between all of this, there is a border. There is a border marked with blood and pain. People are claiming their identity based on an idea some old Englishmen had when they were fleeing the country. How is one to deal with that?"
Nani (Samina Ahmad) explains how the Partition of India, which took place in 1947, still affects her to this day
MS. MARVEL (Bonus Quote!)
"Red Daggers? What, are you in a Pakistani boy band?"
Kamala (Iman Vellani) isn't too impressed with the name of Kareem's secret society
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS
"2020 was bad for a lot of people, but I also think it was kind of like a spiritual awakening. This is going to sound crazy, but I made peace with my vagina."
"Were you at war with your vagina?"
Not to discredit Sheree Zampino's epiphany, but Dorit Kemsley poses a valid follow-up question
SUPERMAN & LOIS
"I think Lois' whole Corpse Bride look rather works, actually."
You know what, Tal-Rho (Adam Rayner)? We couldn't agree more
STRANGER THINGS (Episode 8)
"One day she's gonna realize that I'm just some random nerd that got lucky that Superman landed on his doorstep. I mean, at least Lois Lane is an ace reporter for the Daily Planet."
Mike (Finn Wolfhard) worries that he isn't special enough to hold Eleven's interest
STRANGER THINGS (Episode 8 — Bonus Quote!)
"He's the Starsky to my Hutch."
To no one's surprise more than her own, Joyce (Winona Ryder) makes a great team with Murray