Tracie Thoms: Mahandra McGinty

Quotes 

• Mahandra McGinty : [to Jaye]  Where is your hometown pride? God, you really are like a Hobbit that hates the Shire!

• Millie Marcus : But we're not talking about my fame, we're talking about Niagara's legacy. A legacy that I've been the guardian of now for half a century. I'm just supposed to stand idly by and watch them destroy that?

  Mahandra McGinty : Hell, no.

  Eric Gotts : Wow, that's impressive. You made ruining that poor woman's life actually sound kind of noble.

• Mahandra McGinty : That doesn't do anyone any good. But I'll tell you what does: The story of Millie Marcus and her barrel.

  Eric Gotts : It is sort of the quintessential American tale.

  Mahandra McGinty : Yes. Exactly. It teaches us there's nothing a person can't do.

  Eric Gotts : Or nothing a person actually has to do. I mean, look at her. She's 100% fabrication. She decided what she wanted to be and DAMN the facts. You don't get much more American than that.

• Mahandra McGinty : I don't wanna die alone and friendless. Screeching my final testimony into a video camera.

  Jaye Tyler : Um, all right.

  Mahandra McGinty : I'm sorry I went crazy. But I think I know why it happened. You drove me there.

  Jaye Tyler : I made you crazy?

  Mahandra McGinty : Well, it started with all the mumbling. And then this obsession with consciousness and why things talk. I mean, I know you have a... a philosophy degree, but, I mean, come on. And-and-and all these random acts of kindness? Are you feeling guilty about something?

  Jaye Tyler : No! Well... no.

  Mahandra McGinty : So there is something?

  Jaye Tyler : I don't know. I think so. I don't think it's just in my head. I hope it's not just in my head. Or would that be a good thing?

  Mahandra McGinty : I don't know because you won't tell me what it is. And that makes me sad.

  Jaye Tyler : And crazy?

  Mahandra McGinty : Yes, and crazy. Jaye, you used to tell me everything.

  Jaye Tyler : Okay. Okay. Remember when I told you about that little smooshed-face wax lion that talked to me? I didn't make that up. It spoke. And it's not alone. Animals with faces that aren't really alive talk to me and tell me to do things. It's very confusing, and I don't always understand.

  Mahandra McGinty : [not buying it]  So, whenever you're ready to tell me the truth, I'm here to listen.

  Jaye Tyler : [sardonically sarcastic]  I appreciate that.

• Jaye Tyler : [Mahandra and Millie steal the barrel from Vivian's front yard]  What are you doing?

  Mahandra McGinty : Protecting history.

  Jaye Tyler : You're drunk.

  Mahandra McGinty : And you're a nihilist. Hey, why don't you run and get a Bible and a copy of the Constitution and tear those up too while you're at it?

  Jaye Tyler : Oh, stop it!

  Mahandra McGinty : Oh, you'd love that, wouldn't you? You'd love it if I just stepped aside and allowed you to destroy one life after another with your truth-covered lie. You may have started this little geriatric war, but I'm gonna finish it.

  Jaye Tyler : What... what war? Eric, why are you helping? What's gotten into you?

  Eric Gotts : Please don't ask me any questions. I'm really not sure what's happening.