Quotes of the Week: SEAL Team, Grey’s, Abbott Elementary, The Voice and More
Spooky season has descended, but there’s nothing to be scared about when it comes to TVLine’s Quotes of the Week.
In the list below — which features our picks for TV’s most memorable sound bites of the past seven days — you’ll find more than a dozen shows represented, including Doctor Odyssey, The Daily Show, Superman & Lois, Power Book II: Ghost, Heartstopper, Survivor, House of Villains and more.
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Also featured in this week’s roundup: A memorable clapback from Shailene Woodley on Three Women, a not-so-subtle reference to Snoop Dogg’s favorite hobby on The Voice and a lesson in Taylor Swift’s discography on Brilliant Minds. Plus, we’ve got quotable moments from The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, The Franchise, Abbott Elementary, 9-1-1, and double doses of SEAL Team and Grey’s Anatomy.
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 Nick Caruso, Vlada Gelman, Charlie Mason, Matt Webb Mitovich, Kimberly Roots, Ryan Schwartz and Andy Swift)
BRILLIANT MINDS
“Taylor…?”
“‘Love Story’?”
“‘Bad Blood’?”
“‘Shake It Off’?”
“You all need to calm down.”
“Also one of her songs.”
When Dr. Wolf (Zachary Quinto) proves he’s unfamiliar with the prolific Ms. Swift, his interns jump in to educate him
THE VOICE
“Is this music considered bluegrass that y’all just did?”
“We like to think of it as folk-pop.”
“OK, ’cause I got some green grass… I was trying to figure out how we can make it come together, you know what I’m saying? Mix and match!”
Yep, Snoop Dogg, we know what you were saying as well as contestants Mistermoon did
THE VOICE (Bonus Quote!)
“You guys, I’ve got four babies. I’ve changed multiple diapers in my life. And what just happened to me was even stinkier than all of that.”
Losing a contestant leaves Michael Bublé feeling crappy
THREE WOMEN
“Where’d you learn that move, huh? Book for Virgins?”
“You know most women in America appreciate a little chivalry.”
“Yeah, well, this isn’t America. This is New York.”
Gia (Shailene Woodley) did not appreciate Jack’s (John Patrick Amedori) over-the-top effort to pay her bar tab
DOCTOR ODYSSEY
“A lot of new faces this year.”
“That joke was old the first time you told it.”
Avery (Phillipa Soo) isn’t amused by Tristan’s (Sean Teale) Plastic Surgery Week quip
THE DAILY SHOW
“Why are October surprises always so sh—ty? Why do we never get a good October surprise? An October surprise that brings our country together? ‘Oh, ladies and gentlemen, no one saw this October surprise coming this close to the election, but Pesto and Moo Deng are dating!’”
SUPERMAN & LOIS
“Get ready to have a new best day of your life.”
For context, this is what Lois (Bitsie Tulloch) said to Clark right before they slept together for the first time, which also happened to be his first time… ever
THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON
“You think I came all this way to wait in the car?”
Ash (Manish Dayal) didn’t fly Carol to France just to let her escargot it alone
SURVIVOR
“Andy’s kind of like Survivor George Costanza. He can’t get out of his own way. Everything Andy does, he should do the exact opposite of whatever he thinks is the right thing to do.”
The Gata tribe’s Sam compares bumbling tribemate Andy to a classic character from TV history
HEARTSTOPPER (Episode 8)
“So you don’t want to be Michael’s girlfriend?”
“What does ‘girlfriend’ even mean?”
“You’re having a weird amount of trouble with labels for a straight couple.”
Charlie (Joe Locke) attempts to get Tori (Jenny Walser) to own up to her feelings for Michael
POWER BOOK II: GHOST
“The machine is ready to go as soon as I say go. After that, I am basically—”
“A ghost.”
“Yeah, a ghost.”
Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) ascends — or maybe descends? — to his final form in a finale conversation with Chinedu (Sahr Ngaujah)
GREY’S ANATOMY
“You know, some people think you’ll go to hell if you swipe left on a chaplain.”
James (Michael Thomas Grant) catches Levi scrolling through Grindr profiles
GREY’S ANATOMY (Bonus Quote!)
“You give pastries to nurses!”
“The barista comps me. We hooked up last year, so… [Beat] Kidding. It was two years ago. [Beat] Also kidding.”
Levi (Jake Borelli) discovers that James isn’t just cute, he’s mischievous
HOUSE OF VILLAINS
“You’re all here for one reason: That Traitors isn’t currently filming.”
Host Joel McHale greets the Season 2 cast with a funny little nod to the Alan Cumming-led reality series
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
“We’ve got a white child now. You want to get his parents involved?”
Barbara (Sheryl Lee Ralph) stands up to the lawyer for a nearby golf course construction project that’s been causing problems for the school
SEAL TEAM
“Jesus, Ray. I’ve got scars that are easier to get rid of than you.”
Omar (Raffi Barsoumian) is as incredulous as we were, seeing practically retired Ray RSVP for this spin-up
SEAL TEAM (Bonus Quote!)
“That sounds like what Clay would do.”
“I’m always trying to walk in his footsteps. Or… footstep?”
Sonny (AJ Buckley) promises Stella (Alona Tal) half of his med kit earnings
THE FRANCHISE
“Is there any swearing you’d like to do beforehand?”
“S—twit. C—ktangle money fascist. F—k-clump cosmic anus human hambone pr—k.”
“Such an imagination.”
“Granny f—ker.”
Script supervisor Stephanie (Jessica Hynes) readies Tecto director Eric (Daniel Brühl) for a meeting with the studio boss
9-1-1
“That’s crazy, I never knew he was British! I never would have guessed.”
In a delightfully meta moment, Buck (played by Oliver Stark) is surprised to learn that the actor on America’s biggest firefighter TV show is actually — wait for it — British
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