The Andromeda Strain (miniseries) (2008)

Share this quote on facebook Mancheck: We suspect a biological agent now code named Andromeda. Whatever Andromeda is it killed those two soldiers so quickly they didn't even have time to jump out of their vehicle.

Share this quote on facebook Stone: Why in God's name did you withhold this? We have wasted valuable time – time we don't have – flailing about in the dark!
Mancheck: Can you imagine the panic news of an event like this would have caused? It was strictly need-to-know.
Stone: Need to cover your ass!

Share this quote on facebook Chou: Dr. Tsi Chou, microbiologist.
Mancheck: So modest. 'Bout 10 years ago Dr. Chou was one of the premier designers of biological weapons for the Chinese government.
Chou: But then I saw the light of Jesus, and now I serve as a consultant on bio-terrorism for a wide range of U.S. corporations.
Keene: Out of the ashes into the fire.

Share this quote on facebook Dr. Jeremy Stone: In the event of an overwhelming breach, the lab is built atop a nuclear device. (He inserts his electronic ID tag into the computer) I've just armed that system. Once it's activated, there's a 15-minute countdown to detonation.
Dr. Charlene Barton: You gotta be shittin' me!
Dr. Tsi Chou: I'm sure the chances of an accident in such a beautifully designed facility are too small to be significant, but if there should be a mistake?
Dr. Jeremy Stone: There is a failsafe plan. Dr. Keene is our odd man. Please insert your card.
Dr. Angela Noyce: Odd man?
Dr. Jeremy Stone: Place your thumb upon the panel. To abort the self-destruct sequence, Bill ID's himself via thumb print and his card. There's a panel like this on every level.
Dr. Charlene Barton: Why Bill?
Dr. Jeremy Stone: The army ran an extensive battery of tests and determined that unmarried males were more likely to make the right choice during a crisis. In our particular case, the right decision is to not prematurely abort the self-destruction sequence.
Dr. Charlene Barton: So you were looking for the man most likely to kill himself, and us? (everyone looks as Keene)
Dr. Bill Keene: Cool.
Dr. Tsi Chou: I feel so reassured.

Share this quote on facebook Jack Nash: Release me immediately, or I'll have my lawyer all over this!
Col. Ferrus: (talking over him) I don't have to let you speak to a lawyer, I don't even have to acknowledge that you are in our custody. Under the Homeland Security Act you can be held here indefinitely as a terrorist threat.
Jack Nash: Listen to me, you little tin-pot fascist, I'm not some hapless Middle Eastern exchange student with an out-of-date visa, I'm an American citizen with a very public profile. You screw with me, and you're gonna have to answer some really unpleasant questions!

Share this quote on facebook (Capping off a list of nothing but bad news.)
Pat Terrence: There's also a rumor at the U.N. that the blast in Utah was staged as a deliberate distraction from the vent-mining controversy.
President Scott: (disbelieving) Oh… "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?"

Share this quote on facebook Major Bill Keane: (to Jeremy) If you set out to deliberately exterminate mankind, you couldn't do better than Andromeda.

Share this quote on facebook Jack Nash: Release me immediately, or I'll have my lawyer all over this!
Col. Ferrus: (talking over him) I don't have to let you speak to a lawyer, I don't even have to acknowledge that you are in our custody. Under the Homeland Security Act you can be held here indefinitely as a terrorist threat.
Jack Nash: Listen to me, you little tin-pot fascist, I'm not some hapless Middle Eastern exchange student with an out-of-date visa, I'm an American citizen with a very public profile. You screw with me, and you're gonna have to answer some really unpleasant questions!

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Pat Terrence: There's also a rumor at the U.N. that the blast in Utah was staged as a deliberate distraction from the vent-mining controversy.
President Scott: (disbelieving) Oh… "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?"

Share this quote on facebook Ted Whittall - President Scott