As 2020 draws to a close — and not a moment too soon! — so, too, does our Quotes of the Week column.
Next Sunday, we’ll unveil our picks for the most memorable, entertaining and gasp-inducing quotes of the year. But first, we’ve got one last round-up from the past seven days of television, including notable dialogue from broadcast, cable and streaming series.
This time around, we’ve got a top-notch comeback from Big Sky‘s Grace, Family Guy‘s dig at a fellow Fox personality, an eliminated Amazing Race contestant who seems a liiiiittle bitter to be leaving the competition, and a fourth wall-breaking meta joke, courtesy of Big Mouth‘s new episodes.
Also featured in this week’s compilation: a double dose of The Challenge: Double Agents‘ premiere (read recap), plus sound bites from The Voice, SEAL Team, The Mandalorian, Station 19 and more shows.
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!
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THE VOICE
Image Credit: NBC screenshot “I wish I could hug you. Like, my love language is touch and feel.”
“Mine is, too. That and butter.”
If Team Kelly Clarkson standout DeSz doesn’t make it as a singer, she may have a bright future as a comedian
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BIG SKY
Image Credit: ABC screenshot “You may feel a little prick.”
“I’m looking at one.”
Legarski (John Carroll Lynch) gets a sick burn from a very sick Grace (Jade Pettyjohn) as he prepares to give her an antibiotics shot
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NCIS: LOS ANGELES
Image Credit: CBS screenshot (2) “How old do you think we are?”
“You’ve got Facebook accounts, don’t you? If the suburban mom shoe fits…”
“You little—”
A Gen Z POI pushes Fatima’s (Medalion Rahimi) “millennial” buttons
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THE CHALLENGE
Image Credit: MTV screenshot “Now in the game, you have Olympians. We have Lolo Jones, we have Natalie from Survivor, we’ve got Josh from Big… yeeeah, he’s not that important… but still, we have a lot of big names!”
Cory Wharton throws serious shade at Big Brother contestant Josh Martinez
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THE CHALLENGE (Bonus Quote!)
Image Credit: MTV screenshot “I am bound from my wrists and my ankles — which sometimes, I like that! — but this is 10 times harder than you would imagine!”
Ashley Mitchell gives us a lot of information while commentating on the season’s first elimination battle
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FAMILY GUY
Image Credit: Fox screenshot “We can’t leave a symbol like that in the town square. Pawtucket Pat was a horrible racist!”
“Well, so is Tucker Carlson, but we still say hi to him at the company picnic!”
Brian and Peter (both voiced by Seth MacFarlane) may be at odds here, but there’s one thing on which we can all agree: We’d love to be a fly on the wall at these imaginary company picnics where real-life Fox News personalities have to mingle with animated Fox characters
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SEAL TEAM
Image Credit: CBS screenshot (2) “Help us, Obi Blonde Kenobi — you’re our only hope.”
Sonny (AJ Buckley) implores Clay to push to rejoin bumbling Bravo
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STATION 19
Image Credit: ABC screenshot “You go to the grocery store on Second?”
“No, farmer’s market guy. I prefer my food like I like my women.”
“What, hot and sweaty?”
“No, organic and disease-free.”
While jogging, Vic (Barrett Doss) makes the acquaintance of Theo (Carlos Miranda), a handsome stranger with a curious idea about what constitutes flirting
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BIG MOUTH (Episode 2)
Image Credit: Netflix screenshot “Man, that’s some s—t her mom taught her.”
“Yeah! She says you’re never supposed to say that word.”
“She can’t say it, ’cause she’s of the Caucasian persuasion. But you can!”
“Oh, no, no. [giggles nervously] I don’t. I definitely cannot.”
“Yes, you can!”
“I promise you it is not OK for me — [Missy pointedly looks directly into the camera] — to say that word.”
Missy (voiced at the time by white actress Jenny Slate, who has since stepped down from the role) breaks the fourth wall to let viewers know she’s not about to say the N-word, even though her character is biracial
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THE AMAZING RACE
Image Credit: CBS screenshot “Any regrets about coming on the Race?”
“Yes. The money wasn’t life-changing for me. I could’ve paid for it myself and not had to race around the world… The Race sucked. The bad outweighed the good. I’d never come back on the show again.”
Former NFL running back DeAngelo Williams proves he’s a sore loser
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THE MANDALORIAN
Image Credit: Disney+ screenshot “Oh my God, this guy reeked. Gloves are still wet…”
Mayfeld (Bill Burr) slips on a trooper’s ripe togs
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THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT (Episode 6)
Image Credit: HBO Max screenshot “I’m not the answer, Cass, to whatever crazy thing it is you’re trying to drown out with partying, and booze, and Buckleys, and… what the f—k kind of name is Buckley?!”
Annie (Zosia Mamet) is hung up on the name of Cassie’s hook-up
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NCIS
Image Credit: CBS screenshot “What did I miss?”
“Well, Gibbs decided to order more tequila shots, and Bishop and Kasie decided to sing ‘Islands in the Stream.'”
“I didn’t know that bar had karaoke.”
“Yeah, they… don’t.”
Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) updates Sloane (Maria Bello) on the gang’s night out — Bishop’s (Emily Wickersham) crooning included
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GREY'S ANATOMY
Image Credit: ABC screenshot “Well, I hate everything.”
Jackson (Jesse Williams), upon learning that on top of his mother’s reluctance to properly wear her mask and Bailey’s mother’s deteriorating condition, Koracick has a fever of 103
