Sliders (TV Series)
Season's Greedings (1996)
Sean Flynn: Jason
Quotes
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Prof. Maximilian Arturo : Everything here is fake; including me. What the devil am I doing, playing jolly old Santa Claus, contributing to this... fraud on children.
Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown : That last story didn't sound like perpetuating the fraud to me; you were trying to teach the kid a lesson.
Prof. Maximilian Arturo : Yes, and do you think he heard me?
Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown : Eh, maybe he did.
Prof. Maximilian Arturo : No, I don't think so. Look at parents so consumed by consumerism... Oh, dear. All this wretched advertising and, jingles.
Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown : So you're just gonna let 'em down because it's too much work to reach them? Look, you're wearing that suit, it comes with strings attached. You've gotta keep trying.
Prof. Maximilian Arturo : [sighs] I don't think so.
[the boy from earlier tugs on his sleeve; he adjusts his beard and turns around]
Prof. Maximilian Arturo : Yes?
Jason : [choked up] Santa, I broke my little brother's favorite toy and, I-I promised I'd get him a new one, but I never did. Please don't bring me a sockful of coal.
Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown : [long pause; kneels] Did you know that telling the truth has just put on Santa's good list?
Prof. Maximilian Arturo : Yes, it did.
Jason : May I hear another story?
Prof. Maximilian Arturo : Yes, of course you can. Did I tell you the one about the impudent elf who taught Santa a lesson?