The Legend of Alexei Volkov

Legends 2×10

& Ivanenko: Your real name is Alexei Volkov.
    Martin: The hell are you talking about?

& Ivanenko: You were recruited by an unwitting MI6. When the wall came down, the British sent you to Berlin to steal Stasi files. Instead, you turned everything over to a young KGB officer... called Vladimir Putin. КГБ. ФСБ. Ты всегда работал на нас. И всё ещё работаешь.

& Martin: How do you do it, Terrence, live like this, with your family?
    Terrence: Because I’m not really alive. I gave up hope of ever truly being me many years ago. The only person I’m... almost me with is you, dear boy.

& Terrence: Perhaps... the kindest thing would be to... make her hate you.

& Martin: Everything I ever told you... was a lie.

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& Gabi: You’re crazy, you know that?
    Ballard: Yeah. Crazy in love with you. Ever since you called me Agent «Ballhard.»

& Sedley: Listen, you can keep conducting swallow operations and honeypots, threatening, blackmailing the enemy, but... what if there were another way entirely? What if we take one of yours and raise him like he were one of theirs? If we’ve done our job well, we’ll have created the perfect double agent. He’ll talk like one of them, walk like one of them, and they’ll accept him as one of their own because, but for the accident of his Russian birth, he is now, for all intents and purposes, one of them...

& Martin: So I’m free to go.
    Ivanenko: Of course. As long as you agree to go back to work for us... Ты тот, кто ты есть, Алексей.

& Martin: Пошёл к чёрту!
    Ivanenko: Очень хорошо. Счастливо оставаться, тогда.
Ω Prison Break?

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The Legend of Gabi Miskova

Legends 2×9

& Gabi: God would understand if you let Dmitry go. ’Cause if you keep trying to catch him... it’s going to kill you. And I don’t think God would want that.

& Ballard: My boss was right. Nobody cares about Russian mobsters anymore. There’s a bigger threat now.

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& Ivanenko: You really don’t remember me, do you? You and I have a long history together... Alexei. Welcome back, comrade.

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The Legend of Doku Zakayev

Legends 2×8

& Martin: I’m not gonna get caught and get a bullet in my brain.

& Tamir: You... you... are my brother now, Dmitry.

& Terrence: What does Moscow want?
    Ivanenko: Your man will deliver Arsanov to new coordinates just over the Slovakia border. FSB officers will take custody. We have other plans for him.

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& Ilyana: Someone once told me never hesitate when my family is threatened. So it’s you who needs protection from me.

& Arsanov: Outside these walls, it’s not safe... I want you to feel safe here, with me. So I have decided to marry you.
    Katya: But...
    Arsanov: I know I’m much older than you, but... there’s no better way to protect you than to make you the wife of the president of Chechnya.

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The Second Legend of Dmitry Petrovich

Legends 2×7

& Martin: I’ll become Dmitry again.

& Arsanov: Katya. You are much too pretty to be a boy.

& Ilyana: From what I know now... «all lies» was maybe the one true thing you ever told me.

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& Terrence: The Service is a kind of family. We look out for each other.

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Σ W/o remorse. Good.

The Legend of Tamir Zakayev

Legends 2×6

& Kate: It’s all lies. ... How do you do it without getting caught?
    Martin: You stick as close to the truth as you can.

& Terrence: You were built for better things, Alex... Possibly great things.

& Ilyana: ...The story of first Muhammad’s wife, Khadijah. Knowing there is room in our faith for strong woman. It opened my eyes.

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& Terrence: You take it from me, my boy: there is no room in this business for love.

& Zakayeva: We’re going home.
    Kate: London?!
    Zakayeva: No, your true home. Chechnya.

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The Legend of Terrence Graves

Legends 2×5

& Martin: Looking for something?
    Ilyana: You have tea? Coffee? ...
    Martin: I am Russian.

& Terrence: So far, a young woman of noble birth has fallen in love with a tailor. Her family is appalled and tries to ruin the relationship.
    Ernst: Will society divide them, and it will be a tragedy? Or will love win out, and it will be a comedy?

& Martin: You hear of Butyrka prison?.. Toughest prison in Russia. I am five years there. Compared to that, Czech prison is like Four Seasons... Go ahead. Lock me up. I could use vacation.

& Ballard: Dmitry... Martin Odum... John Cameron. Who cares what you called yourself?
    Martin: But who was I?
    Ballard: You were the biggest piece of shit I ever met.

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& Terrence: There’s no going home. Not for you and not for me. Ever.

& Martin: I may not be a gangster, but Doku thinks I am.

& Martin: What’s the FBI motto? «Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity.»

& Gabi: Maybe bad guys and lovers are the same... There’s always one that gets away. You just have to learn to live with that.

& Gabi: ... Old Czech saying. «Patience brings roses.»

& Ballard: He’s all yours now, Gabi. May patience always bring you roses...

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The Legend of Ilyana Zakayeva

Legends 2×4

& Kate: He was so sweet. How could he do that, just... just kill people for no reason?
   Martin: People aren’t always who you think they are.

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& Simon: Article Ten, Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001. This house is subject to full search and seizure. If you attempt to interfere with the officers in any way, you will be detained, indefinitely.

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The Legend of Curtis Ballard

Legends 2×3

& Tony: You still alive in there?
    Martin: Were you aiming for the bumps?

& Ballard: I told you, I don’t drink coffee.
    Gabi: It’s a good thing I brought you cocoa... You know there’s the slightest bit of caffeine in chocolate?
    Ballard: Yeah. I walk on the wild side.

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& Kate: I know our religion says...
    Ifti: «Our religion»? What, you think you can put on a headscarf and go to a mosque a few times and you’re a Muslim?.. You’re a slag.

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The Legend of Kate Crawford

Legends 2×2

& Martin: Look around. I make people happy. I don’t throw them in river.

& Teacher: You did the right thing. Loyalty to the institution must always come before friendship.

& Martin: He’s 19, Muslim, and he’s just wrote his last will and testament.
    Tony: Racial profiling, Martin? Come on.
    Martin: Come off it. The 9/11 guys left wills just like this.

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& Tony: You sure you want to go through with this?
    Martin: Watch the bumps, eh?

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The Legend of Dmitry Petrovich

Legends 2×1

& Martin: I am Dmitry Petrovich. And you all work for me now.

& Khava: Your earrings, very pretty.
    Kate: Thank you.
    Khava: But they’re haram. Forbidden.

& Khava: You’ll learn... Rule number one, you can be very flash if you’re discreet about it.

& Tony: Martin, have you ever considered that you might not like what you find?

& Gabi: No coffee, no cigarettes. What kind of cop are you? Next thing you’ll tell me you don’t drink.

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& Liam: Her devotion to God? What, she thinks she’s a bloody Muslim?.. Where on earth did she get an idea like that?
    Ilyana: She’s a teenager. She’s just trying to get some reaction from us.
    Liam: She couldn’t try some normal form of rebellion like drugs or sex?

& Gabi: He’s the patron saint against calumnies, Curtis. Very bad luck to lie in front of him.

& Teacher: I don’t think you know how special you are... yet. That is why I drive you so hard. Because if you do as I say... there’s no telling who you might become.

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Σ Pretty good.

Identity

Legends 1×10

& Martin: I’m the man who knows too much. Except I forgot.

& Tomlin: We’re targeting an American on American soil. It’s crossing the line.
    Jason Shaw: There’s no line. The world is changing. Borders don’t matter. States, governments don’t matter. Sovereignty is reserved for those with the means to dictate outcomes. That’s us.

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& Rice: Who the hell is Martin Odum?
Ω Who the hell is John Galt?

& Jason Shaw: The future of war is psyops. Strength through intelligence, out thinking your enemy. Controlling belief.

& Martin: That’s not true!
    Jason Shaw: I make the truth. I define belief.

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Σ Pretty good piece of conspiracy. Season 2? Unclear. .... Clear.

Wilderness of Mirrors

Legends 1×9

& Bashir: Special Agent Martin Odum of the FBI. You have no idea who you’ve angered.

& Martin: So... «Martin Odum» is a legend.
    Gates: Yes.

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& Sonya: You’re confused. You’re sick.
    Martin: I’m not sick. I’m being lied to.

& Martin: ...it’s all been a lie. Hasn’t it? It’s all been a lie.
    Sonya: It was a lie. But it became real.

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Iconoclast

Legends 1×8

& Maggie: There’s always a way. It just depends on how much «way» you can handle.

& Maggie: Hey. I need to talk to you and you’re probably gonna be mad when I tell you.
    Crystal: Then I definitely don’t want to hear it.
    Maggie: But it’s a big deal.
    Crystal: Then what?..
    Maggie: You promise you won’t get mad?

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& Drake: You understand that by telling this story... you could get yourself killed... Or is that the idea?
    Martin: Let’s give the dragon a poke.

& Bashir: You will cooperate. You will see.
    Martin: Will I?
    Bashir: There are worse things than physical pain. Worse than death even.

& Bashir: Nobody can hide forever.

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Quicksand

Legends 1×7

& Hassan: Are we on schedule?
    Arcadia Chairman: Clockwork. Pull out now or we’re officially pregnant.
    Hassan: Americans speak of everything in terms of sex or money.
    Arcadia Chairman: I’d throw football in there, too. But not the kind you like. Real football.
    Hassan: You wonder why you’re hated by the world.

& Gates: Now, I’m speaking to you as a friend here. Do whatever it takes... poetry, flowers, I don’t give a shit... just get back together with Sonya.

& Gates: Stop spinning. Stop tearing yourself apart. Martin, remind yourself who you are.

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& Martin: My favorite legend.
    Crystal: Why is that?
    Martin: Well, for one, he drinks. Not just drinks. He drinks Scotch out of a coffee cup at 10:00 in the morning. Writer, journalist, professional contrarian. Never met a sacred cow he didn’t try to slay... He’s a disillusioned socialist turned gadfly wit, turned seditionist, turned blasphemer. Sebastian Egan is the most famous journalist no one’s ever met. Who drinks.

& Rice: Anybody ever told Egan he drinks too much?
    Martin: Yes, but I don’t listen to bad advice. Booze nourishes the spirit. Hence, the categorical name, «spirits.»

& Sonya: I don’t want to be with anyone else. I want to be with you.
    Martin: I’m crazy, remember?

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Gauntlet

Legends 1×6

& Dobson: You have... maybe... 24 hours to live.
    Martin: Yeah, when I get to that 25th hour, the equation changes.

& Dobson: We’re the guys who don’t exist, doing the things that didn’t happen, following the orders that no one gave.

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& Dobson: To fight several highly trained killers with automatic weapons? You can’t win, you know that, right?
    Martin: I don’t have to win. I just have to endure.

& Dobson: Verax... they were dispatching snipers to go after high-level contractors who were working for the enemy.
    Martin: The enemy? Al-Qaeda?
    Dobson: No. U.S.... and British command.

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Rogue

Legends 1×5

& Martin: Stress and guilt? What, you think I’m indicating all that?
    Dr. Halstrom: Through your sarcasm... yes, I think you are.

& Sonya: What about the memory stuff?
    Martin: Well, it’s scary... to have these blank spots. And they’re getting bigger. I’ve just got this fear that one day I’m... I’m gonna wake up and not know my own name.

& Evans: I am telling you... don’t trust anyone. Trust no one. Trust no one. No one.

& Rice: What’s that saying? «Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you»?

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& Crystal: So you just got lucky.
    Rice: No, no luck. Skill. Masterful skill.
    Crystal: So, where did you pick up these skills?
    Rice: I was with LAPD Homicide before I joined the Bureau. You know, the real police.

& Martin: Len’s a cowboy. Born a century and a half too late. Raised in Midland. Father worked the oil rigs, Mother left him... walked out on him when he was seven. His life was about taking what he could get. And he liked playing the outlaw... He did a dime in prison for armed robbery. But he learned to do better. ... Prison was grad school. Taught how to crack safes, got out, started taking down scores. He did well for himself. Cops called me an East Texas contrabando... I got another reputation, too. Let’s just say I never lost a gunfight for lack of shootin’.

& Crystal: Martin?
    Rice: This guy needs a maid. And an IKEA catalog.

& Tara: You’re pretty sure of yourself, aren’t you?
    Martin: Someone’s got to be.

& Martin: To us and to others like us.

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Rogue

Legends 1×4

& Martin: Beautiful day.
    Yuri Medved: How do you know they’re beautiful when they’re all the same?

& Yuri Medved: I want a Gulf IV jet, fully fueled, with NORAD clearance outside U.S. airspace through to Sevastopol. Ana comes with me.
    Crystal: We don’t negotiate with terrorists.
    ...........
& Ana: I want a lawyer.
    Martin: No lawyers for enemy combatants.
Ω What a wonderful world...

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& Martin: It’s not that I don’t trust you, but... I don’t trust you.

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Lords of War

Legends 1×3

& Maggie: The guy is good.
    Crystal: He’s not that good.
    Maggie: He’s really good. He’s keeping Ana around while I run the Stingray that he just planted under the table, which allowed me to trick every cell in the bar to broadcast to us instead of the local tower. So, in another 15 seconds, I’ll have isolated her cell, then we have her calls, contacts, texts, the works.
    Crystal: You’re good.

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& Martin: Do you know there are more nerve endings in the lower back than in the genitals?

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Chemistry

Legends 1×2

& Dr. Halstrom: Sexual function. Normal?
    Martin: Exceptional. So I’m told.

& Dr. Halstrom: Is it difficult to leave a legend behind when you’re done?

& Martin: You Russians. Something about the way you play roulette, it’s... it’s just not sporting. Game’s over too fast. You only get to play once.

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& Nic: I’m telling you, Dima, Spence is like Gandalf with money, okay?
    Dimitri: What, the shorty with the hairy feet?

& Gates: ...and we have to pull out all the stops. This is probably Martin’s most productive legend.
    Maggie: Dante Auerbach. British arms dealer, playboy, death merchant and Lord of War.

& Gates: The role plays to his strengths. Dante is a talker, a convincer, a gambler. ... Sit back and watch. It’s his show now.

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Legends 1×1

Pilot

& Streeter: Talk is talk, and you sure talk a lot. But how far are you willing to go for the cause?

& ATF Officer: So, who are you?
    Martin: Martin Odum... Call it in.

& Martin: Lincoln is socially awkward, highly insecure. He’s got a persecution complex and a... stutter.

& Lincoln: It’s not fair. I did everything right. Learned a trade, worked hard. I deserve... b-better... What?

& Robert: You don’t know where your life begins and your legend ends.
    Martin: Who are you?
    Robert: I don’t know. Who are you? Who do you think you are? ... You really think you’re Martin Odum?

& Robert: There is no Martin Odum. He’s a legend. Everything about him is fake.

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& Robert: Trust no one. No one!

& Crystal: Omnidirectional mic with a built-in GPS pulse.
    Martin: Ah. A leash.
    Crystal: A lifeline.

& Founding Father: Data can be planted... records manipulated. People... people always tell the truth... in the end.

& Martin: Did it ever occur to you that Crystal is a cool stripper’s name?

& Martin: Well, people change, Crystal. He changed. Became someone else.

& Maggie: He’s talking about himself, isn’t he? 
    Gates: First rule of undercover... make the lie as close as possible to the truth.

& Martin: Tell me who you are.
    Robert: I don’t know.
    Martin: Who am I? Who am I?!

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