Special Ops: Lioness
Sundays on Paramount+Joe McNamara Quotes
Kate: Is it dangerous? Where you’re going?
Joe: Yes.
Kate: Could you be killed?
Joe: Yes.
Kate: Are you going there to kill someone else?
Joe: I can’t answer that, Kate.
Kate: You just did.
Joe: Hey, I need you to give me your word this stays between us, okay? And only us – you can’t even tell your father about this. Promise me.
Kate: I promise. Are you scared?
Joe: Very scared.
Kate: You promise me that you’ll come back.
Joe: It’s bad luck to make that promise. I promise you I’ll try.
Kate: Mom?
Joe: Yeah.
Kate: I love you.
Joe: I love you, too.
Look at me, I know how it feels. Always on guard, no one you can confide in. There’s alone, and then there’s you. I get it. I also know that you have been abused and ignored, you have no family. You have no friends, and you gave yourself to the Marines, and then to me – and now you have a purpose, and it is noble, but it can’t make you feel loved. It can’t make you feel wanted, and people need that. She made you feel that, and I’m glad, but don’t delude yourself into thinking she’s in love with you. You’re her last hurrah before she assumes the role of baby-maker and baby-raiser.
Neil: What time is it?
Joe: It’s late.
Neil: Too late for a nightcap?
Joe: It’s never too late for a nightcap.
Joe: Stay right behind me.
Cruz: You stay right behind me.
Kaitlyn: [to Joe] You go into this trying to protect her, you’re going to get killed. [to Cruz] And you go into this trying to prove yourself, you’re getting killed. The only mission is the mission you’re on.
Cruz: Yes ma’am.
Kaitlyn: Joe?
Joe: I hear you.
Kaitlyn: Joe.
Joe: Understood.
Your whole life is going to be nothing but adult problems soon enough. My advice to you? Be a girl for as long as you can, don’t rush to be a woman – because once you are, you don’t ever get to be a girl again.
Joe: Hey.
Kate: My friends are dead.
Joe: I know, honey. I know how that feels, and I hate that you know it now, too. I’m so sorry.
Kaitlyn: Joe
Joe: Can I have two hours?
Kaitlyn: Yes, but you can’t have three.
Joe: We used to say ‘I love you, bye’. Maybe we should go back to doing that.
Neil: Yeah, we should do that more.
Guy: You a model?
Joe: Yeah.
Guy: You look like one. You alone?
Joe: I’m with my husband.
Guy: What’s he do?
Joe: He plays professional football. You’re in his spot. That wouldn’t be good for you.
Guy: Enough said.
Kyle: I fuckin’ love you, Joe.
Joe: You don’t fucking love me, you owe me mother fucker — when I need it most.
Joe: Undecided.
Cruz: That’s interesting.
Joe: It’s boring as fuck, that’s the point. Don’t let her friends dig into you. You answer their questions with questions. Your life is boring, their life is fascinating, ask them questions about their lives – it’s all they want to talk about anyway.
