Night Court
Tuesdays 8:00 PM on NBCNight Court Season 1 Episode 15: "The Honorable Dan Fielding" Quotes
The point is you're always going to be her go-to person, her first phone call when she needs someone.
Goodbyes can be tough, but that’s how you know you had something real.
Waiter
Rand: Dan, you have insane emotional intelligence.
Dan: Rand, I have every type of intelligence.
Gurgs: She’s a lawyer visiting from England.
Olivia: Oh, a barrister! With the exchange rate, they’re worth 1.18 American lawyers.
Olivia: Wow, Gurgs. You’re really amazing at remembering people. The salt guy, this waiter. I may have to use this superpower of yours for evil.
Gurgs: You mean you want me to help you meet people? That’s not using it for evil. That’s using it for normal.
Olivia: Ah. That seems less fun, but okay.
You know what quiets the old brain? Alcohol. Nature’s snooze button.
Olivia
Evelyn: That’s how it starts. A little birthday party. Then suddenly, it’s midday raves, pill-swapping, constant hook-ups. We have to triple-chlorinate the pool! My social life, nah! I’m too busy trying to keep these horndogs from spreading the jitterbug, an STD we thought time had forgotten!
Louise: We have a good time!
Olivia: Where do you feel most safe?
Gurgs: Uh, the basement level of Bed, Bath, and Beyond; the world of aquatic birds at the Bronx Zoo; and this court.
Olivia: Yes! You love this court! It’s the thing I understand least about you, and you love Daylight Savings Time.
Gurgs: Well, I love anything that Arizona is not involved in.
You’re not taking off for the bayou without us throwing a party to say, ‘Bye, you!’
Abby
Yeah, being a judge is kind of a dream I had given up on. Think about it, I’ve been judging people my entire life for free. Now, I’m gonna get a paycheque.
Rand: Can’t wait for this courthouse tour. Is it true you guys have a vending machine that still sells cigarettes?
Abby: That’s nothing. We also have a working switchboard. No one uses it, but those nice ladies just have nowhere to go.
Abby: Look at how cute he is, sitting courtside, like a basketball wife or a more handsome Jack Nicholson.
Olivia: More handsome? Someone clearly hasn’t seen The Shining.
