Numb3rs (TV Series)
Old Soldiers (2009)
Judd Hirsch: Alan Eppes
Quotes
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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.