Quotes Of The Week: The Blacklist, Drag Race, SEAL Team, This Is Us And More
The first full week of 2022 television is in the books. Let's revisit the best of it in our Quotes of the Week compilation, shall we?
In the list below, we've gathered more than 20 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 a long-awaited explanation for Deeks' shaggy locks on NCIS: Los Angeles, Ressler's succinct recap of what went down during The Blacklist's two-year time jump, a tense (but entertaining) interaction between two New Amsterdam docs and The Bachelor's realization that he isn't the only dude with Night 1 jitters during the Season 26 premiere.
Also featured in this week's roundup: double doses of Yellowstone's Season 4 finale (read recap), This Is Us' final season premiere (read recap) and Judge Steve Harvey's series debut (read recap), plus quotable moments from Abbott Elementary, Ghosts, RuPaul's Drag Race, SEAL Team 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!
YELLOWSTONE
"And now, Miss Dutton, repeat after me: I, Beth Dutton..."
"F—k, yes, I do!"
"No. Um, not yet. [Beth kisses Rip] You do, I suppose."
C'mon, that priest never had a prayer of getting Beth (Kelly Reilly) to recite traditional wedding vows
YELLOWSTONE (Bonus Quote!)
"Are they all like that?"
"Hell, kid, ain't none of 'em like that!"
Post-nuptials, Lloyd (Forrie Smith) tells it like it is to Carter (Finn Little)
GRAND CREW
"Whoever loses has to do that freaky thing that the other one likes in the bedroom. You need to know that the stakes are high... sexually."
Wyatt (Justin Cunningham), telling his friends and houseguests about the hosting competition between him and his wife Kristen
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
"Hair, my friend, defined a generation. I mean, it questioned authority. In fact, it's the reason I wear my hair two inches longer than the average law enforcement officer."
"Yeah, I always wondered about that..."
Roundtree (Caleb Castille) gets the backstory on Deeks' (Eric Christian Olsen) 'do
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY
"I like my friends how I like my skincare: non-toxic and cruelty-free."
More power to Whitney Rose for managing to shade Mary Cosby and promote her re-branded beauty line in a single breath
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
"Can I get some rhinestones that say, 'I'm not afraid of awkward interactions'?"
"Literally or metaphorically? 'Cause I can do that design. It'll just be $50 extra."
Mrs. Howard (Sheryl Lee Ralph) tries to encourage Gregory to have an uncomfortable conversation at the nail salon — and the manicurist is up to the task
NEW AMSTERDAM
"I don't know how things were done in the lost city of Atlantis, but here in this hospital where we practice real medicine, we don't just take other doctors' patients. Are we clear?"
"Yes. Listen, I don't want to bum you out, but Atlantis was not a real place."
Lauren (Janet Montgomery) confronts the hospital's new Chair of Holistic Medicine, Dr. Mia Castries (Genevieve Angelson)
GHOSTS
"Please catch me up in the car, OK, because I actually kind of love this stuff. It's like watching Friends, except you can't see or hear Friends, and you only have one person to tell you what it's about."
Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) asks Sam to fill him in on what's going on with Pete and his crush on Alberta
RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE
"OK, bitch, I believed you. I felt that in my Shonda. I felt that in my Shonda Rhimes, right down here."
Lizzo's premiere pep talk to the Season 14 queens turned into a personal confessional, and we're not mad about it
JUDGE STEVE HARVEY
"I ain't got no law degree, and I'm way too fly to wear a robe. But this is where common sense presides."
Harvey, explaining how and why he got a courtroom show in the first place
JUDGE STEVE HARVEY (Bonus Quote!)
"We in here arguing about ass, or are we in here arguing about a funeral?"
Harvey isn't sure whether the plaintiff is suing over her brother's funeral costs or her sister's Brazilian butt lift
YOUNG SHELDON
"In a public place? I'm sorry, is this Woodstock?"
Sheldon (Iain Armitage), at the mere suggestion that he take a nap on campus to pass the time between classes
THE GAME
"My name is Malik Wright, and I have a mental health issue."
Malik (Hosea Chanchez) sharing his story with the world was a moment, no?
THE EQUALIZER
"Keep going. Don't sit around and do nothing. I know you. That'll kill you. If you can't help me, help someone. Please don't let everything we've built go to waste."
A forlorn Harry (Adam Goldberg), attempting to lift both his and Mel's spirits while he's in jail
THE BACHELOR
"Oh, man, I'm so nervous. [Laughs] How are you doing?"
"Dude, I'm nervous, too! I've never hosted this show, it's my first night here! I've never even been to this house before!"
Aw, the Bachelor mansion has changed so much since host Jesse Palmer was the show's leading man
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
"All we have to do is... boil the house."
Malcolm (Sheaun McKinney), upon learning that he and Marty accidentally rented out their home for an adult film shoot
THIS IS US
"Damn. I would've chose Door Number Beth."
Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) laments Randall's choice to go to court on his birthday instead of choosing what was behind Door Number 2 (aka her)
THIS IS US (Bonus Quote!)
"Kevin, I saw the last film... and after 90 minutes, when I realized it was only halfway over, I started to lick the movie theater seats in an attempt to give myself COVID."
Manny producer Casey (Andrew Santino) reallyyyyy didn't like Kevin's last movie
SEAL TEAM
"Sonny, isn't that that burger joint you like, next to the bar...? How many times you been?"
"Not enough times to get a Shakira action figure."
Ray (Neil Brown Jr.) thinks Sonny (A.J. Buckley) isn't lying low enough while in Venezuela
THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT
"That is the face of a man whose Dry January is about to get very wet."
Colbert shares with his audience a Zoom screenshot one of his writers took the moment he first glanced at Capitol insurrection footage on Jan. 6, 2021
THE BLACKLIST
"And Dembe's an agent. Aram walked away from a tech fortune. Reddington shaved his head, and his new lover's a shaman!"
Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) catches Liz up on all the absurd happenings of the past two years