Toby Curtis quotes from Scorpion

Toby Curtis

You see that? She was just busy

Cabe Gallo

First stage of grief: Denial.

Toby Curtis

Grief over what?

Sylvester Dodd

The fact that your attempted romance with Happy is dead.

Toby Curtis

OK, no offense, but I'm not about to give weight to the psychiatric musings of a guy who uses a superhero lunch box and someone who still watches Bonanza.

Cabe Gallo

Second stage of grief: Anger.

Ralph Dineen

Give me the 9-volt battery from your stud finder.

Toby Curtis

Stud finder? I can't go near those things, they just go off.

Paige Dineen

Uh, you wanna fill me in here?

Ralph Dineen

Most electronic doors use a servomotor. A computer sends an electronic signal to unlock it. But since that computer isn't working, I'll send the signal myself.

Paige Dineen

That's why he doesn't have time for scouts.

Walter O'Brien

How far away is that train?

Sylvester Dodd

Its current path has it just a few minutes from you, heading towards the Olympic and Westwood stop. Why?

Walter O'Brien

'Cause I'm getting on board.

Toby Curtis

Suicidal genius says what now?

Cabe Gallo

How the hell are you going to get on a train going 90 miles an hour?

Walter O'Brien

I presume with great caution!

Toby Curtis

I would give anything for Happy to care enough to slap me.

Cabe Gallo

Bargaining. Third stage of grief.

Toby Curtis

It's just so disheartening.

Cabe Gallo

And there's depression. I counted the gold coins; one of 'em's missing.

Toby Curtis

Oh, I'm not a thief, I just wanted to play Proton Arnold with a $2 million quarter.

Toby Curtis

I'm not lookin' for trouble I just need to see Happy...happy with Chet, and I then I'm at the fifth stage of grief.

Cabe Gallo

Acceptance.

Toby Curtis

And then I can move on.

Cabe Gallo

Identify yourself!

Mark Willis, Central Intelligence.

Toby Curtis

CIA. Explains how he came in like a cloud. A dark cloud.

Homeland's agreed to lend out Scorpion's services to my unit.

Toby Curtis

Oh, lucky us!

For a significant payday.

Walter O'Brien

We're listening.

Toby Curtis

Good luck with that. We'll take our cashier's check now!

What if I doubled the fee?

Toby Curtis

No!

Walter O'Brien

Keep talking!

Walter O'Brien

There's nothing that we really can't explain.

Paige Dineen

What about death?

Walter O'Brien

It is the breakdown of biological functions that support life.

Paige Dineen

See, you throw science at things that should be emotional.

Walter O'Brien

We process the world differently from most people. It's all it is. And truthfully, I know exactly what's going on with Megan.

Paige Dineen

There is a process to life that ends in unknown.

Walter O'Brien

[pushes intercom button] Toby?

Toby Curtis

What?

Walter O'Brien

Can you explain Megan's condition as it stands?

Toby Curtis

She has a bacterial infection in her lungs. Pneumonia.

Walter O'Brien

Why's that?

Toby Curtis

She has scarred, damaged lungs.

Walter O'Brien

Why?

Toby Curtis

She's inhaled small amounts of food and saliva that over time have damaged her lungs.

Walter O'Brien

Mmm hmm. Why is that happening?

Toby Curtis

Um, she can't swallow very well because of the MS.

Walter O'Brien

Explain.

Toby Curtis

The MS damaged some nerves in her brain, probably her medula.

Walter O'Brien

How come?

Toby Curtis

Her own immune system attacked the myelin sheaths around the nerves.

Walter O'Brien

Thank you, Toby. [turns off intercom] You see, we know everything we need to know

Paige Dineen

[turns on intercom] Toby, why is her own body attacking her nerves?

Toby Curtis

You know, we don't know.

Paige Dineen

What are you doing to my son?

Ray Spiewack

Hey Peggy. I'm just helping him with his homework. His report card was a tad subpar.

Paige Dineen

He gets straight A's.

Ray Spiewack

Not in gym.

Paige Dineen

Ralph doesn't care about gym.

Toby Curtis

All boys care about gym. It's Lord of the Flies in there and getting picked last is painful. Trust me.

Paige Dineen

I'm not sure I like him telling you guys things instead of me.

Toby Curtis

He's one of us. We get him.

Happy Quinn

This is crazy that we're doing this, right?

Toby Curtis

Well, psychologically speaking, crazy is a catchall for a myriad of pathologies and circumstances. But yeah, this is nuttier than a fruitcake.

Toby Curtis

Your last name's Spiewack, right? Is that Polish?

Ray Spiewack

As Polish as a bratwurst.

Toby Curtis

OK, that's German. Look, you know any Polish at all?

Ray Spiewack

I was raised by my Grandma Etoile.

Toby Curtis

And that's French. Look, we're on a case and we're in a bit of a bind. You're gonna hear some people in the background speaking Polish. I got my phone linked into my comm. I'm gonna need you to translate it back to me in English.

Ray Spiewack

De nada, amigo.

Toby Curtis

Now we have Spanish. Remind me to punch you when we get back.

Sylvester Dodd

Oh, no. I am not going back to college. College was the worst six months of my life.

Toby Curtis

I'm in! And I'm gonna do it right this time. College sucked hard for 14-year-old Tobias Curtis.

Paige Dineen

Guys, college is fun!

Walter O'Brien

College is a continued adolescence factory where parents subsidize years of nonsense instead of serious academic rigor.

Paige Dineen

Yeah. Fun.

Happy Quinn

I thought you could check one thing off your college bucket list.

Toby Curtis

We're going streaking?!

Happy Quinn

The dance, dummy.

Toby Curtis

What are you doing?

Happy Quinn

Letting down my shield.

Walter O'Brien

I haven't had a chance to spread them.

Toby Curtis

So you keep them in a coffee can in your glove compartment?!

Walter O'Brien

The urn they gave me was black. Megan hated black. And it's safe in there.

Happy Quinn

OK, that's the mark. And you gotta nail it.

Toby Curtis

Here goes.

Not good.