Best Lines of the Week (April 21-27): ‘Grad School Waits for No Dominatrix!’
Jane the Virgin (The CW)
Michael: I also wanted to bring you your belated birthday gift.
Jane: Thanks, but I already own like, 400 copies.
Michael: Well, this one’s different ‘cause I really wanted to talk to you while I was reading it, so I wrote down my reactions instead.
—Michael (Brett Dier) giving Jane (Gina Rodriguez) an annotated version of her book that’s based on their relationship.
Cobra Kai (YouTube)
Johnny: Hawk. Did you attack your opponent when his back was turned?
Hawk: …Yes, Sensei?
Johnny: Diaz. Did you purposely attack your opponent’s injury?
Miguel: Yes, Sensei.
Johnny: Think that makes you badass?
[Miguel and Hawk glance at each other in silence]
Johnny: What’s the matter, too tough a question? Maybe you need some help.
—Johnny asks Hawk and Miguel why they used underhanded tactics during the All-Valley Tournament.
The Bold Type (Freeform)
Sutton: Me, Kat, and Jane. You see us as, um… strong, outspoken women with our own agency.
Alex: Absolutely.
Sutton: We have all been Kristen. I’ve been Kristen. Going further than I wanted to because it’s easier than causing a scene. Feeling stuck in a dorm room or some weird Brooklyn apartment.
—Sutton (Meghann Fahy) reminding Alex (Matt Ward) that saying “no” to a man trying to hook up isn’t always as easy as it’s made out to be.
Abby’s (NBC)
Rosie: I call them “Fremily.” I was gonna call them “Emilfred,” but that sounds too much like that sad lady from Handmaid’s Tale.
—Rosie (Kimia Behpoornia) teasing Fred (Neil Flynn) about his crush on Emily (Tracie Thoms).
Bonding (Netflix)
Tiff: Grad school waits for no dominatrix!
—Tiff (Zoe Levin) on her way to class after working the night before as a dominatrix.
The Act (Hulu)
Gypsy: The chicken can wait, right?
Nick: …Well, not really, because then it’ll get cold.
—Gypsy (Joey King) telling Nick (Calum Worthy) that the family’s fried chicken delivery can wait because they have to hide the knife they used to murder Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette).
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Tormund: “F—k tradition!”
—Tormund (Kristofer Hivju) to Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) when she tells him women traditionally weren’t allowed to become knights.
Good Girls (NBC)
Annie: I’m gonna go shower and then shower again. Yay… it’s a boy…
Sadie: Mom? So am I.
—Sadie (Isaiah Stannard) coming out to his mom (Mae Whitman) as transgender after she just helped deliver Sadie’s baby brother.
black-ish (ABC)
Rainbow: Being the “office mom” is a trap. That’s why I don’t think about you or talk about you at work.
Andre: You don’t?
Rainbow: No.
Andre: But I’m such a braggable kid!
—Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross) telling her son, Andre (Marcus Scribner), that she’s been dubbed the “office mom” at work.
Madam Secretary (CBS)
Russell: I’ll skip the ‘I told you so’s.’
Elizabeth: Technically, you didn’t.
—Russell (Željko Ivanek) lets Elizabeth (Téa Leoni) know that he was right about not letting her advocate for a bill in the Senate.
With the premieres of Netflix’s new comedy Bonding and Season 2 of Cobra Kai, this week has been full of totally incredible lines.
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