Blindspot (TV Series)

Heave Fiery Knot (2016)

Ukweli Roach: Dr. Robert Borden

Quotes 

• [Agent Weller tells Dr. Borden about the box he has of his father's last belongings] 

  Kurt Weller : There's a box in my place. It's pictures. Clothes. It's the last belongings of my father. I can't throw it out. Why?

  Dr. Robert Borden : That box is the last piece you have of him. Once it's gone, so is he.

  Kurt Weller : I want him gone. I hate him.

  Dr. Robert Borden : He was still your father, Kurt. And you're still using the present tense.

  Kurt Weller : My hate is not going anywhere.

  Dr. Robert Borden : That's because you're not dealing with it. Can you articulate where these feelings come from? If you can't name it, externalize it, then you can't move past it, Kurt.

• [Dr. Borden tells Agent Weller that he needs to confront his feelings about his father] 

  Dr. Robert Borden : Your father's dead, Kurt. It's too late to confront him now, but until you confront your feelings about him, his shadow will follow you wherever you go.

• [Dr. Borden asks Jane Doe what's on her mind] 

  Dr. Robert Borden : You seem agitated. What's on your mind?

  Jane Doe : [Jane sees herself being tortured]  Nothing I can think of.

• [Dr. Borden tells Jane Doe that her and Agent Weller are both going through a lot] 

  Dr. Robert Borden : It seems both of you are feeling rather alone at the moment, and sometimes the best we can do is to try to feel alone together. You and Kurt could help each other.

  Jane Doe : Yeah, maybe.

  Dr. Robert Borden : After all, Jane... this team's the closest thing to family you've got.

• [Dr. Borden gives Agent Patterson a present at the FBI headquarters] 

  Dr. Robert Borden : I got you this. It's 'Oregon Trail.' I stumbled across it on eBay and I... thought of you.

  Patterson : Oh, you just stumbled across this?

  Patterson : [Borden nervously chuckles]  Well... That's very, um... Where do you imagine that I could use this?

  Dr. Robert Borden : Um, does one of your computers not have an old disc drive or something?

  Patterson : [Patterson smiles]  No, I... They're all pretty new.

  Dr. Robert Borden : Oh. And no... backwards compatible...

  Patterson : [Patterson chuckles]  No. Uh, you don't know a lot about computers.

• [Dr. Borden nervously asks Agent Patterson to dinner] 

  Dr. Robert Borden : W-Would you like to have dinner with me?

  Patterson : [Patterson pauses]  Oh, I...

  Dr. Robert Borden : Sorry, that wasn't a great... um... Not now, obviously. You're obviously, um, you know, busy, now. But, you know, at some point, a proper dinner, in the future, as in, we'd make plans to go to dinner in the future. Um, am I making any sense?

  Patterson : Yeah, yes. Yes.

  Dr. Robert Borden : But, uh, yes, I'm making sense or...

  Patterson : Uh, yes to dinner.

  Dr. Robert Borden : [Patterson chuckles]  Good, great. Uh, okay. Well, I'll e-mail you.

  Patterson : Are you sure you can handle that? 'Cause that involves a computer.

  Dr. Robert Borden : [Borden smiles]  Or I'll just use a carrier pigeon or something.

  [as the two chuckle together]