The Assignment (I) (2016)

Tony Shalhoub: Dr. Ralph Galen

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• Dr. Turley : I had forgotten about her Shakespeare obsession. First thing after she got here was send for the complete works. You got a little blast of it, huh?

  Dr. Ralph Galen : Yes, my inability to recognize a quote from Richard II was held to be an unforgivable fault. She's constantly reminding me she's probably the most clever woman who ever drew a breath. Just this morning I got a nice lecture on Poe.

  Dr. Turley : Poe? As in Edgar Allan?

  Dr. Ralph Galen : Oh, God, is there another?

• Dr. Ralph Galen : I have a copy of the NYPD's complete file on your brother's case. I- I doubt you had access to it.

  Doctor Rachel Jane : You'll have to turn the pages for me, won't you?

  Dr. Ralph Galen : Ah.

  Doctor Rachel Jane : Thanks to your ridiculous security requirements.

  Dr. Ralph Galen : Yeah.

  Doctor Rachel Jane : Unless, in the name of mercy, you could untie the bindings. I'd still be in your medieval straight jacket, but at least I'd have some degree of control over the movement of my arms.

• Dr. Ralph Galen : Question: If you're rich, and you loved your brother so much and he's in all this trouble with all the wrong people, why didn't you just give him the money he owed?

  Doctor Rachel Jane : I did. All of it. And he went out and bought paintings and drugs and pinball machines. Gambled and parties, squandered every penny. Then he came back, said he was sorry, and asked me for more money. As a matter of principle, I said no. It was a mistake.

  Dr. Ralph Galen : So you feel guilty about his death?

  Doctor Rachel Jane : No. Not for a moment. My brother was a fool, but he was also a unique, eccentric, and talented man. He just never seemed to find his place in the grand scheme of things.

• Dr. Ralph Galen : Admit it. Your lover, Albert Becker, turned out to be a murderous lunatic, and there is not Frank Kitchen...

  Doctor Rachel Jane : I'm sick of this bullshit! Don't you dare play psychiatrist with me, goddamn it! There is a Frank Kitchen! There is a Frank Kitchen! Do you think you're some fucking detective? You're nothing more than a cheap, second-rate bureaucrat!