Alias (TV Series)

Before the Flood (2005)

Greg Grunberg: Eric Weiss

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Quotes 

• Eric Weiss : Fine, you know what we've managed harder, come on, there's gotta be a way.

  [sighs] 

  Eric Weiss : What would Jack do in this situation? Jack is the king of this sort of thing.

  Marshall Flinkman : Well, first he'd probably glower a bit, right? And then he'd, I don't know, probably blackmail or torture somebody, Right?

  [pauses] 

  Marshall Flinkman : You're a genius!

  [Gets out of his chair] 

  Marshall Flinkman : You Eric Weiss are a genius.

  [They move into Sloane's office] 

  Eric Weiss : I thought Sloane turned the Blackwell index over to Langley?

  Marshall Flinkman : He didn't, it's complicated.

  Eric Weiss : Yeah, not really. Sloane's evil, why wouldn't he hold onto blackmail material on world leaders?

• Marshall Flinkman : [Weiss is attempting to speak Russian with Minister Karkov on the phone. Karkov just told him that his Russian is terrible. Marshall gets upset and talks at the phone, whispering]  Whatever, I wrote this program in five minutes, you perv!

  Eric Weiss : Okay, I'm going to make this real simple for you. We need your Milsat access codes. You either give it to us now or every major news organization will get the tuba photos by morning.

  Minister Karkov : A; I don't know what you're talking about. B; I'm running a trace on this call.

  Eric Weiss : Great, you know what; I look forward to meeting you. Hey, while I've got you on the line, let me ask you, what's the significance of the green balloons?

  [There is a long pause, Weiss and Marshall look hopeful] 

  Minister Karkov : Alpha, 572811, Mike. Now let me be clear, if those photos ever...

  Eric Weiss : Oh sure thing Minister, or should I call you a Cowboy?

  [Cowboy is said with a Russian accent] 

• Eric Weiss : Are we close?

  Marshall Flinkman : Listen, that's not really a helpful question right now. Okay?

  Eric Weiss : Ahh, you know what, don't blame yourself; this satellite network was designed to withstand World War III.

  [He takes out his earpiece and sighs] 

  Eric Weiss : So I just got off the phone with my buddy at the secret service. They've initiated the continuity of government protocol. The President, his cabinet, their family members being evacuated to underground command centers. I don't know, somewhere in the back of my mind, I'm kidding myself, but I thought maybe I'd be on the list.

  Marshall Flinkman : Yeah, it's kinda like high school again, the cool kids are having a party and I'm not invited.

  Eric Weiss : Alright, there's still time left, let's not give up on them yet.

  Marshall Flinkman : [Picks up his phone and call his wife]  Hey honey, hi, uhh, no I don't have a lot of time, I just... I just wanted to tell you I love you, I don't get to tell you that often enough...

  [Looks up at Weiss] 

  Marshall Flinkman : No I'm haven't been drinking. I'm just going to be home early tonight, okay, bye.