EJ quotes from NCIS

Tony

Listen, we have to kind of cool it around the office from now on. You know what I mean?

You mean around Gibbs. He intimidates you.

Tony

Let's just say he presents a challenge. He sees what he shouldn't see. Hears what he shouldn't hear. He's like Alec Baldwin in The Shadow, and the shadow always knows.

You're scared of him.

Tony

[nods] Yep!

I'm not.

Tony

You should be.

Why didn't he kill me? I was fighting like hell, but why didn't he do it right there?

Tony

You were a message, not a victim. Consider yourself lucky.

Levin's dead. Cade may not make it. They were my responsibility. Where exactly is the luck in that? You think Gibbs would have let Cobb leave Europe? You think any of this would have happened if anybody else had been leading the case.

Tony

Stop beating yourself up. We've all lost people in the field. You're a good agent.

Am I?

Ziva

I know what it's like to lose a team member, especially one you care deeply for. You learn there is no rhyme or reason to dying, good or bad it's just completely out of your hands.

Agent Levin died because I screwed up.

Ziva

No, Agent Levin died because it was his time. There was nothing you could do about it.

Tony

What do you mean the security camera's not working?

McGee

I told you, Tony, the system's down all over the hotel. It has been for days.

Tony

Isn't that illegal?!

Gibbs

Same M.O.: no fingerprints, the place has been wiped clean.

Tony

How could she just walk out of here and nobody notices?

Tony.

Tony

Sorry.

We're all worried about Ziva.

Tony

I know. It's just different for some of us.

[looking at Cobb sitting in interrogation] This isn't right. It's too easy.

Tony

He knows where Ziva is. There's nothing easy about it.

Cobb's playing us.

Tony

Playing Leroy Jethro Gibbs? The guy must have a death wish.

What does he want?

Tony

Rule 16: If someone thinks they have the upper hand, break it.

So much for my big plans, huh? What about your plans, Ziva? Beyond NCIS. Family?

Ziva

Maybe, someday. Though that day seems increasingly distant at the moment.

[holds up her coffee in a toast] To someday.

Ziva

Someday.

[looking down at a case of guns] All I wanted for breakfast was the coffee.

Tony

Now we're ready for a fair fight.

Always good to be prepared.

Tony

I've been prepared for months. With Cole on the loose, it's time to bring out some Connery, and I'm paraphrasing: never bring a knife to a gun fight.

James Bond?

Tony

Untouchables, 1987. Connery won an Academy Award for that.

Tony

You know, one of these days I'd like to actually meet someone who appreciates movies the way I do, or at least appreciates the way I appreciate them.

She does, Tony.

Tony

Who?

Ziva.

Tony

[laughs] Agent Ziva David believes that Pirates of the Caribbean is a cinema classic.

I'm not talking about movies, Tony. I'm talking about you. She cares.

Tony

What's the matter with you? We're co-workers.

Yeah?

Tony

We're teammates.

Uh-huh.

Tony

We have each other's back.

Exactly.

Tony

Huh. Surround yourself with people you would give your own life for.