A Look Back at 2009 (Part 2)

By Rueben | January 14, 2010

The best part of television is all the great and memorable quotes that touched our hearts or tickled our funny bone over the past year. Here in alphabetical order by TV series name are just some of the memorable quotes that I found to be the best:

BONES:

“Yes! Pinkie stumps the Brain.” – Booth to Bones

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“I’m a wise-cracking pathologist with a dark sense of humor.” – Cam

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“Some people think I’m Gormogon. But I’m not.” – Sweets in a nice inside joke

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“So why wasn’t Parada with you?” – Booth
“I was with Sweets.” – Bones
“That’s like being protected by a Smurf.” – Booth

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“You know, you could make Santa Claus cry.” – Booth to Bones

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“Boys and their fantasies.” – Angela to Hodgins and Bray

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“Dr. Brennan, would you care to hug?” – Cam
“Why?” – Bones
“Okay, I’m good with that. Welcome home.” – Cam

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“Who are you?” – Booth to Bones in season finale (after his operation)

BROTHERS & SISTERS:

“I didn’t come out of the closet to become a cliché.” – Saul to Kevin when they are invited to Kitty’s baby shower

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“You know what the real tragedy is? I miss those Walker family meltdowns.” – Robert to Kevin

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“ Who are you and what have you done with my mother?” – Sarah to Nora (when Nora does something very un-Nora-like

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“Guys, this is mom we’re talking about and someone’s messing with one of her kids. By my calculations, we lost contact with mom over an hour ago which means every minute we’re on this phone call she could be heading up a river into the heart of darkness.” – Justin to his siblings

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“Didn’t you know it was bring your illegitimate kid to work day?” – Ryan
“Oh yeah, I went to that last year.”- Rebecca

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“Be nice or be ourselves. Which is it?” – Kevin to Nora

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“You Walkers have absolutely no boundaries.” – Scotty to Kevin and Sarah

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“I can’t believe you’re leaving me with all these Walkers.” – Scotty
“Well, we’ll always have Facebook.” – Julia as she leaves California

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“You know what? After an hour with you two, I want therapy.” – Kevin to Robert and Kitty

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“There’s not a DVD in the whole of West Hollywood that could counteract what I just heard.” – Kevin to Scotty at the fertility clinic after hearing about his mom and Simon

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“Julia, you and I have a lot in common. There should be a support group for people who marry Walkers.” – Scotty to Julia about her troubles with ex-husband Tommy

BURN NOTICE:

“Victor’s a lot like you only with rabies.” – Sam to Michael about Victor (Michael Shanks)

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“I have a headache in my eye.” – Sam to Michael’s mom about the IRS agent

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“Dodge calls now and avoid bullets later.” – Sam to Barry

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“Trouble seems to find me without any help.” – Michael

CASTLE:

“I got the plot of my first novel by watching One Life to Live.” – Rick Castle about his first book (inside joke because Nathan was Joey Buchanan on the soap)

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“I’m a wise ass not a jackass.” – Castle to Beckett

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“Promise not to hate me?” – Castle to Becket
“I already hate you.” – Beckett

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“Why the sudden need to shadow a real detective?” – Sorenson to Castle
“Well the ones on TV seem oddly fixated on their sunglasses.” – Castle’s response (and a not too subtle dig at Castle’s time slot competition CSI: Miami)

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“You drag me in here so that you can read from your own book.” – Beckett
“There’s a lot of good stuff in here and some of it’s factual.” – Castle

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“She’s Auntie Mame on meth.” – Castle about his ex-wife

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“On for God’s sake, why don’t you both just drop your pants and get it over with?” – Becket to Castle and FBI guy about them trying to one up each other
“I’m game.” – Castle

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“It’s just so rough being you.” – Beckett
“My cross to bear.” – Castle

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“You want me to put on some music? Whenever they do this sort of thing on CSI, they always do it to music in poorly lit rooms.” – Castle

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“What exactly are you supposed to be.” – Alexis to her dad when he dresses up for Halloween
“Space cowboy.” – Castle
“Ok (a) there are no cows in space; (b) didn’t you wear that, like, five years ago?” – Alexis
“So?” – Castle
“So, don’t you think you should move on?” – Alexis

NOTE: He was dressed in full Malcolm Reynolds gear for Halloween

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“When are you gonna learn I have a guy everywhere.” – Castle to Beckett

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“Quit looking at the girls, Castle.” – Lainie to Castle when he’s caught staring at her boobs in her revealing cocktail dress

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“Guy in a tree. Mom and Dad arguing. Just like old times.” – Ryan to Esposito about Castle and Beckett

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“It’s a good thing he reads Russian literature. If he was a Nicholas Sparks fan he’d be dead.” – Ryan commenting to Castle about the thick book in the man’s coat that stopped a bullett

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“I hate this case.” – Beckett (about scam-artist guy)
“I know isn’t it great?” – Castle

CHUCK:

“Dude, it’s not stalking. It’s caring enough about someone to learn things about them they won’t tell you themselves.” – Morgan to Chuck on the semantics of spying on his girlfriend

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“Wow! You two are a match made in a very frightening part of heaven.” – Chuck to Alex (guest star Tricia Helfer) and Casey

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“What do you do when the person that you think you can trust the least can actually get you the thing you want the most?” – Chuck to Morgan

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“Devon, don’t freak out.” – Chuck as he tells Devon the truth about his life

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“Hey, hey, the team’s back together again. Group hug.” – Chuck to Sarah and Casey

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“Go with your heart, buddy. Our brains only screw things up.” – Chuck to Morgan

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“Chuck Me!” – Casey after Chuck fights off 5 Fulcrum agents

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“Guys, I know Kung Fu.” – Chuck (last line in season finale)

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES:

“I have been naked on this street. It would be nice to take the heat off that story.” – Susan to Katherine

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“I’m sorry, I thought we gave your latest break-up the 3 seconds of shock it deserved.” – Susan to Edie over her break-up with Dave

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“The scary part is of the two women you could marry, that’s the stable one.” – Julie to Mike about Susan

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“Teenaged girls are the best reason to not have kids.” – Mrs. McCluskey to Gabi

DROP DEAD DIVA:

“Some guardian angel. How could you let them screw up my obituary?” – Jane to Fred after the newspaper paired her obit with a picture of a really old lady

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“No, you can decide the cases I try and you can make me work nights and weekends and on Beyonce’s birthday, but you do not get to pick my assistant. Terri stays.” – Jane to Parker

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“I’m an angel, not a wizard.” – Fred to Jane

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“Fat things shouldn’t happen to skinny people.” – Stacy to Deb/Jane

GLEE:

“I have not seen the student body this excited since Tiffany performed at the North Hills mall.” – Principal Figgins after the school’s glee club performed Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It”

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“My body is like a rum chocolate soufflé. If I don’t warm up right, it doesn’t rise.” – Kurt defending his warm-up routine to Finn

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“She freaks me out in a Swimfan kind of way…but she can really sing and her body is smokin’ if you’re not into boobs.” – Finn, describing his attraction to Rachel

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“I don’t know why I find his stupidity charming. I mean, he’s cheating off a girl who thinks the square root of 4 is rainbow.” – Kurt about Finn

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“Talent doesn’t age, sweetheart.” – April (Kristin Chenoweth) to Rachel

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“Well I do have something I’ve been working on since I was four.” – Rachel to Mercedes when the gang tells her they need her to sing the ballad

IN PLAIN SIGHT:

“I thought we had that determined by now that I have no idea what I’m doing.” – Mary to psychologist and Marshall

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“Oh, and Marshall, I’d sell you out for a Twinkie.” – Mary to Marshall

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“Witness protection is a little like where’s Waldo.” – Marshall to new witness

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“Here we are. Home Dump Home.” – Brandi to her mom Jinx

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“Nice ass doesn’t hurt. [PAUSE] Sorry, didn’t mean to say that out loud.” – Eleanor to Stan, Marshall and Mary about men

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“Thank God, I was afraid you just came here to bring me coffee.” – Mary
“So young and yet so tragically cynical.” – Dershowitz

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“What is wrong with you two?” – Dershowitz
We’ve been trying to get pregnant and the strain is getting to him.” – Mary, answering him about her and Marshall’s fighting

LEVERAGE:

“What happened to your?” – Nate to Eliott about his face [looked like he was beaten up]
“How was I supposed to know it was a lesbian bar?” – Eliot

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“Look, you know what I can do? I can retask a satellite. I can get level three NSA clearance, but I can’t hack a hick.” – Hardison to team, upset their cover is blown by Mark’s cousin

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“How come Nate gets to be the magician? I do card tricks, too. I do great card tricks.” – Hardison
“Can we talk about this later?” – Nate’s response
“Does anyone want to do my job? Huh? I get punched and kicked.” – Eliot’s response

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“You do not let Vicki Vale into the bat cave…ever.” – Hardison to Nate about letting Jeri Ryan’s character into his apartment (where they set up all their capers)

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“Bullies are just cowboys with low self-esteem.” – Hardison to Eliot

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“You know when you’re sober, your metaphors are creepier.” – Parker to Nate

NCIS:

“Might be easier to find a new drummer for Spinal Tap.” – Tony to his torturer about getting a replacement for Ziva

PRIVILEGED:

“McTrashy! That’s so Grey’s of you.” – Marco to Megan about her tryst with Will in the hospital supply closet

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“Young love. It makes me sick.” – Marco about Luis and Sage

GREY’S ANATOMY:

“You have the maturity level of a horny 15-year-old.” – Derek’s mom to Sloan

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“My babies will have Alzheimer’s and suicidal tendencies and split ends.”

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“Don’t do the peppy maid of honor thing.” It’s creepy.” – Meredith to Cristina

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“I think it’s important to tell the people you love how much you love them while they can hear you.” – Meredith to Cristina

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“People don’t really say no to you, do they?” – Hunt to Bailey

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“I have authority issues. Walk away, Karev.” – Arizona

PSYCH:

“Aw, I’ll make it up to him this week. I’ll head over there for dinner, bring him a pouch of big league chew, maybe watch a couple episodes of “The Mentalist,” he’ll be fine.” – Sean to Gus

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“Dad, kids your age should not be cooped up inside playing video games all day. You should be outdoors feeding pigeons and driving with your blinker on.” – Sean to his dad

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“Besides, it’s not that impressive, I solve a case every week…and usually one around Christmas.” – Sean to girlfriend

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“I’m really sorry, Spencer, I can’t play with you today. I’m about to solve another case.” – Lassiter to Sean

PUSHING DAISIES:

“I’m alive.” – Chuck to her aunts (in series finale)

ROYAL PAINS:

“I am aware of American Culture, pre I-pod.” – Tucker (young kid) to Hank

THE BIG BANG THEORY:

“It’s my pre-packed evacuation bag. It’s recommended by the department of Homeland Security and Sarah Connor.” – Sheldon to Leonard about how he was able to pack so quickly

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“In the world of emoticons, I was colon capital “D”. – Sheldon, recounting his summer in the Arctic

THE CLOSER:

“A relationship based on love is worth fighting for, isn’t it?” – Lt. Provenza
“Who are you?” – Flynn

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“If I was in better shape, I’d kick your ass.” – Lt. Provenza to Sanchez

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“You’re so great at imagining the worst. That’s part of why you’re good at your jog. Try just for a minute imagining something better.” – Fritz to Brenda about the possibility of them having children

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“You two are so related.” – Fritz to Brenda about the story her niece Charlie tells to an injured boy in the hospital

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MEMORABLE GUEST STARS

Every year there are guest appearances made on the latest TV shows. Some are just a natural part of the show, filling out the cast in order to depict the stories as outlined by the script while other appearances are special, being made by notable actors or fan favorites. The following list shows just some of the big guest appearances that were made on a number of TV shows throughout the entire year of 2009:

Scott Bakula (Chuck)
Beau Bridges (Desperate Housewives)
James Brolin (Psych)
Delta Burke (Drop Dead Diva)
Carol Burnett (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
David Carradine (Mental)
Diahann Carroll (White Collar)
Chevy Chase (Chuck)
Kristen Chenoweth (Glee)
Faye Dunaway (Grey’s Anatomy)
Cary Elwes (Psych)
Victor Garber (Glee)
Joel Grey (Grey’s Anatomy)
Martin Landau (In Plain Sight)
Cyndi Lauper (Bones)
Mary McDonnell (Grey’s Anatomy and The Closer)
Liza Minnelli (Drop Dead Diva)
Leonard Nimoy (Fringe)
Mandy Patinkin (Three Rivers)
Marion Ross (Brothers & Sisters)
Armin Shimerman (Leverage)
Tom Skerrit (The Closer)
Brent Spiner (Leverage)
Lily Tomlin (Desperate Housewives)
Nia Vardolos (Drop Dead Diva)

What were some of your favorite guest appearances last year?

NOTE: If you would like to read my full memorable quotes list and full list of guest stars of note for 2009, please visit the following URL’s:
http://rueben901.livejournal.com/166232.html and http://rueben901.livejournal.com/166132.html.