Meeting an Esteemed Researcher
Adrian Foote: [Dempsey shows Foote has canister]
Dr. Dempsey? Hello, I'm Adrian Foote. Your research assistant? Oh. I recognize you from that picture in Time magazine when you were on the boat in Madagascar with the lemur on your shoulder. Remember? You've lost a bit of weight since then, sir, if you don't mind me saying so. It suits you. This is an honor for me. I've read all your books on biodiversity.
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A Research Opportunity at Loch Ness
Dr. Robert Mercer:
The dean doesn't want you around the campus, neither do I. However, all is not lost. I have a research position that's perfect for a man of your reputation. Loch Ness.
Dr. Jonathan Dempsey:
What?
Dr. Robert Mercer:
Loch Ness, Scotland. I sent Dr. Abernathy, he had an accident, dead. What's his name is still there. His research assistant, Adrian somebody...
Dr. Jonathan Dempsey:
You want me to go find the Loch Ness monster? Is that what you're offering me, Bob?
Dr. Robert Mercer:
No, John, I want you to go to Loch Ness and not find the monster. I want you to take this state-of-the-art equipment and probe that it's the biggest hoax of the century.
Dr. Jonathan Dempsey:
What are you doin'? You just... You're sticking another nail in my coffin. I can't go there! It'll look like I'm-- Like I'm running after another shadow!The only reason I'm teaching freshmen in the first place is because I chased a no-show monster for three years! You know that! Come on, I won't have any credibility left at all.
Dr. Robert Mercer:
You don't have any credibility, and now you don't have any career, unless I say so. What's the problem here? All you have to do is run the sonar up the Loch, bring me definitive evidence that nothing's there, and then I get my equipment back, you regain some credibility, and you get paid, John.
Dr. Jonathan Dempsey:
Screw the money, I won't do it.
Dr. Robert Mercer:
That's brave talk for a guy that has to hitchhike home tonight.
Dr. Jonathan Dempsey:
Mm-mmm.
Dr. Robert Mercer:
You know, John, I've got letters on my desk from the IRS about you, not to mention communications from the lawyers of your ex-wife.
Dr. Jonathan Dempsey:
You know, I may be broke and I may not have any credibility left, but I do have some dignity. That's blackmail, you know that? So why don't you just take the whole Loch and shove it?
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Seeking Clarity in a Stressful Moment
Adrian Foote:
Are you all right, Dr. Abernathy? Dr. Abernathy, are you all right?
Dr. Abernathy:
Yeah, yeah, I just need some air, clear my head.
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Recurring Injury in Loch Ness
Dr. Jonathan Dempsey: [after his truck breaks down]
It's bleeding again.
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Self-Reflection of a Pursuer
Dr. Jonathan Dempsey: [[w:Looney Tunes|Looney Tunes]
I'm a joke. I'm the guy who chases ].
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Learning from Past Mistakes
Dr. Jonathan Dempsey:
Don't make the same mistakes I did.
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