As we hurtle toward the end of the calendar year, our Quotes of the Week feature for 2021 is also nearing its conclusion — but it’s not over quite yet!
In the list below, we’ve gathered 18 of the small screen’s best sound bites from the past seven days, including moments both scripted and unscripted from broadcast, cable and streaming series.
This time around, we’ve got Gossip Girl throwing some shade at another streaming service’s content, an unexpected constant of Darcy’s love life on A Million Little Things, alternative holiday plans for Zoey Clarke during her Extraordinary Christmas, and a worrisome favor asked of Ghosts‘ Jay.
Also featured in this week’s roundup: double doses of The Flash, Saved by the Bell, The Sex Lives of College Girls and Yellowstone.
Scroll through the list below to see all of our picks for the week, then hit the comments and tell us if we missed any of your faves!
“So you’d like me to crash a party and pitch myself? This is not Emily in Paris, Audrey!”
For the sake of this spot-on dig, we’re letting ourselves believe that Kiki Hope (Laura Benanti) has ever heard of — let alone seen — Lily Collins’ Netflix series
“He wants to put his junk in my jam-jams?!”
“Jay, this is running a B&B. This is what separates us from the hotels of the world. People expect a personal touch.”
“Something personal’s getting touched, all right.”
Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) and Sam (Rose McIver) argue when their first guest wants to borrow some pajamas
“Iris West-Allen…? Were you his daughter?”
“I still am.”
Whatever Joe’s actual fate, Iris (Candice Patton) knows her family ties
“You want me to build a Cerebro, out of the trash in my garage?”
For one thing, Cecile, that’s Marvel tech and this is a DC show…
“I was thinking we could hop in the old RV, head to the desert and just wander around like my people did for 40 years.”
Max (Skylar Astin) tries to convince Zoey to ditch Christmas for a road trip
“It’s sexy and fun!”
“Yeah, well, ‘sexy’ in that you’ll see where babies come from.”
Chrishell Stause isn’t as bullish on a feathered micro-minidress as the sales agent with whom she’s discussing said frock
“Are you going to tell me why your underwear is on backward?”
A frustrated but hypocritical Gary (Chido Nwokocha), upon learning Andi is moving on with someone else
“You think she’s safe because she’s dating a nerd? Ever heard of Joss Whedon?”
Daisy’s little brother (David Miranda) knows better than to blindly trust a nerd like Gil
“I’m not a bad monster! I’m a fun monster — like Elmo, or Grover, or James Corden!”
Mac (Mitchell Hoog) considers himself just as lovable as two of the Muppets… and that guy who keeps appearing in every musical
“My back is still hurting … from carrying that whole presentation by myself.”
Taurean (Leonard Robinson) teases Molly for getting distracted by family texts during their work presentation
“Darcy didn’t tell me that you were coming. Or that apparently she has a beard fetish.”
Gary (James Roday Rodriguez) is surprised to find out that Darcy’s ex-husband is similarly hirsute
“I told my dad that all of our textbooks come from Net-a-Porter, and that is why he’s getting charges.”
Leighton (Reneé Rapp) shares a lie that she’d like her suitemates to corroborate during Parents’ Weekend
“A journal?! Hot guys don’t journal. They just let their thoughts fade away. It’s what makes them hot.”
Lila (Ilia Isorelýs Paulino) shoots down a lame birthday gift idea for Nico
Sometimes a quote arrives via text — such as Kate teasing Clint about his busted hearing aid.
“Yeah. I’m in the wrong business.”
Clint (Jeremy Renner) marvels at Momma Bishop’s palatial New York digs
“How does that feel?”
“It’s not my first bullet. It will heal.”
“Yeah, most of them do. Except the last.”
Luca (Kenny Johnson) isn’t impressed by a gunman’s bravado
“I’m intermittent fasting.”
“What’s that mean?”
“Nothing but coffee and cigarettes till noon, and then I can eat what the f—k I want till I start drinking at six.”
“I’d like to meet the doctor who came up with that diet.”
“I’ve adapted it a bit to suit my lifestyle.”
No breakfast for Beth (Kelly Reilly), John (Kevin Costner)
“Surely you can appreciate that virtually every fiber of my being is screaming at me not to get in a pickup with a charming white male in his 50s who I don’t know from f—king Adam.”
“Charming and in my 50s? I’m starting to like you better already.”
After he bails her out of jail, Summer (Piper Perabo) and John (Kevin Costner) start fresh
The way DC and Marvel universes work is that Marvel Comics exist in the DC Universe, and DC Comics exist in the Marvel Universes
The Zoey Christmas movie was so much better than all of season 2.
I liked it except that Simon didn’t get to sing.
Yellowstone always has the best quotes that stay with you. 😀
I want to believe that kiki’s quote on GG was intentional, a full circle moment, since Emily In Paris also joked about gg.
I don’t watch SBTB but that Ep5 quote was hilarious. And sad at the same time.
Alex Rider Season Two episode five “Threats”
“Hello Alex.”
“You’re not staying?”
“No, I have a meeting.”
“We’ll that makes two of us.”
“Coffee sometime?”
“Yeah,sounds good.”
“Look out for yourself.”
“Nobody else does.”
This very quick moment between Mrs. Jones and Alex had so many layers…so much subtext. Can’t help but love these spies. Also it brings a big smile to my face how much more sarcastic and smart ass Alex is in season two.