Alias (TV Series)
The Awful Truth (2005)
Victor Garber: Jack Bristow
Quotes
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Jack Bristow : It must've been lost in the mail.
Sydney Bristow : Your invitation?
Jack Bristow : Unless it was an e-vite. I don't read e-vites.
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Sydney Bristow : If you're wondering whether I've told Nadia that you killed our mother, no I haven't. But I plan to.
Jack Bristow : Out of spite?
Sydney Bristow : Out of respect.
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Sydney Bristow : She's my sister; I need to tell her...
Jack Bristow : This isn't about what you need, Sydney...
Sydney Bristow : No, apparently it's about what you need.
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Sydney Bristow : What are you up to, Dad?
Jack Bristow : They're waiting for you, Sydney.
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Nadia Santos : Mr. Bristow, I don't mean to seem impatient, but I've never done anything that's lasted as long as this.
Jack Bristow : How sad for you.
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[Jack is conducting Nadia's psych evaluation and giving her hypothetical scenarios]
Jack Bristow : While tapping a phone line of a target in New Delhi, you're spotted by the enemy. Your partner tells you to continue with the mission objective while he neutralizes the target. Do you obey him or fight back?
Nadia Santos : Is the phone system the new PBX Matrix?
Jack Bristow : [impatiently] Just answer the question, please.
Nadia Santos : [pause] Why is my partner a man?
Jack Bristow : [stiffly] The sex of your partner is irrelevant.
Nadia Santos : Oh. No, I would not obey. I'd help her fight him off, then she and I could finish the job together.
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Jack Bristow : I gave your sister closure.
Sydney Bristow : But not the truth.
Jack Bristow : Sometimes a satisfying lie, Sydney, can do more good than the awful truth.