Atypical (TV Series)

Antarctica (2017)

Keir Gilchrist: Sam Gardner

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Quotes 

• Julia Sasaki : [in their counseling session]  You're easy to talk to.

  Sam : Yeah. You're easy to talk to, too. Which is good, 'cause otherwise you'd go broke.

• Zahid : So, how's it going with the ladies?

  Sam : I'm not dating anymore. It's too difficult. You have to guess what people are thinking, and not just people, girls. They think I'm weird.

• Sam : But how can I make eye contact and look away? I mean, I'm not a mantis shrimp.

• [first lines] 

  Sam : [in his counseling session flicking a rubber band]  I'm a weirdo. That's what everyone says. Sometimes, I don't know what people mean when they say things, and that can make me feel alone, even when there are other people in the room. And all I can do is sit and twiddle, which is what I call my self-stimulatory behavior, when I flick a pencil against a rubber band at a certain frequency and think about all the things that I could never do, like research penguins in Antarctica or have a girlfriend. I don't know. I'd like to go to Antarctica. It's quiet there except in the rookeries, where the penguins breed.

  [chuckles] 

  Sam : Those aren't quiet. No, sir. I'm finished with my answer.

  Julia Sasaki : Great. Almost done for today. Good session, Sam.

  Sam : I can see your bra. It's purple.

• Sam : [narrating]  My school is crowded, noisy, and it smells weird. But it has one thing going for it: It has lots of girls. Well, I think every girl is pretty in her own way, like a snowflake in a seasonal Antarctic storm.

  [some girls are looking his way] 

  Sam : [the girls are actually noticing a different boy behind him]  But girls don't notice me at all.