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Claiming Family Heritage in Crisis
Linda Drysdale
We are the Thrombeys, goddammit! This is still our house!...Isn't it?
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Meg Thrombey's Opinion on Jacob
Meg Thrombey
(questioned about Jacob) He's an ] dipstick troll.
[[alt-right]
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A Case with a Central Mystery
Benoit Blanc
It's a weird case from the start. A case with a hole in the center. A donut.
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Family Betrayal and Disinheritance Explained
Walt Thrombey
I think it means that our father finally came to his senses and cut this worthless little brat out of his will. (to Ransom) So I guess you're gonna have to sell the Beamer and give your notice at the country club and kick whatever fashion drug you're on, because if you think that after all the bridges you've burned, after all the shit you've said and after everything that you've put this family through for the past ten years that any of us are going to support you, that any of us are going to give you - like DAD liked to say - "a single red DIME", you're NUTS!
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Expectations vs. Reality at a Will Reading
Marta Cabrera
I've never been to a will reading before.
Benoit Blanc
You'd think it'd be like a game show, but think of a community production of a tax return.
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Marta's Insight on Family Morality
Marta Cabrera
You want my insight into this family? None of them are murderers. That's my insight.
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Benoit Blanc on Dogs and Character Judgement
Benoit Blanc
The best judge of character is a dog. I've found that to be true.
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Overheard Words and Their Implications
Benoit Blanc
What were the overheard words by the Nazi child masturbatin in the bathroom? "My will" and "I'm warning you.
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Questioning a Father's Relationships
Linda Drysdale
Were you boinking my father?
[to Marta]
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The Complexity of Perceptions and Truths
Benoit Blanc
I spoke in the car about the hole at the center of this donut. And yes, what you and Harlan did that fateful night seems at first glance to fill that hole perfectly. A donut hole in the donut's hole. But we must look a little closer. And when we do, we see that the donut hole has a hole in its center – it is not a donut hole at all, but a smaller donut with its hole, and our donut is not whole at all!
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A Letter Reveals Family Secrets
Harlan Thrombey
I've put all of it in this letter to her. Tomorrow, she gets it.
Richard Drysdale
Harlan, I'm warning you.
Harlan Thrombey
No. She deserves to know.
Richard Drysdale
You stay out of my marriage.
Harlan Thrombey
She deserves to know and you're gonna tell her.
Richard Drysdale
THE HELL I AM!!!
Harlan Thrombey
YOU TELL HER OR I WILL!!!
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The Exception That Proves the Rule
Marta Cabrera
What was that about will readings being boring?
Benoit Blanc
The exception that proves the rule.
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Eliminating Suspects in a Mystery Investigation
Benoit Blanc
I suspect foul play. I have eliminated no suspects.
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The Mystery of Providence and Its Depths
Benoit Blanc
Why is ] the providence of ]? I don't know. But I'd imagine that ] deepens all ].
[[grief; [youth; [age; [feelings]
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Motive and Mystery in Every Situation
Taglines
Everyone has a motive. No one has a clue.
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Dismissive Reaction to Southern Accents
Ransom Drysdale
Oh just shut up! Shut up with that Kentucky-fried ] drawl!
[[W:Foghorn Leghorn|Foghorn Leghorn]
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Recognition of Guilt from the Beginning
Marta Cabrera
When did you know I had something to do with Harlan Thrombey's death?
Benoit Blanc
Ever since you first set foot in front of me. .
[''Indicates a drop of dried blood on her shoe'']
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Response to Mistruths and Deceit
Benoit Blanc
You have a regurgitative reaction to mistruths.
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Surprising Revelation About a Character
Joni Thrombey
Wait a minute - I read a ] about a ] article about you!
[[Twitter|tweet; [W:New Yorker magazine|New Yorker]
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Untangling a Twisted Web
Benoit Blanc
This is a twisted web, and we are not finished untangling it, not yet.
Ransom Drysdale
What is this? ]: ]?
[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI; [W:KFC|KFC]
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The Ambiguity of Physical Evidence
Benoit Blanc
Physical evidence can tell a clear story with a forked tongue.
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Investigation Request Amidst Uncertainty
Benoit Blanc
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to request that you all stay until the investigation is completed.
Linda Drysdale
What?
Joni Thrombey
Can we ask why? Has something changed?
Benoit Blanc
No...
Joni Thrombey
No, it hasn't changed, or no, we can't ask?
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Humorous Advice from Detective Lieutenant Elliot
Detective Lieutenant Elliot
OK, don't answer that if you're going to puke. Please.
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Final Will and Testament of Harlan Thronby
Alan Stevens
I, Harlan Thronby, being of sound mind and body, yada-yada-yada. I hereby direct all my assets both liquid and otherwise, I leave in its entirety to Marta Cabrera. My entire ownership of Blood like Wine Publishing Company I leave to Marta Cabrera and the copyright of its catalog I leave in its entirety to Marta Cabrera.
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Detective Skills Under Scrutiny
Marta Cabrera
You're not much of a detective, are you?
Benoit Blanc
Well, to be fair, you make a pretty lousy ]er.
[[murder]
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The Complexity of Truth and Action
Benoit Blanc
But the complexity and the gray lie not in the ], but what you do with the truth once you have it.
[[truth]
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Building a Beautiful Pattern Through Play
Marta Cabrera
I'm not playing to beat you, I'm playing to build a beautiful pattern.
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Commentary on an Inept Car Chase
Detective Lieutenant Elliot
That... was the dumbest car chase of all time.
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The Complexity of Family Relationships
Joni Thrombey
Oh they're my family. I feel simultaneously freed by and supported by them, that balance of opposites is the nugget of Flam.
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Literary References in Detective Conversations
Benoit Blanc
Harlan's detectives, they dig, they rifle and root. ]. I anticipate the terminus of Gravity's Rainbow.
[[W:Truffle pig|Truffle pigs]
[[Gravity's Rainbow]
Benoit Blanc
It's a novel.
Marta Cabrera
Yeah, I know. I haven't read it though.
Benoit Blanc
Neither have I. Nobody has. But I like the title. It describes the path of a projectile determined by natural law. Et voila, my method. I observe the facts without biases of the head or heart. I determine the arc's path, stroll to its terminus and the truth falls at my feet.
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Tension During Will Reading Discussion
Ransom Drysdale
That's some heavy-duty conjecture.
Walt Thrombey
Funny, Ransom, you skipped the funeral, but you're early for the will reading.
Ransom Drysdale
Up your ass.
Meg Thrombey
Oh, very nice!
Ransom Drysdale
Matter of fact, eat shit. How's that? Eat shit, eat shit, eat shit... definitely eat shit... We gotta do this more often.
[pointing to each family member who is shouting at him]
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Trust and Betrayal in Relationships
Benoit Blanc
You and Harlan were "] mamas", you shared a love of twisting the knife into one another. You see, I don't believe he would have slipped it in halfway. No, no, no. I submit Harlan told you everything.
[[drama]
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