American Gothic (1995–1998)
Gary Cole: Sheriff Lucas Buck
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Quotes
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Caleb Temple : I ain't your son!
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Beg to differ.
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Caleb Temple : I hate you!
Sheriff Lucas Buck : And someday, we'll make that hate work for you.
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Caleb Temple : I hate you!
Sheriff Lucas Buck : For now.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Conscience is just the fear of getting caught.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : I tell you what, I think that girl's pulling your string.
Caleb Temple : Well, I don't know what that means.
Sheriff Lucas Buck : You will.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Well. If it ain't the Hardy Boys.
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Deputy Ben Healy : I'm sick of keepin' secrets, Lucas.
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Then leave that one alone, Ben. 'Cause the next time you go back there, you'll be stinkin' up the place yourself.
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Caleb Temple : This ain't right.
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Sure it is, boy. You're doing fine.
Caleb Temple : No, sir.
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Deputy Ben Healy : What's going on here?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Oh, all kinds of fun. Matter of fact... things are just getting good.
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Brian : You're late.
Sheriff Lucas Buck : And up until now, you were still on my good side.
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[after hitting a guy with a shovel]
Sheriff Lucas Buck : These things have a thousand uses!
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Too late for salvation my friend!
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : I've seen your future, Mel, and, uh...
[laughs]
Sheriff Lucas Buck : it's tragic.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Some folks would lay all of Trinity's troubles at my doorstep, but hell, you might as well blame a trailer park for attracting lightning bolts and tornadoes.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Son, nobody makes anybody do anything they don't wanna do in the first place.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP, TRINITY! I always wanted to do that.
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Caleb Temple : What're you doing here?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Lookin' after my own.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : All guilt is relative. Loyalty counts. And never let your conscience be your guide.
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Caleb Temple : I don't like trains, and I hate apple pie!
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Well... fine.
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Deputy Ben Healy : Well, it's a grey gun. A grey gun.
Sheriff Lucas Buck : A ray gun?
Deputy Ben Healy : A grey gun, Lucas! It's a grey gun!
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Caleb Temple : Are you spying on me?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Heck, no! That ain't my style.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : A good loser is still a loser.
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Lt. Drey : You always disturb evidence with such impunity, Buck?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : You always go around barkin' up the wrong tree, Drey?
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : I don't actually give; I deal. Are you ready to make a deal?
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Looks like Marlene did you right. She comes from a long line of backwoods nymphos.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : The profession of journalism has about as much integrity as the world's oldest profession; maybe less. At least whores don't kid themselves about their motives.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : You know what a conscience is?
Caleb Temple : It's like, uh... when you do something wrong and it bothers you?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Well. Not me.
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Dr. Matt Crower : You don't know anything about my demons.
Sheriff Lucas Buck : 'Course I do.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : You look like you got a jock fulla chiggers.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : What about the almighty pursuit of the truth? You kinda chucked that awful fast.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : What I say is, be careful what you see in a man's eyes. Might not be the truth.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Well, won't that be cozy. Just the two of you. In intensive care.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : The past isn't dead. Hell, it's not even the past.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Only two roads in this world. And if you're listening to anyone but me, you're on the wrong one.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Do you know what a mentor is?
Caleb Temple : Half-man, half-beast?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : That's a minotaur.
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Judge : I didn't know you were a gardener, Lucas.
Sheriff Lucas Buck : I've been known to pull a few weeds.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Just remember, a good loser's still a loser.
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Deputy Ben Healy : Why do you think they call them "southern belles"?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : That's French, Ben. It means "beautiful."
Deputy Ben Healy : Oh yeah, I knew that. Four-alarm "belles."
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Fr. Tilden : How did you get in here?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Faith.
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Gail Emory : Don't you give a damn about anything?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Yeah. But not journalism.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Cat got your pen?
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : I could never imagine myself in what you call "love."
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Leave the light on for me, will you, darlin'? I may wanna... tempt fate.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Well, well. Feels like you might be coming down with a fever. Hmm... maybe we should slide in the thermometer and take a readin'.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : You know me better than that, love. I don't "do" anything. Things just happen.
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Dr. Matt Crower : Go to hell.
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Been there. And you know what? It ain't half bad.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : You think you're the only woman I have to service tonight?
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Selena, honey... this was not safe sex.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : See? There's that word again. "Choice."
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Is this what scared feels like?
Selena Coombs : I wouldn't know.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : He may be cured, but his personality hasn't improved any.
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Gail Emory : What could I possibly be hiding from you?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Your true feelings, perhaps?
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[Last lines of the series]
Caleb Temple : Well, what will I do without her?
Sheriff Lucas Buck : Oh... I think we'll get by.
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Sheriff Lucas Buck : Maybe some monkey's running around Trinity doing his thing with bored housewives.