Pan Am (TV Series)

Unscheduled Departure (2011)

Mike Vogel: Dean Lowrey

Quotes 

• Colette Valois : Are we in for some bad weather?

  Dean Lowrey : It's October - 'tis the season.

  Colette Valois : If you need any help in the cockpit, I do have experience.

  Dean Lowrey : So one lesson and now you're the expert?

  Colette Valois : Well, experts are only appreciated as much as amateurs - it loses its thrill.

• Maggie Ryan : [walks along the runway with a flashlight in her right hand, behind Dean, who's pacing]  You're counting. Why are you counting?

  [Dean doesn't answer, but holds up his left index finger] 

  Maggie Ryan : The runway - it's too short?

  Dean Lowrey : That stays out here.

  Maggie Ryan : How could it be too short? Pan Am used to land here all the time!

  Dean Lowrey : [lifts her arm by the flashlight and points it toward a large sinkhole]  The hurricane left some scars.

  Maggie Ryan : How much is gone?

  Dean Lowrey : Too much for a loaded 707.

  Maggie Ryan : So we can't take off?

  [Dean doesn't answer, but walks back toward the plane while Maggie approaches the sinkhole for a better look] 

• Charles Moore : Maybe the cavalry's on their way?

  Dean Lowrey : Well, if they're the cavalry, we're the indians.

• Colette Valois : She doesn't weigh much.

  Dean Lowrey : Oh damn it, Colette, I don't have the time, the space or the luxury to take on strays right now.

  Colette Valois : Strays? That's how you see orphans?

  Dean Lowrey : Oh don't do that. Don't make this about you. How is she, what is she, she's seventeen?

  Colette Valois : I didn't realize there was an expiration date.

• Colette Valois : Quite an evening.

  Dean Lowrey : Really? Miss something?

  Colette Valois : Some bad weather.

  [looks at Dean for a moment, then kisses him] 

• Charles Moore : [flips switches from the left seat]  The wind has increased on our tail and the temperature has dropped. We can't take off.

  [moves back to his seat] 

  Ted Vanderway : Cut the pep talk, Chuck.

  Dean Lowrey : [bursts into the cockpit and takes the left seat]  How's our fuel?

  Charles Moore : We've lost 6,000 pounds. Add that to our garage sale and we're down to about 200,000 pounds.

  Ted Vanderway : [straps himself in]  Still not enough to fit into our prom dress.

  Charles Moore : We need to burn more fuel - a lot more.

  Dean Lowrey : No, there's no time. Setting brakes.

  [sets the brakes] 

  Dean Lowrey : Setting takeoff thrust.

  [sets thrust to maximum] 

  Ted Vanderway : Takeoff thrust set.

  Charles Moore : Captain, it is my duty to tell you that based on FAA rules and regulations, it is too dangerous to take off!

  Dean Lowrey : Yeah, noted.

  Ted Vanderway : We've taken off from aircraft carriers shorter than this!

  Charles Moore : In a fighter jet. A 707 isn't designed to take off like this!

  Dean Lowrey : Fighter jets don't have four engines.

  Charles Moore : If we don't blow an engine first!

  Ted Vanderway : You need to change your diaper, Chuck. I mean, you're embarrassing the navy here.

  Charles Moore : Ted, I'm just trying to...

  Ted Vanderway : It's not Ted - it's First Officer Vanderway and sitting next to me is Captain Lowrey. He makes the decisions on this aircraft without ANY interference from you! Am I understood?

  Charles Moore : Yes, sir!

  [Ted and Dean exchange looks]