Boyd Langton quotes from Dollhouse

Boyd

We're pimps and killers, but in a philanthropic way.

Langton

We like to keep the medical records of everyone who crosses our path, especially the interesting ones. Caroline you are *definitely* interesting, at least on a microscopic level.

Topher Brink

She had fun, right?

Boyd Langton

She thought so.

Topher Brink

There's nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so, man friend. We gave two people a perfect weekend together. We're great humanitarians.

Boyd Langton

Who would spend their lives in jail if anyone ever found this place.

Topher Brink

We're also misunderstood which great humanitarians often are. Look at Echo. Not a care in the world. She's living the dream.

Boyd Langton

Whose dream?

Boyd Langton

[Looking down on Actives doing tai ji] Look at them. Just a bunch of helpless children. Did the ones Alpha slaughtered even put up a fight?

Topher Brink

They wouldn't know how. Not without an imprint.

Boyd Langton

Why not default them with ninja skills or whatever?

Topher Brink

We tried that once.

Boyd Langton

And?

Topher Brink

Blood. Screaming. Dying.

Boyd Langton

Alpha.

Boyd Langton

[After handing Echo a gun] Do you know how to use this?

Echo

I've got four brothers, none of them Democrats.

Topher

Sierra should come into play in a minute.

Boyd

I'm glad they double tracked this. Who's handling her?

Topher

Joe Hearn. You won't like him.

Fifteen minutes to curtain.

Boyd

Echo's on in fifteen. Okay. Okay.

Topher

Oh my God. Are you nervous? Opening night jitters? Your little girl out there on the big stage?

Boyd

On a stage where the last little girl caught on fire?

Topher

Fair point.

Boyd

I mean, her singing's not a problem. It's not, right? I mean, she is a good singer. I think she's good. She wouldn't freeze up.

Topher

[Laughing] She'll be fine, Mama Rose.

Boyd

Echo took the mission parameter and made it better. She seems to have the ability to think outside of the pieces that we give her and create.

Dr. Saunders

Create a new approach to the problem.

Boyd

It's impressive. I don't know what it means, but it's impressive. She really is special.

Dr. Saunders

Special isn't always a good thing here, Boyd.

Boyd

DeWitt's a business woman. Is she really going to harm her best Active?

Dr. Saunders

Echo wasn't always the best.

Boyd

You're talking about Alpha.

Dr. Saunders

I'm just saying, sometimes the best thing to hope for is "good enough."

Boyd

They're eating lunch.

Topher

They're eating lunch together, man friend. The same three. Even the same table. They're grouping.

Boyd

Are you saying they remember each other?

Topher

No, no, no. The wipes are clean. This goes deeper than memory, into instinctual survival patterns. Flocking. A whole mess of sparrows turning on a dime, salmon trucking upstream. This isn't a book club, man friend, this is the herd.

Boyd

They're not bison, Topher.

Topher

They're a little bit bison.

Boyd

They didn't used to be.

Topher

They volunteered for this.

Boyd

So we're told.

Boyd

Give me the bag.

Who are you?

Boyd

The bag.

I can't do that.

Boyd

Give me the bag.

I've got a buyer. He pays me twice as much as it's worth, so --

Boyd

[Takes out a large revolver]

Okay, okay. You and me, we go in together. 50/50.

Boyd

[Pulls the hammer back on the revolver]

I'll drop this!

Boyd

I'll shoot you.

This is -- the worth of this! This is a piece of the Parth -- do you know how much that's worth?! That's millions! I'm going to turn it into dust. I swear to God.

Boyd

You drop that, I shoot you. Then you don't get paid or breathe.

Okay. [Gives Boyd the bag and runs]

Boyd

[Catches the bag, then turns and shoots Cyril in the leg]

You shot me!

Boyd

Barely.

DeWitt

Why didn't you tell us you were setting up Hearn?

Boyd

He had to be clear. He had to be flush with success or he'd never have tried again.

DeWitt

You will never take action like that on your own again inside these walls. Am I clear?

Boyd

You're clear.

DeWitt

A bonus has been wired to your account.

Boyd

I don't need a bonus.

DeWitt

Well I need to give it to you.

Topher

I found this in the chair.

Boyd

And?

Topher

This chip let someone access the primary imprint protocol, which means they could have altered my imprints. I make a cheerleader. They make a cheerleader that shoots people! Or an assassin that does cheers! Or any active, any time, with a parameter we don't know about.

Boyd

We have a spy.

Topher

Inside the dollhouse.

Boyd

You think it's me? You think I'm the spy?

Topher

Not in a bad way.

Boyd

They find out that you talked to me before you called DeWitt, they'll fry you.

Topher

Yeah. I didn't really think that through.

DeWitt

Congratulations, Mr. Langton.

Boyd

For what?

DeWitt

For becoming our new head of security.

Boyd

I appreciate the offer, but I'd prefer to stay with Echo. I need to take care of her.

DeWitt

Apparently you don't. It seems she's the one taking care of us.

Boyd

So we can give you life after death?

Topher

Only if we really like you.

Boyd

Life after death. Where does that end?

Topher

Same place it begins. Death.

Boyd

Eternal life.

DeWitt

Nice adjective. Excellent noun. Is there more?

Boyd

Is that something we offer, now?

Boyd

Because... If it is, thats... You realize...That's the beginning of the end. Life everlasting. It's.. it's the ultimate quest. Christianity, most religion, morality.... doesn't exist, without the fear of death.

DeWitt

I'm not planning on presiding over the end of Western Civilization. This is a one-time situation.

Boyd

You know that you're asking her to voluntarily die, when the time comes.

DeWitt

Well, if she resists I have a new head of security who handles that kind of thing.

Boyd

Mmmm. Yes, ma'am. [turns and begins to leave]

DeWitt

You can still help Echo, you know... Tell me your take on this.

Boyd

First instinct. Follow the money.

DeWitt

That's not easy.

Boyd

It is when the money runs. I've looked into the horses. One of them -- King's Ransom -- was a Derby contender not long ago.

DeWitt

So the husband stands to make a bundle.

Boyd

So does the buyer. I thought I'd send someone to look around the stables... A breeder, with a naturally curious streak....?

Boyd

One other thing, Miss DeWitt. Are you aware of this 'Topher' situation?

DeWitt

[smiles] Yessss. There's no need to address the issue with him. I allow him one of these "diagnostic" tests every now and again.

Boyd

Well, I guess Topher can make friends...

DeWitt

Loneliness leads to nothing good, only detachment. And sometimes the people who most need to reach out are the people least capable of it. In any case, it only happens once a year.