Constantine (TV Series)
Danse Vaudou (2014)
Matt Ryan: John Constantine
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Quotes
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Zed Martin : Two rooms?
John Constantine : Oh, I'm flattered, luv, but we really ought to keep this professional, yeah?
Zed Martin : Yeah. Does that mean you do respect me?
John Constantine : I respect everyone I sleep with. But I usually like to get know something about them first, if you know what I mean.
Zed Martin : Hmm. If you want to know something about me, just ask.
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Papa Midnite : What is this spell?
John Constantine : Relictum spiritum expurgationis. We bless each corpse, bring them back to your ritual and burn them. Should release their souls from this plane.
Papa Midnite : I don't like it. It's sloppy. You're like a child with your father's spell book.
John Constantine : The only magic my old man ever did was making a pint disappear.
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Jim Corrigan : Very good. Uh, I think I got badges for junior detectives back at the station. Jim Corrigan. NOLA PD homicide. And you are?
John Constantine : Here to help you, Jimmy boy.
Zed Martin : Jimmy?
John Constantine : John Constantine. This is Chas and Zed. We're investigating the occult phenomenon that happened here last night.
Jim Corrigan : Whoa. Occult investigators? Con men usually don't introduce themselves as con men, that's... Well, that's novel.
Zed Martin : "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast." And squeeze.
Jim Corrigan : Where'd you hear that?
Zed Martin : Was that your mother teaching you to shoot?
Jim Corrigan : What?
John Constantine : Don't mind her, she's, uh, psychic.
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Jim Corrigan : I was on the scene when it happened. Fired a full clip into that killer, but she just kept on going. Now I'm out in the field. They think I'm crazy. Am I?
John Constantine : You're not crazy, Corrigan. Just up against a different shade of evil than the usual New Orleans street crime. That's, uh, our department. Be nice to have an ally in blue.
[hands Corrigan a business card]
Jim Corrigan : "Master of the dark arts." Wow.
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Zed Martin : Where's Chas staying?
John Constantine : He prefers chain hotels. He's racking up the points.
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Jim Corrigan : Misaki Ross.
John Constantine : Ooh. Wouldn't kick her out of bed.
Jim Corrigan : She was a model. Until her face was slashed ear to ear by another model. Here's a picture of Misaki the day she came out of the hospital.
John Constantine : Lost her moneymaker.
Jim Corrigan : And her life. Took a bottle of pills in her French Quarter apartment. The other model, Tammy Fraser, she was indicted for felony assault. It was all over until...
John Constantine : Until Misaki started killing.
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John Constantine : You see, Misaki died five years ago, Philip, three. They were resting in peace until...
Jim Corrigan : Whatever happened to awake 'em.
John Constantine : [claps hands] Congratulations. You're a part of the act as well.
Jim Corrigan : How do you live with it? The knowledge that all this could be... real? How?
John Constantine : It marks you. For life. But it doesn't change who you are.
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Papa Midnite : You know, there are better ways to do this. I will perform a ritual tonight and ask the Loa to rest these spirits.
John Constantine : You know that old song about the hammer that thinks everything is a nail?
Papa Midnite : No.
John Constantine : You may be the grand poobah of voodoo, mate, but that's one specific, very narrow modality.
Papa Midnite : And what do you know, jackass of all trades, master of none?
John Constantine : What I know, my people is playing Whac-a-Mole with the newly risen. Misaki, Philip. Devereaux. They need to be put down at the source.
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John Constantine : Bodies are barely bloody singed.
Papa Midnite : This is your fault. Salting and burning the bodies does no good without the cooperation of the Loa.
John Constantine : Whoa, whoa, whoa... my part of the spell went perfect, mate. You're the one that was jilted by your big bad bloody voodoo gods.
Papa Midnite : It's your lack of respect that keeps them away. The Danse Vaudou is about letting go of your ego and allowing a more powerful force to enter you.
John Constantine : Yeah, well, I'm an exorcist, mate. I spent half my life kicking demons out. Why would I want to invite one in?
Papa Midnite : You are a magpie of magic. A thief of tradition. You steal from other people's cultures and beliefs to suit your own purposes.
John Constantine : Oh, yeah? Well, whatever works, eh?
Papa Midnite : It worked wonders on that little girl you sent to hell.
John Constantine : Well, at least it wasn't my own bloody sister.
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John Constantine : We tried a spell to put your ghosts down, but, unfortunately, it didn't work. You see, Midnite didn't raise those spirits. Not really.You three did.
Bridget Carlberg : How?
Papa Midnite : All three of you, you keep the dead alive because you can't forgive yourselves.
John Constantine : Guilt is a very powerful emotion. There's a lot of energy in that pain.
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Papa Midnite : Our truce is over at the bottom of that glass, so sip cautiously.
John Constantine : Mm. A rich man's scotch. It always comes with an aftertaste.
Papa Midnite : That sour taste is in your mouth, street wizard, because the old gods don't honor you. Your magic isn't strong enough to raise the dead.
John Constantine : Oh, the dead are better left buried, mate.
Papa Midnite : Is that so?
John Constantine : Mm-hmm.
Papa Midnite : Even if I offered you a chance to talk to your mother?
John Constantine : Huh. That's not what you owe me, is it? I'd like to get on your hotline to hell, find out about this rising darkness. The rule book's been thrown out. I want to know what I'm dealing with.
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Papa Midnite : He's killing her, draining her energy. I can feel it.
John Constantine : Marriage can be hard, eh?