Catching Ducks

From "Oliver's Dream" (1.1):


[Geoffrey is being evicted from his theater after not paying rent.]

the landlord: No! I do not want any trouble! You are crazy! Please.

Cheryl: He’s not crazy.

Geoffrey: Not anymore.

the landlord: You attacked me with a knife!

Geoffrey: Oh, that was a prop.

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From "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair" (2.4):


[Richard meets with his new advertising executive, Sanjay]

Sanjay: You know what you should do?

Richard: What?

Sanjay: Go crazy!

Richard: ...I was really hoping you'd say something constructive.

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From "A Mirror up to Nature" (1.5), Geoffrey is having a conversation with Oliver, who is dead.



Geoffrey: Let's cut to the chase, shall we? Are you dead, or am I insane?

Oliver: I don't see why those two thoughts are mutually exclusive.

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From "Madness In Great Ones" (1.3):


Anna: [holding Oliver's skull] It's not that heavy at all!

Geoffrey: It's much lighter without the ego.

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From "Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair" (episode 2.4):


[At a rehearsal of a new play...]

playwright: You're paraphrasing. That's not what I want you to do. I want you to tell the story as written, but in your own words.

Ellen: That's what paraphrasing is!

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From "Rarer Monsters" (episode 2.3):


Geoffrey: Darrin, welcome back.

Darrin: Geoffrey, I have chosen to meet you in a large room to allow for manuoevering in case you have another one of your episodes.

Geoffrey: Well, you have nothing to worry about, Darrin. Although I do regret not killing you before, I am inclined not to kill you now, circumstances being what they are.

Darrin: I accept your apology.

Geoffrey: It's not an apology.

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I really want to re-watch Battlestar Galactica, but I decided I needed to watch something non-scifi between it and Farscape, sort of like a TV palate cleanser. I picked Slings and Arrows, a show about a Canadian Shakespearean theater festival. This is from "Fallow Time" (episode 2.2):



Richard: So Nadine's neck is broken? Is that what you're saying?

Anna: Yes.

Richard: We'll have to find a replacement.

Anna: Yes -- And her neck is broken! Which is much worse than having to find a replacement director!

Richard: Yes, I'm not being insensitive, Anna! I'm just thinking ahead, OK? Let's send her some flowers, alright? A basket - big. Let's pray she doesn't sue.

Anna: Of course, because that would be truly horrible.

Richard: What? I'm not heartless! I'm just... I'm detail-oriented.

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