Blindspot (TV Series)

Cease Forcing Enemy (2016)

Ashley Johnson: Patterson

Quotes 

• [Agent Patterson tells Agent Weller and Jane Doe that they're capable of landing the plane] 

  Patterson : Keep descending, you keep your knots up, you glide into position, pull the nose up, and extend the gear at the last second.

  Kurt Weller : And that's gonna work?

  Patterson : My dad was a pilot; not a pro or anything like that, but he taught me a lot of... Listen, fixed wing planes like this can glide pretty steady as long as they keep descending. You're so high up, you can glide back onto the runway. Let me just... uh...

  Patterson : [Patterson takes a second to think to herself]  Yes, you can for sure maintain enough airspeed. I did the math.

  Chief Inspector Fischer : [Fischer replies]  How? Where?

  Patterson : In my head, where math is done. Please don't interrupt.

• [Agent Patterson and Agent Weller try to convince Jane that she can land the plane] 

  Patterson : Jane, a plane is a plane is a plane. If you've ever landed one, you can land this one.

  Kurt Weller : You can do this, all right? Flying this big ol' bird, much easier than flying that chopper.

• [Agent Patterson breaks down the puzzle of numbers on Jane Doe's body] 

  Patterson : So this ring of numbers is on Jane's upper thigh. And it's pi. Only it's not pi, some of the pieces are missing. And - Oh...

  Patterson : [Patterson chuckles]  'Pieces of pi.' Anyway, here's where the gaps are. Now take the missing numbers, bunch of gobbletygook, until you take up these dots and arrows from underneath the numbers...

  Edgar Reade : Latitude and longitude.

  Patterson : Exactly. The Dark Isles, a chain of inhabitant islands in the Black Sea.

• [Chief Inspector Fischer grills Agent Patterson for taking work home with her] 

  Chief Inspector Fischer : When was the first time you removed classified documents from the FBI's New York office, what did you do with these documents once you removed them, and were you aware at the time you were breaking federal law.

  Patterson : I mean, look... everyone brings their work home with them sometimes.

  Chief Inspector Fischer : They do? Who else is bringing classified documents home with them?

  Patterson : No, I just...

  Chief Inspector Fischer : You just said everyone brings their work home with them sometimes. Can you give me some examples? Then would you like to revise your statement?

• [Chief Inspector Fischer tells Agent Patterson that she's suspended indefinitely] 

  Patterson : I'm not asking for forgiveness. I will never forgive myself for what happened.

  Patterson : [Fischer sighs as Patterson tears up]  Oh. Please just... if I'm gonna be able to keep going, I need to find the people who did this, the people who tattooed Jane. Please. This job is all that I have.

  Chief Inspector Fischer : No. It's all you had.

• [Agent Patterson comes up with a plan to stop the plane from climbing to 60,000 feet] 

  Patterson : [Patterson looks to Mayfair and Fischer behind her]  I have a really bad idea that I think will work.

  Jane Doe : Okay, so what's the plan.

  Patterson : I'm gonna walk you through shutting the engines off.

  Jane Doe : You're gonna what!