Best mystery TV quotes of all time

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80's Batman: This isn't a mudhole. It's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.

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Lucius Belyakov: A dark heart dwells where the branches meet / Anointed dagger plunge thee deep.

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Teacher: Please don't smoke sir, this is a school.
Fitz: That's where I started.

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Jack Hudson: Yes Miles, if you're right, you can say you told me so. And I know you will in that special way that makes us all love you so.

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DS Ellie Miller: Most people have a moral compass.
DI Alec Hardy: Compasses break.

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Miles: I'm not on the honor roll, I can't throw a football... Nim is my extracurricular, okay?

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Jimmy Wyler: Do you believe in redemption, Mr. White?
White: As long as it doesn't require funeral arrangements.

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Hannah: I'm glad you're still listening. Having fun?

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School Days - S1-E3

Max: When the moon is full, the tide is high.
Old Lady: You must want the spy school, that's next door.

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Maddie: You have the morals of rabbit, the character of a slug, and the brain of a platypus.

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Gadget: I don't think you can blame them. After all, we are rodents.

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Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney #2: I'm being quiet now, that means it's your turn to talk.
Mary Beth Lacey: I'm trying to think of what to say.

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Off. Tom Hanson #2: Without Jenko we're gonna be Charlie's Angels.

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JAG (1995)

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Ice Queen (1) - S8-E20

Vivian Blackadder: Amad bin Atwa supplied money and explosives to Hasan Mohammed, who executed the attack on the Cole. They're an all-Jihad team that's been together for nine years. If Bin Atwa gives up Hasan, I want in on the kill.
Gibbs: We're not tasked with capturing Hasan Mohammed.
Vivian Blackadder: Gibbs, my brother died on the Cole.
Gibbs: I know that.
Vivian Blackadder: Then get me in on this!
Gibbs: You're not here to use NCIS as your personal instrument of revenge. You get your head around this murder case, or you pull your tailored suit out of mothballs and you march your butt right back to the J. Edgar Hoover Building.

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Terry McGinnis: Look, if you had any proof they were going to do something, it would be different. But I'm not going to change my plans because of a hunch.
Bruce Wayne: Batman would.
Terry McGinnis: Hey, I put my life on the line all the time. One night isn't going to make any difference.
Bruce Wayne: One night always makes the difference.

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Tracy: Now that I've expressly told you I don't need your help... I need your help.

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Sgt. Joe Friday: This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm a cop.

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