Justin Walker quotes from Brothers & Sisters

Justin

One night my last month in Afghanistan another medic, this guy Doug, and me went out with a squad of rangers. I followed a platoon into the enemy's position just to see if there was anybody alive. Anyway, we went into this... this bunker, this cave... and there was all these bodies, and they were all dead. Except for this one guy who two minutes ago was trying to kill me. I mean, his eyes were just staring at me. Not mean, though, just like... just like, help me. I was staring right at him, and... I didn't do anything. I let him die, Tommy, I mean he was a human being, and I just let him die. So I don't want to do this for you, I want to do this for me. I owe a life.

Justin

You're both crazy. I enlisted because I wanted to. I went back and forth about a thousand times in my head before I went, and nothing anyone said or did was going to change my mind. It was the best and worst decision I have made in my entire life, but you know what, it was my choice. So I'm not gonna fight the recall. I'm going back.

[to Kitty] We're here all together, and I must announce with some trepidation, you're no longer grounded.

Justin

When she was fourteen, she was grounded indefinitely.

What for?

Kitty

Oh, it had something to do with cigarettes and surf wax.

Tommy

And shoplifting and a boy named Pablo...

Nora

You ungrateful child! You don't care about anyone but yourself, how did you get that way? You know what losing your father has done to me, and yet you take your life and throw it around like it was worthless. Why?

Justin

Because I wish I was dead! Don't you understand that, I wish I had died over there, mom!

Nora

Well, you didn't die. And I'll be damned if I'll stand around and watch you kill yourself!

Justin

It's too much? You want to know what's too much? She's HERE. Mom invited her here.

Kitty

What do you mean "she's here"?

Justin

I mean she's out there drinking mojitoes and...and wearing big jewelry!

Justin

Why not fire me, why keep me around?

I don't know. Maybe because... I know who you used to be in high school, Justin. You were the boy with the sweetest smile. Who made the future look easy. And I want to give him a second chance.

Kevin

You know, this whole anonymity thing is a joke. If the kid's well dressed and witty, it's mine.

Justin

You don't stand a chance. My little dudes have been at war.

Kevin

And stoned for the last ten years. Mine are effective.

Tommy

Okay, that's enough sperm talk for the rest of my life.

Justin

Look, I love you guys more than anything in the whole world, and I've been doing a lot of thinking over the last few days. I can't just sit here and let these people tear apart my family like this. God, Kitty, they almost killed you.

Kitty

No, Justin, I'm fine, I'm here now, it's okay.

Justin

I know, okay, but the same thing could happen tomorrow, or they could do something even worse. It's just not right.

Nora

Justin, what's the matter?

Justin

Nothing's the matter... I enlisted today.

Justin

So wait, we're not having Christmas? Well, that sucks!

Nora

We are having Christmas and Hanukkah. Both. Bells, whistles, latkas, ornaments, carols, the works.

Kitty

I think it's great. I think it's great that we're finally embracing our multiculturalism. Uncle Saul will be in heaven. Wait a minute, Martha Stewart has Hanukkah recipes?

Kitty

[Robert opens the front door to find Nora and Justin lurking] Mom! What are you doing?

Nora

Nothing, nothing. I just got here and found Justin here lurking...

Justin

I wasn't lurking.

Nora

Then why didn't you go in?

Justin

Because Kitty was yelling at the senator, Mom.

Kitty

I liked you so much better when you were stupid.

Justin

You're stupid.

Kitty

You're stupid.

Justin

You're stupider.

Kitty

You're the stupidest.

Rebecca

I read about you.

Kevin

Me?

Rebecca

M-hm, someone sent me a link to the 'Skinny Minnie'. Are you really dating Chad Barry?

Kevin

Eh, no. Yes, yeah, oh, I... I know him.

Justin

Like Romeo knows Juliet.

Sarah

Like Siegfried knows Roy.

Tommy

[jokingly] Did you bring your DNA kit with you? Are you going to swab her over salad?

Kevin

I could get a strand of hair.

Tommy

No, that's not going to work. You have to get it from the root.

Justin

What are you, Columbo?

Tommy

I watch all the crime shows.

Kevin

I'll take her water glass into a lab.

Tommy

No, no, that's not gonna work either. The glass will get corrupted.

Justin

Look, are you both high? You want your DNA test right here? She's hot - I feel nothing!

Justin

I should have a black eye for as long as possible to remind me never to be a chivalrous ass.

Kevin

I wish I was a chivalrous ass instead of being just wholly an ass.

Kitty

Oh it's not. It's not top secret. But it, yes it's a... it is, it's a very sensitive national security thing. I'm sorry that's all I can say about it.

Kevin

I'm sorry, "thing"?

Sarah

That's why McCallister gave you a bag of lingerie to take with you? Oh yeah, I can see the faith of the free world hangs in the balance.

Justin

Apparently that's not the only thing that's hanging.

Kitty

Oh that's funny, Justin. When did you get to be so funny?