Abby Maitland quotes from Primeval

Abby

[confronted by Carboniferous arachnids] Does anyone have a really big slipper?

Abby

Okay, can you move the gun out of the Abby area? Thanks.

Connor

[about Stephen] You really like him, don't you?

Abby

I don't know him.

Connor

When has that ever stopped people from fancying each other before?

Capt. Ryan

[On dead dodo] Professor, we have a dodo down.

Claudia

Oh, no.

Abby

How did that happen?

Connor

Maybe he ate one of the pies.

Connor

Abby...? Are we alive?

Abby

We're alive.

Connor

That's good then.

Connor

So, guys, let me get this straight... all we have to do is to drag two of the angriest creatures in the known universe through a hole in time back into an ancient world where we don't know what's waiting on the other side for us?

Stephen

When you put it like that, it sounds so easy.

Nick

I'm going to do this on my own.

Abby

We'll help.

Connor

Who's "we?"

Connor

Where's my gun? Abby's got one!

Stephen

She knows how to use it.

Abby

How many animals have you tranquillized?

Connor

I've played darts! Sometimes I think you don't trust me with firearms!

Stephen

Don't know what gives you that idea.

Abby

Oi! Where are you going?

Connor

I'm going to get a slushie. Shhh.

Abby

You first.

Abby

Foggy?

Connor

A bit foggy, yeah.

Connor

High CO2, low oxygen.

Nick

It's pre-Carboniferous. Maybe Ordovician or Silurian. There's no dinosaurs, no mammals, and no birds... wait a minute, what's that?

Connor

It's a little girl.

Jenny

What is she doing?

Nick

She's looking for her dog.

Abby

She might be injured.

Connor

There's nothing really in the Silurian to injure her. We're talking a few basic plants and some bugs.

Abby

How big are the bugs?

Connor

Bug size, I think. As far as periods go, it's a pretty safe one to get lost in.

Sir James Lester

[as Abby feeds a captured Columbian mammoth fruit from outside its enclosure] Don't get attached; you can't keep him.

Abby Maitland

Did you know that a Columbian mammoth's trunk is five times more dexterous than an elephant's?

Lester

Why is everyone telling me facts about mammoths today? Do I look like I'm interested? Still, his tusks might be worth a bit.

Abby

[disgusted] You wouldn't.

Lester

Ugh. Have a chat with him about personal hygiene, would you?

Abby

What are you doing?

Connor

Trying to track down Leek. There's got to be a clue in his personal files.

Abby

You obviously know your way around.

Connor

Mm-hmm.

Abby

Hack into them regularly, do you?

Connor

Yeah. You'd be amazed how much Lester gets paid.

Abby

What's my middle name?

Connor

Sarah. [stops typing] You... told me that once, though, right?

Abby

No.

Connor

. . .

Sarah

Bow.

Nick

What?

Sarah

Bow down.

Nick

What are you talking about?

Sarah

This creature is used to being treated like a god - they would have bowed as a sign of respect.

Abby

If it doesn't think we're a threat, it might not attack.

I'm not bowing.

Connor

That's got to be the end of the curse now, right?

Sarah

Here's hoping.

Abby

The curse?

Sarah

[to Abby] I made it up.

Abby

[amused] Don't tell him yet.

Sarah

'Course not.

Connor

That was childish!

Abby

Were you scared?

Connor

No...Little bit, yeah. Thought you were in trouble, didn't I?

Abby

And you came to rescue me. Thank you.

Abby

You know what, I like this place. It's fun.