Numb3rs (TV Series)

Old Soldiers (2009)

David Krumholtz: Charlie Eppes

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Quotes 

• 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.

• Amita Ramanujan : [Alan leaves]  Well, I guess I just lost some daughter-in-law points there.

  Charlie Eppes : Notice how I kept my mouth shut?

  Amita Ramanujan : Yeah, I did.

  Charlie Eppes : I already had one uncomfortable moment with my brother.

  [Waitress places bill on table] 

  Charlie Eppes : Thank you. I got it. I have no idea where that guy came from, you know. It's like, there was my mom, my dad, me. And there was Don, off with playing G.I. Joes and guns.

  Amita Ramanujan : I thought you guys weren't allowed to play with toy guns.

  Charlie Eppes : We weren't. He got his from this kid across the street.

• 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.