Without a Trace (TV Series)
The Bus (2003)
Poppy Montgomery: FBI MPU SA Samantha Spade
Quotes
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Jack Malone : Do we have an accurate head count?
Samantha Spade : 13 kids, aged 12 to 16.
Jack Malone : How many of them had cell phones?
Samantha Spade : Eight, two BlackBerrys. All the parents tried to make contact. We're assuming the kidnappers confiscated them.
Jack Malone : What about the bus driver?
Samantha Spade : Bus driver Bernard Griffin, 42, African-American, divorced, no record. We're running a full background check, and I'm headed over to the bus barn.
Jack Malone : Okay, I want you to take Martin with you.
Samantha Spade : No, Jack, I can do this on my own.
Jack Malone : Yes, I know. I want you take him anyway. And what else?
Samantha Spade : Local PD and FD are forming search parties. We've got road blocks at every major artery and a dozen choppers in the air. We've also grounded all the other school buses in the county. If they're still on the road somewhere, we want to make sure they stand out.
Jack Malone : You know what? It's been three hours since that bus has gone missing. They could be 200 miles away by now. I want you to contact the Defense Department, see if we can use their surveillance satellite, okay?
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Martin Fitzgerald : You coming?
Samantha Spade : Hold your horses.
Martin Fitzgerald : Physical therapy's going pretty well, huh?
Samantha Spade : Do yourself a favor, don't get shot. It's not all it's cracked up to be.
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Martin Fitzgerald : So, the Carrol boys transfer the other kids into a U-Haul or a van or something like that. They leave the bus in the ravine, and now they're on the road again.
Samantha Spade : Yeah, but they can't go too far if they got to be here to pick up the ransom tomorrow morning.
Martin Fitzgerald : Well, unless one of them's driving the van out of the area, and then the other one's gonna go to the park for the meet.
Samantha Spade : Okay, Doug is 16. Richard's 15. How the hell do they get their hands on a U-Haul or a van?
Martin Fitzgerald : Well, they could be working with somebody older.
Samantha Spade : Bus driver.
Martin Fitzgerald : Nah, but Johnny said that the bus driver was one of the hostages.
Samantha Spade : Yeah, I know what Johnny said. What I'm saying is maybe he pretends to be a hostage, give himself plausible deniability later. Boys take off with the money, he hooks up with them in... Mexico, takes his cut.
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Martin Fitzgerald : We just got a trace on that anonymous phone call that came in to the principal. The call was made from a pay phone at the school.
Samantha Spade : One of the students?
Martin Fitzgerald : Or teachers.
Samantha Spade : Or parents.
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Samantha Spade : [searching through mugshots] I am having no luck here.
Martin Fitzgerald : No? Well, I'm all the way back in the early '80s. I mean, what a good time for fashion.
Samantha Spade : Yeah, well, don't look now, but it's coming back.
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Vivian Johnson : None of the parents recognize him.
Samantha Spade : So what's going on with the ransom?
Vivian Johnson : The parents are gonna pay. The drop is set for tomorrow morning.
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Samantha Spade : You really think their father's in on it with them?
Martin Fitzgerald : Doesn't look like he needs any more money. He's probably just protecting his kids.
Samantha Spade : Yeah. Remind me not to have any.
Martin Fitzgerald : They don't all turn out to be psychopathic kidnappers, you know.
Samantha Spade : Let me guess. 2.2, white picket fence, golden retriever.
Martin Fitzgerald : [amused laugh] Yeah, maybe. Something like that.
Samantha Spade : Not for me. Not in this world.
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Samantha Spade : Did you get anything out of Bob Carrol?
Jack Malone : Not much. Pretty much back to square one.
Samantha Spade : Okay, so where do you want me?
Jack Malone : You know I'm gonna need to take your gun.
Samantha Spade : [handing it over] Yeah, I know. Want my badge and credentials, too?
Jack Malone : Come on, you know it's just standard procedure.
Samantha Spade : So, how long 'til we get this straightened out with OPR?
Jack Malone : I'm not sure. But you did the right thing. You made the right choice.
Samantha Spade : Yeah, I know. I know, that's why I wanna get this straightened out as soon as possible. I mean, when can I... when can I get back in the field?
Jack Malone : Go home.
Samantha Spade : Jack, I'm fine.
Jack Malone : I'm not asking you.
Samantha Spade : I'm fine. I'm just...
Jack Malone : I'm not asking you. Go home.
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Martin Fitzgerald : Hey, what are you doing here?
Samantha Spade : I forgot something. The kids are all right?
Martin Fitzgerald : That's what Roger Daltry says.
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Samantha Spade : You know how you said we should get a drink sometime?
Martin Fitzgerald : Yeah.
Samantha Spade : I could really use a drink.
Martin Fitzgerald : Well... nothing worse than a beautiful woman drinking alone.