Sara Tancredi quotes from Prison Break

Sara

I've got news for you, Michael. "Trust me" means absolutely zero inside these walls.

Sara

Making sure it doesn't look like I did it! People will ask questions if the day the governor was found killing himself, his daughter is found dead in what looks like a struggle.

Sara

[To Michael] When you first take the job, they tell you never to fall in love with an inmate...

Michael

Wouldn't think you'd find the daughter of "Frontier Justice" Frank working in a prison--as a doctor, no less.

Sara

I believe in being part of the solution, not the problem.

Michael

Hmm. Be the change you want to see in the world. What?

Sara

Nothing that was just my senior quote.

Michael

That was you? This whole time I thought it was Gandhi.

We need some help here! [They rush him in through the hall till they find Sara]

Sara

Take him up in the three. Katie I'm gonna need ten cc's of xylocaine. [The CO's bring Michael into the infirmary and help him to seat in the stretcher. He's almost crying and covers his eyes to hide it. Sara puts her gloves on and looks at the CO's]

Sara

Thanks guys, I'll take him from here. [They hesitate. Sara looks them again firmly] I said 'Thank you, I'll take him from here'. [One of the CO's threws Michael's boot to the floor]

Let's go. [They leave. Michael's foot is cover with a sock and and is bleeding badly. Sara looks the CO's leaving and then she turns to Michael]

Sara

Ok, let's take a look at you. [Michael is finally crying. Sara is about to remove the bleeding sock but Michael stops her] You're Ok, you're ok. [Michael sees that two of his toes have been cut off a big tear escapes from his eyes, then he lays back in the stretcher covering his eyes with his hands]

Sara

What happened?

Sara

I think you'd better have I.A. start an investigation. [Offering him a report. He doesn't take it]

Bellick

Oh, there's no need. We know what happened.

Sara

[Ironic] Uh, perhaps you'd be good enough to enlighten me?

Bellick

There was a pair of gardening shears left on the floor of the shed. Evidently, he stepped on them.

Sara

Blade went right through his boot huh?

Bellick

Yeah.

Sara

So, uh, why wasn't the boot still on his foot?

Bellick

Like a said, doc. We've got it taken care. [Puts his cap on again and talks to the CO's] Let's go.

Sara

[Putting a sticking plaster on the fresh bandage] No redness or swelling, so it's no sign of infection. I’ll keep you on antibiotics for the next ten days. [Michael is looking at his foot, serious] You should be good. [She looks up to Michael and gets up walking to a desk next to the door] Michael, you understand by law I'm obligated to file a report if I feel there's been prisoner misconduct? [Sara looks at him. Michael's still serious. Putting his sock on, slowly] There's no way this injury happened by stepping on a blade in a garden shed.

Michael

If you fill a report things could get a lot worse for me.

Sara

They're not already?

Michael

Not compared to what they could be. [Sara looks down. He smiles] I've made some enemies.

Sara

Yeah... Scared?

Sara

Men. OK. Here’s what I think. I think you are scared and you wouldn’t be human if you weren’t scared in a place like this.

Michael

When I was young, I couldn’t sleep at night because I thought there was a monster in the closet. But my brother told me there wasn’t anything in the closet but fear. And fear wasn’t real. He said it wasn’t made of anything just…air. Not even that. He said you just have to face it. You just have to open that closet and the monster would disappear.

Sara

Brother sounds like a smart man.

Michael

He is. In here though, you face your fear, you open that door and there’s a hundred more doors behind it. And the monsters that are hiding behind them are all real.

Sara

If you want, I could recommend you be sent to Ad-Seg.

Michael

[Gets up] With the rape victims and the snitches.

Sara

[Still trying to convince him to take care of himself] It would keep you safe.

Michael

Thanks, but I think I'd like to face the monsters on my own.

Sara

How you feeling today? [Takes a look at him]

Michael

We're good.

Sara

What happened?

Michael

Uh, caught an elbow playing basketball.

Sara

Uh-huh. Mind if I take a look?

Michael

By all means.

Sara

You know you're going to get killed in here, right? If you're not careful.

Michael

I'll make you a bet. When I get out of here... alive, I'll take you to dinner... [She's still serious and doesn't answer. Starts cleaning the wound] ...lunch? ...cup of coffee?

Sara

Michael. This, um... (looks at him) ...this charm act could be exactly what's getting you into trouble out in the yard.

Sara

Lean forward.

Sara

I’m supposed to give you a physical this evening. Let me apologize in advance for the heavy dose of irony we’re about to participate in.

Lincoln

It’s all right, just doing your job.

Sara

Yeah, well letting the State know that you’re healthy enough to execute is not why I went to medical school.

Michael

Ever been to Baja? Mexico?

Michael

There is this great place down there. Twenty bucks a night, hammock on the back deck. Beers are 50 cents. 25 cents at happy hour.

Michael

Ever been to Thailand? Thailand's great.

Sara

Michael, if you're trying to calm me down, you're doing a terrible job.

Michael

But I am trying. [both laugh]

Sara

Wait, I can't leave you here.

Michael

You have no choice. I'm one of the bad guys, remember?

Can I ask you something?

Sara

Yeah.

Why do you care so much?

Sara

Because he lied to me.

They all lie to you.

Sara

Maybe because he is the one guy in here I can actually get to. One guy I can...make a difference with.

Michael

You threw away your flowers.

Sara

Like I said, they don't last.

Michael

I don't think they're dead yet.

Sara

I don't like getting attached to things if I know they won't last.

Michael

Why are you so cynical?

Sara

Michael, I think there's cynicism and then there's realism -

Michael

- and there's optimism? Hope? Faith?

Sara

This coming from an eight-toed guy locked away in a penitentiary!

Michael

[smiles] Toes are over-rated.

Sara

Thank you for trying to make me smile. Not today.

Michael

You never know.

Sara

I'm not a jealous woman. But I'm a careful one. And for some reason, when I'm around you, I'm not...careful.

Michael

You don't have to be.

Sara

Yes, I do. There are so many questions surrounding you, Michael. There are way too many.

Michael

You kept it.

Sara

Kept what?

Michael

The flower.

Sara

Well, I'm a pack rat, I never throw anything out.

Michael

Yeah. The clutter in here is, uh... overwhelming.

Sara

You should see my apartment.

Michael

Whoa! We haven't even been on our first date and you're already inviting me in. I thought you were a nice girl.

Sara

Michael, everyone knows that nice girls finish last.

Michael

So where do you finish?

Sara

That depends on where I start. Deep breath.