Nancy: Word of our curse travels fast.
Ace: I went to Bess for moral support. Bess went to everyone else for moral support.

Ace: Since when do you give up so easily? We defeated Temperance before. We can do it again.
Nancy: You weren’t there.
Ace: Wasn’t where? I’m in this curse too. Please, stop pushing me away and tell me.
Nancy: I’m trying to be strong, okay? I can’t go there. I can’t let those feelings in right now.

Tristan: As soon as I get the Jolene back, you’ll be knee-deep in snappers.
Ace: Jolene is a solid boat name.

I told the paramedics this was not a normal heart attack, but they didn’t take me seriously, and look, Nancy, I’m wearing a blazer. I am not a doctor, but veins do not just turn black like that. I’m not saying it was supernatural, but maybe supernatural adjacent.

George

George: It’s like she’s mentally turned into a dude, and now she’s Nan-spreading.
Ace: Yeah, but do all dudes act like that? Nick and I don’t act like that, right?
Nancy: Well, you’re not capable of achieving this level of awesome. It’s not your fault. It’s biology.
Bess: Right. I know this guy. She’s acting like a straight cis-female gender swap version of a probie guy.
Nick: Oh, completely clear. Thanks.

Bess: So what was in that water? A mystical brolicious poison?
George: Can one poison give Abbott a heart attack and also turn Nancy into the type of guy who I will never date?

Nancy [to Ace]: Come on. Be a team player. Show us you’re more than just eye candy.
Ace: Wow.

Nancy: For weeks, I've been going through all of these complicated, painful things that I feel for you. Anguish of not getting to be with you. Fear that I'll get you killed. The guilt that follows, and then I get hit with this water, and it's like all of those feelings are locked away. I can't get to them, and all I feel is this anger that shuts down everything else.
George: So basically, it's like what could happen if you'd been raised to be masculine with a capital M.
Bess: Hence, dealing with pain by being tough and aggressive.
Nick: Responding to a "no" by trying to assert your dominance over Ace.
Nancy: That's how it felt.

Addie: I really like you, Bess, and I'm terrified that they're going to scare you off.
Bess: You see me. I don't scare easily. Okay? I say, bring them on. They're going to love me.
Addie: What if they don't?
Bess: Well, I'm not going anywhere.


Nick: You covered up an attempted murder to ensure that you'd get reappointed.
Abbott: You don't know what it's like to have to decide between…
George: My prospects and doing the right thing? Judge Abbott, you were my prospect of becoming a lawyer, but I am giving all of that up to get justice for Maggie because that is what matters. You're a judge. How do you not know that? Maggie spent the last twenty years suffering from what Logan did to her and blaming herself for what happened while you and Logan lived normal, healthy lives.

Can I help? My arms don't just look good in a shirt. They actually have fine motor skills.

Tristan

George: I just wish I could have done more.
Nick: People like Abbott have enabled the Logans of this world to go unchecked forever, and today you checked them. And the best part is, it is so clear you're going to keep doing it.
George: That means more than you know.

Nancy Drew Season 4 Episode 2 Quotes

Ace: Since when do you give up so easily? We defeated Temperance before. We can do it again.
Nancy: You weren’t there.
Ace: Wasn’t where? I’m in this curse too. Please, stop pushing me away and tell me.
Nancy: I’m trying to be strong, okay? I can’t go there. I can’t let those feelings in right now.

Nancy: Word of our curse travels fast.
Ace: I went to Bess for moral support. Bess went to everyone else for moral support.