New Amsterdam (TV Series)

Legacy (2008)

Stephen McKinley Henderson: Omar

Quotes 

• John Amsterdam : DNA work. Pronounced similarity in genetic markers. Alex Spoor was family.

  Omar : Not like you didn't suspect it.

  [raises a glass] 

  Omar : To Alex.

  John Amsterdam : [raises his glass]  to Alex.

  Omar : A descendant of my wayward father. Sorry we never knew you... Your wife and your son, why didn't you go after them, John? Try to see them.

  John Amsterdam : And say what? I knew I had to leave them sooner or later. Better they left me.

• Omar : [to John]  People are people. If I took responsibility for everything you did, I'd never get out of bed in the morning.

  John Amsterdam : Well, it's like 200 years ago you beat up somebody in a bar and today one of his descendants blows up a building. Now you can say it's not your fault, but you're connected to it.

  Omar : It's the butterfly effect. A butterfly flaps it's wings in India and you don't get your wine shipment.

  John Amsterdam : With me it happens over time. Most people don't live long enough to see it.

  Omar : Because we only live one life.

  John Amsterdam : One life, it's... it's just a blink of an eye.