Rob Morgan: Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe

Don't Look Up

Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe

Waitress: That's an awfully official-looking White House badge you got there.
Dr. Randall Mindy: I don't know why I have this on.
Nearby Diner: Listen, just tell us what's going on.
Guy from the Bar: I got three scared kids at home. How about you just tell us something.
Dr. Randall Mindy: I understand. I wish could share information, but...
Guy from the Bar: We're people just like you. We deserve to know!
Kate Dibiasky: They're right. They deserve to know. Do you really wanna know what's going on?
Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe: Kate, don't. Kate.
Dr. Randall Mindy: Kate.
Kate Dibiasky: They found a bunch of gold and diamonds and rare shit on the comet. So they're gonna let it hit the planet to make a bunch of rich people even more disgustingly rich!

President Orlean: Mmm-hmm. So how certain is this?
Dr. Randall Mindy: There's 100% certainty of impact.
President Orlean: Please, don't say 100%.
Old Aide #2: Can we just call it a potentiality significant event?
President Orlean: Yeah.
Kate Dibiasky: But it isn't *potentially* going to happen. It *is* going to happen.
Dr. Randall Mindy: Exactly, 99.78% to be exact.
Jason Orlean: Oh, great. Okay, so it's not 100%.
Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe: Well, scientists never like to say 100%.
President Orlean: Call it 70% and let's just move on.
Kate Dibiasky: But it's not even close to 70%.
President Orlean: You cannot go around saying to people that there's 100% chance that they're going to die. You know? It's just nuts.

[Kate sits in a car with a bag over her head]
Dr. Randall Mindy: I did everything I could. They won't listen.
Kate Dibiasky: Surprise, surprise.
Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe: I'm starting to think you just like riling people up.
Dr. Randall Mindy: I'm so sorry, Kate. Really, I am.
Kate Dibiasky: Oh, Randall. God. Where's Brie Evantee? Shouldn't you two be playing footsie in a restaurant that only serves cubes and foam?
Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe: Well, she ain't wrong. You did lose the thread in a big way.
Dr. Randall Mindy: And what do you suggest we do? An online petition, huh? You want to hold... Get a mob and hold up picket signs? You wanna overthrow the government? I mean, look at this.
Kate Dibiasky: I can't! My head is in a bag!

Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe: Okay. Now be cool. I just have more skin pigmentation than you. 'Cause your ancestors migrated to Northern Europe and developed lighter skin so as to not get...

Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe: One time, I met Sting, and I swear to God, he farted right in front of me. Didn't break eye contact and didn't even say "excuse me." And the thing is, he actually pulled it off. 'Cause I still found him to be quite charming.

President Orlean: We will blow Comet Dibiasky off her course... But we're gonna need a hero. We're gonna need a pilot, real guns and...
Dr. Randall Mindy: Shouldn't this mission be accomplished using remote technology?
Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe: Washington's always gotta have a hero.