Torchwood (TV Series)

Captain Jack Harkness (2007)

Matt Rippy: The Captain

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Quotes 

• Captain Jack Harkness : I thought you'd gone.

  [the Captain shrugs] 

  Captain Jack Harkness : This could be your last chance.

  The Captain : That's why I came back.

  [sits next to Jack] 

  Captain Jack Harkness : I might have to leave before the night is over.

  The Captain : Well... then make the most of now.

  [the Captain takes Jack's hand; their fingers entwine and Jack looks at The Captain in surprise, before they are interrupted and The Captain quickly stands up, letting Jack's hand go] 

• Captain Jack Harkness : Look, it's okay to be scared.

  The Captain : A captain has to keep his head.

  Captain Jack Harkness : A captain needs to explain the risks, tell his men what to expect.

  The Captain : So what do I do? Tell them I saw a young boy get shot in the eyes mid-flight?

  Captain Jack Harkness : I understand.

  The Captain : Do you? Did you hear him on the radio, yelling for his mom while the Messerschmitts pumped him full of holes and blew his plane apart? All I can hear on the radio is...

  Captain Jack Harkness : - Screams. I went to war when I was a boy. I was with my best friend. We got caught crossing the border over enemy lines. They tortured him, not me, because he was weaker. They made me watch him die. And they let me go.

  The Captain : Who were they?

  Captain Jack Harkness : The worst possible creatures you could imagine. I persuaded him to join up. I said it would be an adventure. He hadn't lived.

  The Captain : Have any of us?

• The Captain : Why did you make me kiss her goodbye?

  Captain Jack Harkness : I just think you should live every night like it's your last. Make tonight the best night of your life. You're alive, right here, right now. Your men are fine.

  The Captain : What are you trying to say?

  Captain Jack Harkness : Go to her. Go to your woman and lose yourself in her.

  The Captain : Maybe I should.

  Captain Jack Harkness : Yeah.

  The Captain : Is Toshiko your woman?

  Captain Jack Harkness : No. There's no-one.

  [pauses] 

  Captain Jack Harkness : Go to her.