We don't often see a sense of humor in Psi Cops.
Reports of our depression are vastly exaggerated.
“The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father” · Season 5
In this episode: Alfred Bester (5), Zack Allan (2), Stephen Franklin (1)
We don't often see a sense of humor in Psi Cops.
Reports of our depression are vastly exaggerated.
[Zack greets Bester in pretty much the same fashion as his predecessor.]
Don't you ever go away? Haven't you caused enough trouble for one lifetime?
It's a pleasure to see you too, Mr. Allan. Where can I find Captain Lochley? I should check in with her.
She's busy, you can check in with me. Card. [Bester hands over his identicard.] So what is it this time, Mr. Bester? Hunting out freedom fighters? Pulling wings off flies? Annexing the Sudetenland?
[Zack implies Bester had something to do with a dead body being dead.]
He was dead before we got here.
[to Bester] Yeah, they told me. But I never let the facts get in the way of a good grudge.
I've seen all kinds, kid. Seen an alien come through here last week with eight compound eyes and a glass stomach. Two fingers of gin, he's down. Completely unconscious for two full hours, and he wants to do it again. I've seen a naked Pak'ma'ra once. You know that hump on their back? It's not a hump at all, it's a...
Of all the things in life I could drown in–love, music, the eyes of another–crocodile tears are the least appealing.
Oh, come on, doctor, we have a history here. Tell the truth. You don't want me here a second more than I want to be here.
Personally, no. But as a doctor I have to treat all of my patients equally. Even the annoying, self-righteous ones with self-important delusions of godhood.
Thank you. I feel far more at home now.
Bester [to Franklin]: You're an optimist. Thank you. I had almost forgotten what one of your kind looked like.
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