Numb3rs (TV Series)

Old Soldiers (2009)

Rob Morrow: Don Eppes

Quotes 

• Nikki Betancourt : I don't know about the outfit, Boss. Kind of look like an Eagle Scout.

  [Don is dressed in an armoured car security guard uniform] 

  Don Eppes : Be prepared.

• Colby Granger : Guys, guess who worked this case back in the 70's.

  Nikki Betancourt : Roger Bloom. He's been around that long?

  Colby Granger : Could be a big help. We would never have busted the copycat bank robberies if it weren't for him.

  Don Eppes : Had a bit of a man crush on you, didn't he?

  Colby Granger : He hates Nikki.

  Nikki Betancourt : He doesn't hate me. He just doesn't get me.

  Don Eppes : You should probably knock on his door in the morning.

• Don Eppes : Hey, maybe that's it. The risk is the reward. Like an adrenaline high.

  Charlie Eppes : Speaking of adrenaline, by the way, this morning, Dad made an off-handed comment about D.B. Cooper being a folk hero. And it started this whole argument about the 60's and just the way that Bloom reacted, honestly, I'm glad that he doesn't carry a gun anymore.

  Don Eppes : Actually, I think he does carry a gun.

  Charlie Eppes : He really went off on Dad.

  Don Eppes : The guy's a vet. He comes home and people are calling him baby killer...

  Charlie Eppes : You don't think Dad ever called anyone a baby killer?

  Don Eppes : No. But sometimes, I'm not sure he really gets what guys like Bloom went through.

• Don Eppes : Hey, what are you doing with this?

  [Picks up toy gun] 

  Don Eppes : .

  Alan Eppes : I was making room for Amita.

  Don Eppes : I totally used to rule the neighbourhood with this puppy.

  Charlie Eppes : You ruled the neighbourhood?

  Don Eppes : I did. What you talkin about? Roger, you should see the range on this. I used to just have them all on the block, just like,

  [mimics gunfire, Alan cringes] 

  Don Eppes : .

  Charlie Eppes : Let's set up a historic re-enactment. Vets versus hippies. Me and Dad versus the two of you.

  Don Eppes : Total blowout.

  [to Roger] 

  Don Eppes : Come on, we'll kill them.

  Roger Bloom : You can set up a field of fire. That does not qualify you as a vet, because it's more of a state of mind. Right, Alan?

  Alan Eppes : That's right. That's right.

  [Gestures to Charlie] 

  Alan Eppes : The same way scraggly hair and a four day growth of beard doesn't make you a rebel. One time on one of those freedom rides this Alabama state trooper, hit me with his baton so hard that the baton broke. Yeah, I still have a scar.

  Roger Bloom : See? And this is how tough your dad is. You did not fight back.

  Alan Eppes : You're right. We weren't supposed to.

  [to Don and Charlie] 

  Alan Eppes : What's with the slack jaws? Give the man a beer.

  Don Eppes : I wanna talk about this re-enactment thing. We're the FBI. I get tear gas. I mean, you guys are dead.

  Charlie Eppes : We can bring a book of beatnik poetry or something.

  Roger Bloom : Can I make a toast?

  Don Eppes : Sure.

  Roger Bloom : To scars. Those that we've already earned, and those that are coming.