Without a Trace (TV Series)

The Bus (2003)

Jayne Brook: Anne Atkins

Quotes 

• Johnny Atkins : You don't have to wait with me, mom.

  Anne Atkins : Don't worry. When the bus comes, I'll scoot inside the house; none of your friends will see me.

  Johnny Atkins : What friends?

  Anne Atkins : Oh, come on now. This is gonna be your year, Johnny. I can feel it.

• Danny Taylor : Did you see which way the bus turned when it got to the corner?

  Anne Atkins : No. I'd already... I'd already gone inside.

  Danny Taylor : According to our head count, Johnny was the last student to get on the bus.

  Anne Atkins : Meaning what?

  Danny Taylor : Meaning that the bus must have made a detour when it got to Preston Drive, otherwise the kids at the next stop, well, they would have seen the bus coming.

  Anne Atkins : [crying]  Oh, my god, I can't believe what we're talking about. I'm sorry.

  Danny Taylor : No, that's fine.

• Danny Taylor : Mrs. Atkins, you mentioned that Johnny isn't well-adjusted. What exactly did you mean by that?

  Anne Atkins : It's nothing serious; he's not a troublemaker or anything, it's just... it's high school, and it's very cliquey and, you know... if you don't have the best video games or a pool for parties or... I don't know, a cool dad to take you and your friends to the Knicks games, it's just... not necessarily the easiest place for a teenage boy to grow up, you know?

  Danny Taylor : I got it.

• Jack Malone : Your son is lying to us. You've got to convince him to tell us the truth.

  Anne Atkins : I don't understand. If you have Ned and that other man, can't they tell you where the children are?

  Jack Malone : Those two men are dead.

  Anne Atkins : Oh, my god.

  Jack Malone : Now, there is a bunch of children trapped in a cargo truck with no air. They're gonna suffocate and die unless you convince your son to tell us the truth. Please.

• Jack Malone : All of these rooms have microphones, that are extremely sensitive. Extremely sensitive.

  [playing a tape recorder] 

  Anne Atkins : Hey, babe. I just want you to know I'm going to get you out of this okay?

  Johnny Atkins : You knew Ned was going to do it, didn't you?

  Anne Atkins : Johnny, you really think I'm capable of that? Don't you know me? Look, you just keep quiet and let me take care of this, okay? Say the words, Johnny. Promise me.

  Johnny Atkins : I promise.

  Anne Atkins : I'll be right back. I love you, sweetheart.

  Jack Malone : [stopping the tape]  He never said where the truck was. You did.

• Jack Malone : All right, Mrs. Atkins, let me swing it together for you. Here's what I think happened. Ned moves in, seduces you, convinces you to get involved in his kidnapping plan. Gets you to make the anonymous tip to the high school, the phone call, except it's an audio tape. Ned's voice.

  Anne Atkins : No. That was Carl's voice.

  Jack Malone : Oh, really.

  Anne Atkins : You just don't get it, do you?

  Jack Malone : Get what?

  Anne Atkins : What it's like in that town, with their cars, their houses, their pools, the way they look at you like you're beneath 'em. Why shouldn't I have what they have, huh? Why shouldn't my son?

  Jack Malone : Oh, you did this for your son. What you did was put your son through hell. You've made him lie for you from the beginning.

  Anne Atkins : He wouldn't have had to lie. If Ned had worn the mask, none of this would've happened!

  Jack Malone : Stay here, please.