Best Lines of the Week (April 28-May 4): ‘Sorry I’m Late, Traffic Was Hell’
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Melisandre: What do we say to the God of Death?
Arya: Not today.
—The Red Lady’s (Carice van Houten) final question, poised to Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), in a callback to an earlier Arya scene in the series.
Shadowhunters (Freeform)
“Sorry I’m late. Traffic was hell.”
— Magnus (Harry Shum Jr.) saves the day from a huge demon attack now that he has his magic back.
The Act (Hulu)
“Who are you Gypsy? Do you even know? You don’t always wanna be the person she made you into. Sometimes the only way out is through.”
—Mel (Chloe Sevigny) telling Gypsy (Joey King) she doesn’t have to be the person Gypsy’s mother Didi (Patricia Arquette) made her become.
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
“You want a hit?”
—Regular Sized Rudy (voiced by Brian Huskey) offering Louise (voiced by Kristen Schaal) a puff of his inhaler after they both get worked up over having to run a mile for gym class.
Man With A Plan (CBS)
Lowell: Do you guys think I look like Forrest Gump?
Adam: Only when you run.
—Lowell (Matt Cook) lets Adam (Matt LeBlanc) and Andi (Liza Snyder) know that he doesn’t want to be around Andi’s sister, Kelly (Jessica St. Clair), anymore
Good Girls (NBC)
Gregg: I just wanted to say thank you for delivering my son.
Annie: Starbucks. You shouldn’t have.
—Gregg (Zach Gilford) giving Annie (Mae Whitman) a Starbucks gift card as a gift of appreciation that she helped deliver his son
American Housewife (ABC)
“The closest I got to fresh fruit as a kid was wild cherry cough drops.”
—Katie (Katy Mixon) telling her daughter, Anna-Kat (Julia Butters), about the types of food she ate as a child
Very Cavallari (E!)
Kristin: You look out this window and it’s like you just automatically think “Little James photo shoot,” you know. Like, this house was made for the Little James photo shoot.
Jay: I’ve actually never thought that.
—Kristin trying to convince her husband, Jay Cutler, that their home would be best place for her company’s photo shoot
Jane the Virgin (The CW)
“I’m telling you. Just think about Barack Obama and turn it on.”
—Alba (Ivonne Coll) telling Xio (Andrea Navado) about how to get comfortable with using a vibrator.
Growing Up Chrisley (USA)
Elliot: You know what? You look exactly like James Dean right now.
Chase: The guy who makes the sausages?
Elliot: Yeah, and he’s an actor, too.
—Chase’s friend and new manager, Elliot, compliments Chase’s style, and the pair doesn’t quite know who James Dean is
From Game of Thrones and The Act, all the way to Bob’s Burgers, this week of TV was chock-full of seriously incredible moments.
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