The Avengers (1998)
Uma Thurman: Dr. Emma Peel
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Quotes
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John Steed : After all, according to your file, you're a psychopathic personality with schizophrenic delusions, suffering from recurring amnesia based on traumatic repression leading to outbursts of antisocial and violent behavior. Knight to king seven. Check.
Emma Peel : Is that really what you think of me?
John Steed : Well... just my type, Mrs. Peel.
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Father : Hello, Mrs. Peel, welcome back to The Ministry. Now we're going to have a talk.
Emma Peel : About the weather, how topical!
Father : It'll help pass the time.
Emma Peel : Time would pass anyway if you think about it logically! But then so few do think logically, or even anti-logically. Clockwise or anti-clockwise, tick-toc, toc-tick, see-saw, Margery Daw. It amounts to the same thing! After all how do you know I'm the real Mrs Peel?
Father : How real do you feel, Mrs. Peel?
Emma Peel : I'll repeat the question, bypassing the weather, which, no doubt, being British, we'll return to in a moment. Do I walk like Mrs Peel, talk like Mrs Peel? Am I witty, wise, wonderful to know? Or, do I go around shooting Ministry agents, attempting to rule the world on my days off?
Father : Now you're just playing games!
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Emma Peel : I suppose Mother warned you about women like me?
John Steed : Until now, I didn't know there were women like you.
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John Steed : Mrs. Peel, what kept you?
Emma Peel : The weather.
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[last lines]
Mother : [raising champagne glass] A toast; to a job well done.
Emma Peel : To a narrow escape.
Mother : Macaroon?
Emma Peel : [shaking her head to Mother,] Thank you, Steed.
John Steed : No, no. Thank you, Mrs. Peel.
[All drink champagne as camera zooms off roof top]
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Emma Peel : How now, brown cow.
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[repeated line]
John Steed , Emma Peel : Tea?
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Emma Peel : [confronted with wiring panel] Was it red or black? Here goes, eeny, meeny, miney...
