Something became clear as we gathered our favorite small-screen dialogue of the past seven days: TV really got meta this week, huh?
No fewer than three series made wink-and-nod references to their cast members’ previous acting credits, from Fantasy Island‘s mention of Without a Trace to Call Me Kat‘s rather on-the-nose allusion to Erik Estrada’s role on CHiPs. Naturally, both scenes made it into our Quotes of the Week compilation, along with a notable meta moment from the Leverage: Redemption finale.
This week’s roundup features 20 total sound bites from broadcast, cable and streaming’s latest episodes, including quotable moments from How I Met Your Father (get scoop on that premiere cameo!), Law & Order: SVU (did Benson and Stabler actually kiss?), The Last of Us (already renewed!) and more shows. Plus, we’ve got double doses of Servant‘s latest episode and Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s 20th anniversary celebration.
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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HOW I MET YOUR FATHER
Image Credit: Courtesy of Hulu “Dudeeeeeee.”
Barney’s response to a fender bender marks Neil Patrick Harris’ return to the HIMYM/HIMYF franchise
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DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot “Chanel and Johnny are crazy about each other. I mean, they were married. They would probably still be married if it wasn’t for Johnny getting possessed by the devil.”
“Yeah, demonic possession can definitely take its toll on a marriage.”
This casual exchange about possession between Allie (Lindsay Arnold) and Alex (Robert Scott Wilson) really is just another Tuesday in Salem
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ALL AMERICAN
Image Credit: Courtesy of The CW “I know y’all wish I would stand up here all night and make y’all laugh, but they’re not paying me enough. So I’d like to welcome Billy’s better half, the love of his life… Spencer James!”
Roastmaster Coop (Bre-Z) reminds us all that not even Billy and Laura’s actual marriage can hold a candle to Billy and Spencer’s bromance
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9-1-1: LONE STAR
Image Credit: Fox screenshot “I made a pass at my pastor!”
Tommy (Gina Torres) is surprised to learn that her new man is also a man of the cloth
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JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! 20TH ANNIVERSARY
Image Credit: ABC screenshot “I want to say thank you to those who have stuck with us from the beginning, and to those who have joined us along the way… and I promise, as long as I am here, you will never have to see Matt Damon’s stupid face on this show.”
TV’s longest-running “feud” continues
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JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! 20TH ANNIVERSARY (Bonus Quote!)
Image Credit: ABC screenshot “Twenty years ago, I was the dad on Malcolm in the Middle, and you were the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Since then, I’ve won six Emmys, scores of Golden Globes, SAG Awards, two Tony Awards, and you… are the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Bryan Cranston steals the show with his deadpan tribute
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LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION
Image Credit: Amazon Freevee screenshot “I done missed three DC movies. Three! I don’t know what’s going on. Who’s fighting who?!”
Hardison (played by Black Adam‘s Aldis Hodge) would be quite fascinated to see who’s been throwing superhero fists on the big screen
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AMERICAN AUTO
Image Credit: NBC screenshot “We don’t talk about other clients, but let’s just say I am his top gun, and to make him seem normal is a mission impossible.”
Well, you don’t need to be a genius to figure out who else crisis manager Ian (Eric Stonestreet) works with
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WWE RAW
Image Credit: USA Network screenshot “My tribal chief, ECW is dead, and I wish the same for Sami Zayn.”
Paul Heyman, master of the mic, turning ECW chants from the crowd into a pointed insult at Sami Zayn, while also appeasing Roman Reigns during #TribalCourt
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FANTASY ISLAND
Image Credit: Fox screenshot (2) “She disappeared… without a trace. Like the show.”
Is this guest (Daphne Maxwell Reid) feeling déjà vu, telling her missing person tale to Without a Trace vet Roselyn Sánchez?
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THE WAY HOME
Image Credit: Hallmark Channel screenshot “Give a guy a little time to be the Giles to your Buffy, all right?”
“The who to my what?”
“Ugh, I cry for Gen Z.”
Elliot (Evan Williams) doesn’t have all the time-travel answers, and Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) doesn’t understand his references
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SERVANT
Image Credit: Apple TV+ screenshot “What happened?”
“Horrible, horrible things.”
Julian (Rupert Grint) finds something he didn’t expect while snooping around the live-in nurses’ apartment: their sex toys
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SERVANT (Bonus Quote!)
Image Credit: Apple TV+ screenshot “What is happening?”
“Bobbie is becoming the vessel.”
“Of course. What else are Tuesday nights for?”
Julian (Rupert Grint) is more than a little skeptical of the nurses’ suggestion of having a séance
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WILL TRENT
Image Credit: ABC screenshot “As cases go, it was a piece of cake. Which you can’t have anymore. Blood sugar humor.”
Will (Ramón Rodríguez) isn’t being very sweet to diabetic Faith
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THAT '90S SHOW (Episode 7)
Image Credit: Netflix screenshot “Down in hell, there’s this little room in the way back where the devil craps fire into your mouth. That’s the DMV.”
Red (Kurtwood Smith) has always had a way with words — and his description of the Department of Motor Vehicles is, well, perfect
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POKER FACE
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot “I’ve been rich… Easier than being broke. Harder than doing just fine.”
Former card shark Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) offers some hard-won wisdom on the power of wealth
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WALKER INDEPENDENCE
Image Credit: The CW screenshot “Somehow I thought you’d be faster at this.”
Kate (Katie Findlay) is not impressed by the speed with which Hoyt strips off his clothes to prove he’s not cheating at poker
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CALL ME KAT
Image Credit: Fox screenshot (2) “I don’t know about that guy. He gives off weird, 1970s cop show vibes.”
Carter (Julian Gant) doesn’t know if he can trust
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THE LAST OF US
Image Credit: HBO screenshot “Long way or short way?”
“I mean, it’s the long way or the we’re-f—king-dead way.”
“Well, I vote long way, just based on that limited information.”
Joel (Pedro Pascal), Tess (Anna Torv) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) discuss which route to take through a post-apocalyptic Boston
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LAW & ORDER: SVU
Image Credit: NBC screenshot (2) “You owe me a favor…. Let me call you Amanda from now on.”
“OK. Tell Carisi don’t wait up for me. I’ll be working late.”
Fin (Ice-T) “fills in” for Rollins when Olivia (Mariska Hargitay) is in need of a best friend
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