Quotes of the Week: Squid Game, Doctor Who, Landman, Silo and More

New year, same us: TVLine’s first 2025 edition of Quotes of the Week has arrived.

In the list below, we’ve gathered more than a dozen of television’s most memorable sound bites from the past seven days, including scripted and unscripted moments from cable, broadcast and streaming series.

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This time around, we’ve got bon mots and zingers from Landman, Silo, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Creature Commandos and more.

Also featured in this week’s roundup: Doctor Who experiences a case of mansplaining, Roy Wood Jr. refuses to take a shot on New Year’s Live and The Sex Lives of College Girls attempts to sober up a drunk boyfriend. Plus, we’ve got a rare triple dose of Squid Game.

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 Vlada Gelman, Charlie Mason, Matt Webb Mitovich and Kimberly Roots)

NEW YEAR’S LIVE

“The last Black man to drink on this network got fired. I’m going to keep with water for right now.”

With former CNN anchor Don Lemon in mind, comedian Roy Wood Jr. refuses to take a tequila shot with hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper

LANDMAN

“When a Mexican woman tells you to eat, the only answer is ‘yes.’”

Ariana (Paulina Chávez) shuts down Tommy’s polite refusal of her dinner invitation

SQUID GAME (Episode 2)

“Come and practice whenever you can. Also, I suggest that you quit your current job.”

Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) suspects Jun-ho’s police department pals might not care for his vigilante side hustle

SQUID GAME (Episode 5)

“I, Thanos the great, will protect you.”

“Right, Thanos….. So have you got all the Infinity Stones?”

Semi (Won Ji-an) not falling for Thanos’ rap (Choi Seung-hyun) was… inevitable

SQUID GAME (Episode 7)

“Good God. Do your parents know what you’re doing here?”

Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) is gob-smacked by an unmasked guard’s young age

ANIMAL CONTROL

“He wasn’t in there! Did I miss him? I mean, was bookin’, man.”

“I want to set the scene here. An animal with a top land speed of two miles an hour evaded you, and you’ve got a loose bandage in your hair.”

Frank (Joel McHale) tells “Shred” (Michael Rowland) that his pursuit of a stray penguin down a water slide was all wet

SILO

“Oh! Holy s—t. That tastes like my brother’s armpit.”

“I won’t ask how you know what your brother’s armpits taste like, but you still need to drink it.”

A recuperating Kennedy (Rick Gomez) gives Kathleen’s (Caitlin Zoz) health drink a scathing review

THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS

“I gotta sober him up. Does anyone have any rice? Or pieces of bread like you might feed to a duck?”

Bela (Amrit Kaur) attempts to soak up the alcohol in her boyfriend’s body

STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW

“Tak Rennod’s the most nefarious pirate the galaxy has ever known! For years he roamed the skies, plundering, terrorizing whole star systems. Anything he wanted… he took it. The story goes he was after the treasure on At Attin, aboard the mysterious starship The Onyx Cinder, when he just… poof. Disappeared. Crew, ship… all.”

“Yeah, who cares?”

Jod’s (Jude Law) pirate tale, dramatically told, doesn’t faze Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong )

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

“You flew coach? You really are in love.”

Lauren (Tracey E. Bregman) can’t believe the lengths to which rock star Danny went to ring in the new year with Christine

DOCTOR WHO: JOY TO THE WORLD

“The kitchens are 30 minutes in the future. They start preparing your food before you order it, saves you time.”

[Sniffing ham-and-cheese toastie] “It’s still microwaved, though.”

“You can’t expect miracles.”

The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) is (somewhat) impressed with Time Hotel hospitality

DOCTOR WHO: JOY TO THE WORLD (Bonus Quote!)

“You are being mansplained by a briefcase.”

“I thought I was being mansplained by you.”

“Honey, the Doctor’s in the room — it’s mansplain central.”

Fifteen (Ncuti Gatwa) realizes Joy (Nicola Coughlan) is under a mysterious briefcase’s thrall

CREATURE COMMANDOS

“Maybe we could make it, like, fun, do something to pass the time. Do you guys have Scattergories?”

Nina (Zoe Chao) and the Bride lie in wait at a Pokolistan bordello

RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE

“It’s gay Lumiere!”

“…So you mean, just Lumiere?”

Kudos to Lexi Love for this spot-on analysis of Lucky Starzzz’s entrance look in the Season 17 premiere

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