Dr. Ephraim Goodweather quotes from The Strain

Ephraim Goodweather

You don't like terrorists? Try negotiating with a virus. A virus exists only to find a carrier and reproduce. That's all it does and it does it quickly. It has no political views, it has no religious beliefs, it has no cultural hang-ups and it has no respect for a badge. It has no concept of time or geography. It might as well be the Middle Ages, except for the convenience of hitching a ride on a metal tube flying from meal to meal to meal. That's how a plague begins. So... you still want to be the first one through the door?

Ephraim Goodweather

Hi, my name's Eph. I'm an alcoholic. I've been sober one year and eleven days. I'm in therapy. Learning about myself. It's a journey of discovery. Uh, I'm passive-aggressive and actively aggressive, which is a rare combination, I'm told. Let's see, what else? I'm controlling. I'm self-centered. I'm emotionally distant for my family. Oh, and the greatest sin of all: I love my work. But I'm taking it all in, you know, I'm owning it. And it's really making a difference. My wife's divorcing me, and screwing this new dude in my bed. In my house, on which I'm still making payments. There I go again, right, Richard? My sponsor says that I use sarcasm to avoid my real feelings, that if I truly loved Kelly, I would be happy for her, I wouldn't resent her. I'm trying, Richard. But it is a very steep hill.

Ephraim Goodweather

[to a captive Strigoi] So the Master can see through all you things, huh? Are you watching me now? You took my wife. My son's mother. I'm gonna take hundreds, thousands of yours. I'm gonna work my way all the way to the top, to you.

Nora Martinez

We're not hunting down human beings.

Ephraim Goodweather

They're hunting us!

Vasily Fet

You look like a bunch of looters to me.

Ephraim Goodweather

We're from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Who are you?

Vasily Fet

I'm a looter.

Vasily Fet

Any reward for turning you in?

Ephraim Goodweather

No, sorry.

Vasily Fet

Too bad for me. Very good for you.

Ephraim Goodweather

I'm sick of this Brooklyn-pride shit. Save it for somebody who cares.

Vasily Fet

You're used to having the last word, huh, Doc? How does it feel to know that a pawnbroker and a rat killer know more than you do, huh?

Ephraim Goodweather

You've been waiting for this your whole life, haven't you? Congratulations on the vampire apocalypse.

Vasily Fet

The first will be last, the last shall be first, Doc.

Ephraim Goodweather

The ground game isn't for me.

Vasily Fet

So what are you gonna do?

Ephraim Goodweather

Well, seeing as how as a vampire hunter I'm total shit, I'm gonna go back to being a doctor.

Dutch Velders

To survival?

Ephraim Goodweather

To victory.

Ephraim Goodweather

[about Dutch's project] What the hell is this?

Dutch Velders

I won't know really until it's finished.

Ephraim Goodweather

Well, how will you know when you're finished?

Dutch Velders

When I know what the hell it is.

Ephraim Goodweather

That's a Zen riddle. Too bad my job is so results-oriented.

Dutch Velders

You still have a job?

Ephraim Goodweather

Oh, yeah. Saving the human race.

Dutch Velders

Oh, right. I forgot.

Ephraim Goodweather

I'm not letting you get in my way again.

You think I like the position they've put me in? They nearly threw me over a balcony, Eph. I can't even sleep. I barely eat.

Ephraim Goodweather

Then just let me go. I've got a plan to wipe out all the infected and clean all this up.

Well, that's great news. I'll let you go. I appreciate you still trying to do something about this.

Ephraim Goodweather

You're lying.

Trust me, Eph.

Ephraim Goodweather

I can't trust you, Barnes. I know you.

Abraham Setrakian

Remaining human at all costs is very important, even when dealing with murderers.

Ephraim Goodweather

Is that your bit of grandfatherly advice for the day?

Abraham Setrakian

Merely a warning from someone who has lived among monsters.