Tommy (TV Series)

Cause of Death (2020)

Olivia Lucy Phillip: Kate Jones

Quotes 

• Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : I have always put my work before everything else. And what did it get me? Lied about and kicked to the door.

  Kate Jones : You got to be the first woman chief of police in Los Angeles. That's something.

  Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : Federal judge ordered the mayor to hire a woman. I was nobody's choice. They made that clear to me from the moment I walked through the door.

  Kate Jones : Well, if you knew that going in, why'd you take the job?

  Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : I thought I could change their minds. I was wrong.

• Kate Jones : I know how much you've been through. I'm not trying to make this worse. But you got to understand what you mean. As a symbol.

  Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : Honey, I am just a person. I never wanted to be a symbol.

  Kate Jones : I know, you didn't, and it's not fair to ask somebody to be, but you are.

  Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : To who?

  Kate Jones : Your granddaughter.