What Goes Around

Colony 3×13

Garland: You know, I am not a man that scares easily, but something very, very bad must have happened if your mouth isn't running.

Snyder: What if we've picked the wrong side?

Snyder: Okay, then... Let's play the hand that we were dealt.

Will: I've given up trying to read that man.

Katie: We can fix it.
Will: How?
Katie: We don't worry about the big stuff until we fix the small stuff. We put them first.

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Bonzo

Colony 3×12

Kynes: Do you want humanity to survive this war?... Then we need to speak to the side that's going to win.

Snyder: One of the many things I like about you, Lieutenant, is how you never try to put glitter on a turd.

Kynes: Seattle was designed to be the paradigm for all Colonies. The way to control a democratic society isn't through fear... it's through distraction. A happy Colony that still gives the Host the resources they needed.

Katie: So do we believe? ....
Broussard: 'Course I do, but men who trust power tend to have short life expectancies.

Broussard: I'll handle the shooting, you handle the repairs.

Will: You're a liability.

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Disposable Heroes

Colony 3×11

Will: We all thought we survived the purge because we were smart. Turns out we're not as clever as we thought.

Helena: Sometimes I miss the old Alan... the one crippled with self-doubt.
Alan: As I remember, you fired that Alan, sent him to some godforsaken processing facility outside of Los Angeles.
Helena: Live and learn.

Alan: I play all sides, Helena. That's my gift.

Katie: They seem professional.
Amy: But?
Katie: I've learned the hard way to, uh... to wait for people to prove themselves.

Kynes: If it isn't the Ice Queen and her evil little sidekick...

Kynes: Do you know the difference between intelligence and cunning? Of course not, because if you did, they never would have picked you.

Kynes: I can't even blame you. This is what happens when you give large power to small minds.

Katie: Nobody asked me what I think.

Helena: You're the only one I can trust to handle it.
Alan: Is that a compliment or the kiss of death?

Helena: They picked you. ...and you made the mistake of being good.

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Sea Spray

Colony 3×10

Garland: I hate this town. Rainy as hell. Duller than dirt.

Garland: Why are you still alive?
Snyder: You know, it's your empathy that really sets you apart.

Will: What happened... It'll always be a part of us. But I can't let it be everything.

Will: If we're gonna get on that boat, the weak link has to be human...
Broussard: Usually is.

Will: It's easier to work with professionals. They know what they sign up for. So you don't blame yourself if they take a bullet.

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The Big Empty

Colony 3×9

Broussard: How's it going?

Broussard: Your choice. But as long as you're talking, you're breathing.

Broussard: Guess... Like you have a gun to your head.

Will: Part of it's probably true. But that's the problem. You'll never know which part.

Snyder: It's not what you think!

Broussard: The world isn't gonna miss that man.

Will: You think it's easy to kill a man?
Bram: When he deserves it, yeah.
Will: Wait till you've pulled the trigger.

Snyder: How I choose to spend my leisure time is my business.

Amy: Are you really comfortable putting your life, our lives in the hands of a guy like that?
Broussard: You think well-adjusted people do what I do?
Amy: There's a difference between being damaged and being suicidal.

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Lazarus

Colony 3×8

Michelle: You would have done anything to be here. To have a home, a job, a place for your kids to go to school...
Katie: And I'm grateful for all of that.
Michelle: Then do your job.

Receptionist: Would you like another cup of tea, Mr. Snyder?
Snyder: I've had more tea than the Queen.

Snyder: You know what they say. A rising tide lifts all the boats.
Kynes: I'm not much of a seaman, but don't they also say you shouldn't build a new boat with old wood?...

Kynes: Hope travels fast. We promise the refugees what they need and we deliver. People come here because this is an oasis.
Snyder: So the big secret is positive press. Positive enough that people overlook the fine print.

Amy: How was Will?
Broussard: Will's Will.

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Broussard: ... Whole thing should take 30, 40 seconds.
Amy: Sounds easy.

Bram: You're the most mature 12-year-old on the planet. Sometimes I think you must be like Merlin, traveling backward through time.

Amy: How do you do that?... Shut off the part of your brain that knows how crazy this is.
Will: It works out or it doesn't.
Amy: You really don't think about what could happen if this goes bad?
Will: No.
Amy: I don't get it. I only have to worry about myself, but you have kids.
Will: Just do your job.

Snyder: How did the organic vegans of Seattle feel about their produce being farmed by people in hazmat suits?
Kynes: Opinions change quickly when faced with real adversity.

Will: When you're done I'm gonna kill him.

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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

Colony 3×7

Chancellor Rohner: How bad is it?
Kynes: You remember the, uh, barricade scenes from "Les Mis"? It's, uh, like that, but with bigger guns.

Will: I don't suppose you'd be hiding him in your basement? Would have made my life a lot easier.

Will: Man can change his name, change the way he looks, but he can't change who he really is.

Will: Law enforcement isn't really my thing. Nice uniforms, though.

Michelle: You don't have to like this place, but for Laura's sake, I suggest you work a little harder to fit in... People are always watching.

Will: This place may have cars and phones and a Community Patrol instead of Redhats, but it's still a Colony.

Broussard: You're a hard man to find, Mr. Dalton...

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The Emerald City

Colony 3×6

Interviewer: Who is your favorite US president?
Evan: I always liked Bill Clinton. The guy could step in shit and still smell good. No one could ever take that guy down.

Your algorithm's perfect, Mr. Kynes. That's why they've partnered with you.
Kynes: The algorithm is meaningless if you don't apply it as it was designed.
The Institute wasn't interested in your application method. What they were interested in is your algorithm's uncanny ability to specifically classify the human population. What we do with it is our business.

Snyder: I could never be bored being safe, warm, and dry.

Gracie: Why won't it start?
Will: Because of the way gasoline's refined. It breaks down pretty quickly.

Will: The Occupation's always had a good advertising department...

Will: No colonies!

Helena: It's something, isn't it? That one algorithm selected everyone in both the local and global authorities? But as extraordinary as that was, there was one thing that Everett Kynes didn't calculate: Human adaptability.

Helena: Your ceiling was supposed to be bloc governor. But here you are, the toast of the Global Authority... You beat the algorithm. You demonstrated that you are more than your sum.

Snyder: Unfortunately, treason is a hard stink to get rid of.

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End of the Road

Colony 3×5

MacGregor: You have to make a choice. You can follow that guy and win a couple of battles. Or you can follow me and win the war.

MacGregor: There's no such thing as a small betrayal.

Vincent: Katie Bowman was a hero in the Los Angeles bloc.
MacGregor: Benedict Arnold was one of George Washington's most trusted lieutenants until he flipped sides.

MacGregor: Why are you defending a pack of traitors?
Vincent: Because if I'm gonna interrogate them, I need to understand their logic. So I know what thread to follow with the questions.

MacGregor: You're gonna prove your loyalty to me by breaking this family.

MacGregor: So keep the faith. Trust in the process.

MacGregor: Do you know what happens to little boys who lie?..

Snyder: Katie?
Vincent: The husband.
Snyder: Ah, of course. Knife to the throat of his kids, I assume.

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Snyder: They're not exterminating mankind. That would imply intent. They're simply using humans as a labor force, and a lot of us are dying in the process.

Snyder: I don't care what choices you make. Resist, collaborate, fight, or hide. But before you lecture me on the importance of human life, ask yourself why you're going to make the choice to kill millions of people. Nothing will change. Nobody will be inspired. They'll just be dead.

Vincent: Aren't you worried that we're eating ourselves?... We're supposed to be on the same side.
MacGregor: Study history. Revolutions only succeed by remaining pure. Because the human brain is utterly incapable of being both nuanced and passionate at the same time. Either we pull together in the same direction, or we fall apart.

MacGregor: I respect your ability to see the gray areas. But this is not the war for that.
Vincent: And when the war is over? What if we've forgotten who we are?
MacGregor: If we survive the war? The future generations will judge us for what we have done. But at least they'll be alive to judge.

Vincent: Why should I listen to you?
Because I'm a pragmatist.
Vincent: Sometimes pragmatists do terrible things.
So do good men. But that's not the point. In this case, my pragmatism and your morality are on the same side.

Vincent: Would a moral man betray his friends?...
Snyder: To stop an unspeakable tragedy? Of course.

Snyder: I've been in your position, when it feels like there are no good options. But sometimes you just have to be the man... who stands in front of the train.

Vincent: Roanoke.

Snyder: You breathe too loud. It's distracting.

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Hospitium

Colony 3×4

MacGregor: Think how easy our technology has made it to seize control of our planet. Everything is online. The controls to our power grids. The way we communicate. The most personal details of our private life. It's all just sitting there, waiting to be exploited.
Man in Diner: Exploited by who?
MacGregor: Not who. What.

Snyder: My unsolicited advice would be... to tread very lightly in those waters. MacGregor's a man who likes to be in charge of the narrative.

MacGregor: Revolutions aren't won by committee.

MacGregor: You would not be the first person to come here with a different philosophy. That's absolutely fine. I can't tell you what to think. But I can show you the door.

Katie: Sure wish this kind of thing was black and white. It isn't.
Bram: Then who are we fighting?
Katie: Same enemy we've always been fighting. ... It's against ourselves.

Broussard: Just hang on to the raft and pace yourself. As long as you keep moving your legs, you probably won't go hypothermic.
Amy: Probably?
Broussard: I'm just guessing. You're the doctor, aren't you?

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Sierra Maestra

Colony 3×3

Will: So that's how you stayed off the drone's radar. By keeping the camp analog.

Katie: ...why they came here. What it is that they really want.

Broussard: No. They're amateurs. The moment something goes wrong, they'll panic.

Will: It's a damn machine.

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Puzzle Man

Colony 3×2

Broussard: I like the blues.
Amy: A bit on the nose, don't you think? How do you feel about Simon and Garfunkel?
Broussard: "Sound of Silence" or "Bridge Over Troubled Waters"?
Amy: Always with the jokes.

Will: Radios on, safeties off.

Snyder: The closer we stay to the truth, the less you have to remember.

Snyder: This is a terrible idea. ... Because people getting herded onto freight trains never ends badly.

Will: What do you know about Seattle?
Snyder: It was a problem Colony during the Arrival. Too much coffee, I guess.

Vincent: Sometimes, it can be... political. So watch your six.

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Maquis

Colony 3×1

Snyder: I feel like a Masai tribeswoman.
Katie: Good. Those women walk 40 miles across the Serengeti for water without complaining.

Snyder: Is it really healthy for a young man to spend all of his time listening to some lady read numbers on the radio?

Snyder: You know, in my experience, you don't have to work so hard to find problems. They usually come and find you.

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Ronin

Colony 2×13

& Kill: I think it’s a numbers station. Old spy trick used a lot in the Cold War. The numbers only make sense to somebody who knows what they’re listening for.
    Katie: So we need a code book?

& 92, 10, 60, 27, 4, 30, 72, 8, 11, 1.

& Snyder: There are... moderate aliens?
    Helena: Yes. And they were overruled.

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& Maggie: Recommit? I’m a seventh level member! I founded this temple.
    — The Greatest Day teaches us that humility is one of the key pillars in a life of service to our Hosts. Perhaps beginning your journey anew could set an example for others who have found themselves lost...

& Snyder: Let’s say I get past my healthy skepticism.

& Snyder: I’m no different than you, Sergeant. Just a loyal soldier, following orders.

& Snyder: We’re all inmates in the same prison. They take what they need, and then we’re disposable.

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Seppuku

Colony 2×12

& Broussard: I didn’t go private for a paycheck. Just couldn’t remember why I signed up anymore.

& Snyder: You know, a man can only play dumb so many times before everyone starts to believe it.

& Maddie: Do you believe in the Greatest Day?
    Nolan: I mean, we have to. Otherwise, how could we live with ourselves?

& Broussard: That woman is a plague.

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& Snyder: That’s exactly where you’re wrong. The moment you place a bet, you’re exposed.

& Maddie: The Greatest Day... all the promises they made. Is it real?

& Snyder: To Nolan... who shot for the moon and finally got it.

& Chief Counsel: We just received word from our Hosts. The Los Angeles bloc... has been scheduled for total rendition.

& Snyder: Something wrong?
    Helena: No. Just the usual politics.

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Lost Boy

Colony 2×11

& Karen: Our enemy didn’t come from the skies. Our enemy was already here. The RAPs only needed one resource in order to maintain control, and we surrendered it to them, without a fight. Make no mistake. Our occupation is rooted in moral compromise. Men and women who have told themselves that the only way to survive is to join the enemy. That the treasons they have committed against their own kind are justifiable. That they had no other choice. Without this resource, without their human collaborators, the RAPs would be powerless. We are the architects of our own oppression.

& Karen: If you collaborate, you die.

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& Karen: To liberty!

& Will: I was on the inside. This isn’t a war we can win. We resist by surviving.

& Katie: Never dull, is it?

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The Garden of Beasts

Colony 2×10

& Bram: You don’t really look like someone who’d be in the Resistance.
    Morgan: Why? ’Cause I’m not Sarah Connor?

& Morgan: Guess that’s life. At times, it just puts you on unexpected roads.

& Snyder: I’ve returned from the dead, Mr. Bennett. Do you really want to bet against me?

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& Nolan: There’s only one way out now...

& Karen: What about your parents?
    Bram: They don’t know me anymore.
    Karen: That’s because, when they look at you, all they see is their son... I see so much more.

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Tamam Shud

Colony 2×9

& Gracie: All they do is sleep.
    Katie: They’re boys, my love. They hibernate like bears.

& Det Burke: Did you know I was Internal Affairs before the Arrival? ... The IA was the fence that kept the cowboys on the range. And... you can never really blame a cowboy for hating a fence.

& Det Burke: You see, we’re not here to solve cases. We’re here to solve problems. Nobody above us gives a shit about who did what and why. They just want us all to stay on the range.

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& Det Burke: You’re just throwing shit against the wall and hoping it sticks.

& Katie: Keep moving.

& Noa: I’m here... because the real war is about to begin...

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Good Intentions

Colony 2×8

& Proxy Alcala: It would be a mistake to let a crisis go to waste.

& Snyder: I’m sorry. Was I, in my state of utter distress, babbling in tongues? Your friends are already dead!

& Snyder: This is damage control. Either some of us die, or all of us do. You get the honor of deciding which one of those it’s going to be.

& Will: It’s not your fault. She got involved with a powerful cult—
    Karen: No. Cults prey on the weak.

& Hennessey: He’s terrified of them. Says they’re gonna kill him just to tie up loose ends. Yeah, shades of ISIS, man.

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& Charlie: I don’t want to learn this stuff; it’s stupid.
    Lindsey: ... All I have to do is tell one of the elders that I’ve been looking after a boy who is violent, destructive, and completely without remorse, and that I have identified him as a candidate for focused restoration. And in just a few seconds, they will pull you out of sight, and you will never see your family again. Is that what you want, Charlie?... Good.

& Lindsey: To be habitable for humans, a planet must have three things. What’s the first one?
    Gracie: Water.
    Lindsey: Excellent. And what is the second... the second answer?
    Gracie: Oxygen.
    Lindsey: Very good. And the third?
    Gracie: Sunlight.
    Lindsey: Good job, Gracie. All right, let’s move on to question number two. «Astronomers estimate that there are 8.8 billion habitable planets...»

& Katie: It’s not so bad. We’ll decorate, and we’ll make it a home.

& Bram: You work for them.
    Snyder: So does your father. So does everyone who is holding out hope that someday things will be different... You survived. Don’t forget why.

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Free Radicals

Colony 2×7

& Frankie: To liberty.

& Katie: How’s everybody doing?

& Det Burke: We stand on the line between order and chaos. Start making compromises, and you put us all in the path to anarchy.

& Maya: Our group has a tradition. Before our missions, we make a toast... To liberty.

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& Will: It’s called a makiwara. It’s Japanese. Martial artists used it to practice their striking. .... [and] Remember, a good punch comes from your hip, not from your arm.

& Broussard: This isn’t a colony. It’s a death camp.

& Will: How long do we have before the bloc’s empty?
    Katie: Two years, three months, and nine days.
    Ω Wha? Another 2 seasons?
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