Leslie Thompkins quotes from Gotham

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

[whispering] Where do I start?

Edward Nygma

I don't know. Make them happy. Give them something to cheer for.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

Drinks on the house!

Edward Nygma

Good move.

Leslie Thompkins

Are you here to arrest someone? Me?

Jim Gordon

I'm here because someone wants you dead. The assassin's still on the loose, as is the person who hired him. You're not safe.

Leslie Thompkins

It's Gotham. Is anyone ever safe?

Oswald Cobblepot

What'd you make last night? Three, four million? Let's say we go halfsies.

Leslie Thompkins

I've heard your offer. Now, here's my counter: bite me.

Edward Nygma

You aren't stringing me along, are you Lee?

Leslie Thompkins

Don't you want to find out? The answer to the riddle?

Jim Gordon

Back in the GCPD, when I told you there was so much I wish I could change, you asked what I meant.

Leslie Thompkins

Jim...

Jim Gordon

I would change everything that brought us to this point. I would ask you to leave Gotham with me the first moment I saw you, and I would make sure we had a life together. Maybe that'd be a good thing.

Leslie Thompkins

No, it wouldn't. I'm not going back to who I was, but what you said yesterday about part of you always caring for me - I feel the same way. [they kiss] Goodbye. Now, go save Gotham.

Jim Gordon

You know, I never figured you for Jeremiah's errand boy.

Jervis Tetch

Oh Captain, no errands do I run. This is simply a way for me to have some fun.

Leslie Thompkins

Tell yourself that. Take away your games and your rhymes, and what are you but a second-rater with a really silly hat?

Jervis Tetch

Shut up!

Jervis Tetch

Beautiful! [to Leslie] Lee Thompkins, you intrigue me so. First you were a doctor, then the Narrows' queen. Tell me, please do, are you running from your past when you become someone new?

Alfred Pennyworth

Forgive me, but I... heard on the grapevine that you and Captain Gordon had a rather heated exchange this morning.

Leslie Thompkins

Oh, God. Was it that bad?

Alfred Pennyworth

Apparently, it was like a session of the Italian Parliament.

Alfred Pennyworth

You have misgivings about the arrival of this child, don't you?

Leslie Thompkins

What am I getting myself into, Alfred? How am I supposed to raise a child alongside a psychopath like Barbara Kean? I mean, how the hell is this going to work? But... that's not all of it. If Jim and I are going to do this, we have to do it together. You know how he is. I don't know what's going on inside that man's head sometimes.

Alfred Pennyworth

I think you'll find that he needs you a lot more than he's letting on.

Leslie Thompkins

Well, I need to hear it from him. I never thought this was how my life was going to be.

Alfred Pennyworth

I had no interest in being a father myself. I always presumed that I was unfit to be one. And then I found myself one night, staring down this alley at this little boy quite literally shaking with fear. I don't know, it's funny what life throws you. I am keenly aware that I am not Master Bruce's flesh and blood, but it's the moments... the little things, like when he uses a skill that I once taught him, or when we laugh at a joke that only he and I share... those have been some of the most ecstatic moments of my life. Nothing can possibly prepare you for that joy. The how's and the what's, you'll figure that stuff out. What matters is this: you'll be an exquisite mother, and that child - he, she - will be extraordinary because of you.

Harvey Bullock

I'm just gonna say this isn't gonna be some long, drawn-out, tearful affair like ya'll are used to. This is gonna be a short wedding. I'm gonna make it quick so we can all get to the bar. I first met a young Jim Gordon when he was a pain-in-the-ass, moralistic rookie detective. In the years since, he has evolved into a pain-in-the-ass, moralistic captain. I'd say he's my best friend, but in truth he's my only friend, so we'll skip that. On to Lee. Lee's always had his back, except for the time she was infected with the crazy-making virus and she tried to kill him... but that's love. But I will say that if there's one beautiful thing that's happened over these last few crazy years, it's that these two people met each other. And that truly is a beautiful thing. Jim, will you please take Lee's hand? Do you, Jim Gordon, take Lee Thompkins to be your lawful, wedded wife from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish 'til death do you part?

Jim Gordon

I do.

Harvey Bullock

And you, Lee, do you do the same?

Leslie Thompkins

Sure, Harvey. I do.

Harvey Bullock

Then by the power vested in me by absolutely no one, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

Edward Nygma

Lee.

Leslie Thompkins

Ed.

Edward Nygma

Don't worry, I'm not here for you... but, for the record, you stabbed me first.

Oswald Cobblepot

[draws a gun] Hand over the part, now.

Leslie Thompkins

[stepping in front of Barbara] Don't point that at the baby!

Oswald Cobblepot

...What? [quickly lowers the gun] I did not! I was merely trying to make a general threatening gesture with a firearm...

Edward Nygma

But you did, though, you pointed the gun at the baby...

Oswald Cobblepot

All right, fine, I'M SORRY! Now give us what we want!

Barbara Kean

[in labor] Oh, you think I'm stupid enough to have the part on me? It's hidden away somewhere safe! And if you think you can torture me into telling you where, there is literally nothing more painful than what I am going through right now!