One day soon, you'll need my help. You'll come to me. And walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
Three dates, and I still haven't been to your apartment.
Well, what particular room in my apartment are you interested in?
Oh, I don't know. How's the kitchen?
Small.
Living room?
Dark.
What about the bedroom?
The bedroom I think you'd like.
Well, Alfred... we can only stay if you think you can handle it.
If I can handle it? Mate, this place is positively cushy compared to some of the place I've slept at. Cup of tea, you cheeky monkey?
Do you know why you're here?
Did you find out who killed my mother?
You killed your mother, Jerome.
[stunned] Me?
You killed her up on that hill, and Mr. Cicero let you clean up in his trailer. He told you to scratch the Satanist stuff on the hatchet, and throw it off the bridge.
Sir, that's absurd, and offensive.
But it's the truth. [looking at Cicero] What I don't know is why this man risked so much to help you. I think he's your father.
You don't know what you're talking about. My father was a sea captain.
Am I wrong, Mr. Cicero?
PCPaul Cicero
Yes.
He was a sea captain. His name was Sven Carlson, and he died at sea.
What was the name of his ship?
He worked on a lot of different ships.
The one he went down in.
[pause] She never said.
We can do a blood test to prove I'm right. It takes only half an hour to get a foolproof result. Isn't that right, Dr. Thompkins?
That's right.
Save yourself a needle.
PCPaul Cicero
I do hate needles. I'm sorry, Jerome.
What are you talking about?
PCPaul Cicero
He's right. I am your father.
No you're not! Why would you say that?
PCPaul Cicero
You must have suspected the truth.
You're not my father. My mother would never have...
PCPaul Cicero
Your mother was a cruel woman. She was often unkind to me. But she did once love me, in her way. And she loved you very much. That's why she gave you a better father.
[Jerome starts crying; then, suddenly, he begins laughing, and looks at Cicero with a sadistic smile on his face]
My mother was a coldhearted whore who never loved anyone, and she'd never touch a pathetic old creep like you.
PCPaul Cicero
All these years, do you think I was kind to you because I'm such a good man? If I wasn't your father…would I would have helped you as I have after what you did?
[pause] My father. Hmmm, I’ll be damned. That’s very funny. [laughs and makes a rimshot noise] Looks like the bitch got me with the zinger in the end.
Why did you kill your mother, Jerome?
Oh, you know how mothers are. She just... kept... pushing. And I’m like, "Fine, mom, be a whore. Be a drunken whore, even. But don't be a nagging drunken whore" ...you know? "Don't come yell at me to do the dishes, if you've been banging a clown in the next room! [punches the table] You know? [laughs maniacally]
There are plenty of things in this world that can't be explained by rational science.
Yeah, people who enjoy folk dancing, for instance. Doesn't mean ghosts exist.
You say you want a strong woman to share this crazy life you've chosen, but when push comes to shove, you want me to stay home and bake cookies.
Not cookies, necessarily. Pie. Any kind of pie.
Ha, ha!
Wait, back up a little. So you set the snake loose?
Yes, ma'am.
To track down the body?
Yes, ma'am. 'Cause snakes have an excellent sense of smell.
Well, now I know. And your prime suspects are a clown and an acrobat?
Yep.
Ain't this one a doozy?
Hey. Sorry the date went south.
Are you kidding? Best date ever. Who gets to see a circus brawl?
You know, you're turning into quite a beautiful woman.
No, I'm not.
Remove the dirt, that old hood, those ratty clothes…I bet we find a princess underneath.
Perhaps it's not our friends but... our enemies that define us.
RPReggie Payne
The faces. I see them at night... when I'm alone. The faces... the faces of those we killed. Do you?
I don't have to look for them, Reg. They find me.
RPReggie Payne
He has nothing concrete. Just faces, newspaper articles. There's no grounds for an investigation, just suspicion, cobbled together theories…nothing.
MMMolly Mathis
Has he had outside council?
RPReggie Payne
I don't think so.
MMMolly Mathis
And his caretaker, Mr. Pennyworth?
RPReggie Payne
He's in the hospital.
MMMolly Mathis
For how long?
RPReggie Payne
If he lives, a few weeks, give or take. [with difficulty] Now's the time to make a move on the kid.
[the board members leave, except for Mathis, who hands Reggie an envelope filled with cash]
MMMolly Mathis
Thank you for your service, Mr. Payne. I doubt we'll meet again.
RPReggie Payne
He's just a kid…a good kid.
MMMolly Mathis
Goodbye, Mr. Payne.
You're a true beauty. Something you can use to your advantage. Your appearance can be a weapon, as powerful as any knife or gun.
Yeah? What good's it done you?
AFArnold Flass
I'm just like the phoenix. I'll just rise again and again and again.
[reading to Alfred] And then I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in the glittering multitude...
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