“Unfinished Business” quotes from Criminal Minds

We're facing the second baddest ship in the known universe and our AI is making moonie eyes at Mr. Tall, Spark, and Handsome!

Why shouldn't I? [Corrects Herself]—she?

To quote the ancient masters: “pronoun trouble”! You're distracted—don't deny it!

I am perfectly capable of handling sensor scans and personal relationships simultaneously.

So you admit—you're having a relationship with him!

What's wrong with that? All sentients seek to establish a relationship with their own.

Tyr

Love is merely a trick the DNA plays to replicate itself.

I don't have DNA.

Tyr

My point exactly! Are the two of you planning to procreate? Will there be a nursery full of little grav sleds and data disks?

Dylan

Well, here's the happy groom now. I feel like I should have prepared a toast.

Beka

I think I've got one: Here's to Gabriel. Be nice to Rommie, or I'll rip your head off.

I killed him, Dylan. I loved him, and I killed him. [Crying]

Dylan

You had no choice.

No, I didn't. Because I'm a warship, and warships only know how to do one thing, and that's kill. We don't have hearts. We don't have empathy. We're killers. We're attack dogs. And I'm afraid. The Balance of Judgment went insane, the Pax Magellanic went insane, and I don't want that to happen to me.

Dylan

You're forgetting something. The Balance of Judgment had no captain, no crew. The Pax lost her captain. Why do you think warships have captains in the first place? I'm your heart, Rommie. I always will be.

[Calming Down a bit] These physical reactions. I didn't know Harper was so good.

Dylan

The Commonwealth needs you, Andromeda. The crew needs you. I need you. So, permission to chop yourself into pieces is officially denied.

Tyr

No one's reached Tarn-Vedra in 300 years, and better pilots than you have died trying.

Beka

There are no better pilots than me.

If the universe is a manifestation of the Divine, could not the slipstream be the very mind of God?

Dylan

Well, if that's the case, then I'm afraid God had a seizure and forgot all about Tarn-Vedra.

Beka

And here comes God's little brain surgeon.

Did you know that 82% of people on prison planets are Flash addicts?

Beka

Y'know what? They tell you that kind of stuff just to scare you.

Sure, to scare you out of killing your neighbors.

Beka

Is that an order, Captain? My Captain? Oh, I forget. Actually, you're not a real Captain, are you? There's no High Guard. There's no commissioned officers. Who around here is an actual Captain? Don't, don't, don't tell me. Let me guess. It's coming to me, It's coming to me. Let's see, that would be me.

Trance

Sometimes you just have to allow people to make the mistakes they need to make.

We needed a Plan B. You always have a Plan B.

Dylan

Yes, but my Plan B's work.

Dylan

It's a little-known law of thermodynamics – The Conservation of Optimism – there's only so much to go around.

Beka

In that case, it's simple – lower your expectations.

Dylan

You're right. I officially declare this glass 12% full.

Beka

That's the spirit.

This is the engineer. You may have noticed the lack of a sudden drop in environmental pressure. Though this is a good thing, it, err, may not last, so enjoy the oxygen while you can.

Tyr

Harper, what's going on?

I don't know. I mean, umm, my current theory is that... somehow... an older version of Andromeda's personality profile may have been reactivated and is now taking over the ship.

Dylan

How did you figure that out?

I think the key thing right now is to repair the problem. We can worry about minor details like assigning blame later.

Dylan

Do you regret it? Signing aboard with me?

Beka

Risking my life? Battling Nietzscheans and Restors and Magog and half the lunatics in the galaxy? All for a cause that's been dead for over 300 years? I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Dylan

Beka, I may not make it.

Beka

Don't be ridiculous. You're too stubborn to die. We all know that.

Dylan

To hell with the odds. All that matters in life is that we try. Promise you'll try.

Tyr

Where there is life, there is hope!