Quotes of the Week: Reacher, Fargo, Quantum Leap, Big Brother and More
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We haven’t quite reached the end of the calendar year yet, but we have reached the end of our Quotes of the Week feature for 2023. Aw, goodbyes are never easy.
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All year long, we’ve been capturing TV’s most memorable sound bites, from scripted to unscripted, funny to poignant, linear to streaming. And for the last time until 2024 arrives, we’ve done it again in the list below, which features 15 notable lines from this week’s television.
This time around, we’ve got bon mots and zingers from Fargo, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Big Brother Reindeer Games, plus a rare threepeat from the newest episodes of Reacher. But a quick spoiler alert for all you Fellow Travelers fans: If you didn’t watch the finale when it dropped Friday on Paramount+, and are instead planning to watch tonight on Showtime, you’ll want to stop scrolling after The Voice‘s appearance on our list.
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!
FARGO
“So you want freedom with no responsibility? Son, there’s only one person on Earth who gets that deal.”
“The president?”
“A baby. You’re fighting for your right to be a baby.”
Lorraine (Jennifer Jason Leigh) cuts Roy (Jon Hamm) and his libertarian leanings down to size
BIG BROTHER REINDEER GAMES
“You guys are doing way better than Kaitlyn.”
While watching Xavier and Cameron complete an elaborate puzzle in Santa’s Showdown, Danielle Reyes reminds us all of Kaitlyn Herman’s iconic puzzle fiasco from Season 20
BIG BROTHER REINDEER GAMES (Bonus Quote!)
“I think you’re the first person to be evicted three times in two months.”
Actually, Season 18’s Victor Arroyo would like a word, Frankie!
MAGNUM P.I.
“You got out of a window that high up? How are you OK?”
“Well, luckily your boy M-Dawg has the cat-like agility of a much, much younger man. And… Brody left the office about 30 seconds later for lunch.”
Juliet (Perdita Weeks) needs cliffhanger resolution from Thomas (Jay Hernandez)
WWE RAW
“I went on to main-event WrestleMania. She went on to get double ACL surgery because Nia is a woman so unlikable that even her own knees wouldn’t stand up for her.”
Becky Lynch, cutting down Nia Jax with surgical precision during a promo we’ll be thinking about for years to come
REACHER (Episode 1)
“I paid off the concierge, he ID’d Neagley as checking in under ‘Sarah Connor.’ Who’s Sarah Connor?”
“I don’t give a s—t.”
How much you wanna bet Langston — played by Terminator 2‘s Robert Patrick — orders his underling to terminate ‘er?
REACHER (Episode 2)
“You jumpin’ on freight trains like Boxcar Willie?”
“Sometimes. Mostly I take buses, or hitchhike.”
“What kind of lunatic is picking up the world’s biggest drifter?”
“They can be interesting.”
“Where do you eat?”
“I steal pie off window sills.”
O’Donnell (Shaun Sipos) and Dixon (Serinda Swan) get the lay of Reacher’s (Alan Ritchson) nomadic land
REACHER (Episode 3)
“Did you get this from the guy you shot, blew up, or the a—hole who died by barbecue?”
“He was stopped by barbecue. He died from trans fats.”
Russo (Domenick Lombardozzi) recaps Team Reacher’s latest body count
50TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS
“…and then I get asked to play a seriously traumatized person who kills a lot of people, but… she’s got a heart of gold.”
Alley Mills recounts her road to playing General Hospital’s Heather Webber
QUANTUM LEAP
“Be true to your present, Addison, and not some future you’re wishing for that may never happen, because waiting isn’t living.”
Magic (Ernie Hudson) gives Addison sound advice about Ben
FAVORITE SON CHRISTMAS
“Just looking at my beautiful wife/It’s been a minute/Since I been up in it/And I know that we’re way off schedule, baby/Days off schedule/And I need it now/Need it right now, right now, right now.”
Gospel singer Cam (Darrel Walls), serenading his wife, Amber, in hopes of continuing their efforts to conceive
THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT
“He’s launching his own streaming service called Tucker Carlson Network for $9 a month. Now, that seems steep, but there is a free version: For $0 a month, you can never watch Tucker Carlson again.”
THE VOICE
“I really liked when you described yourself as Joe Cocker meets Hozier. And then you look like Thor up there.”
John Legend adds one more comparison to Huntley’s description of himself as a performer
FELLOW TRAVELERS
“I had to join the Army to get away from you. What’s next?”
“The Foreign Legion?”
Tim (Jonathan Bailey) can’t let himself get involved with Hawk (Matt Bomer) again, and yet…
FELLOW TRAVELERS (Bonus Quote!)
“I spent most of my life waiting for God to love me, and then I realized the only thing that matters is I love God. It’s the same with you. I have loved you my whole life. I never loved anyone but you. You are my great, consuming love. And most people don’t get one of those. I did. I have no regrets.”
Tim (Jonathan Bailey) tells Hawk how he feels before they part ways for good
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