Quotes
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[last lines]
Carnell : [via video recording] One last thing, Supreme Commander. I must tell you this. You are undoubtedly the sexiest officer I have ever known. Goodbye, Servalan.
[Servalan picks up her flower and smiles]
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Carnell : [of his chess game] Checkmate. Six times in a row I've beaten it. Supposed to be the best chess computer available. Cost me a fortune. I don't suppose you'd care to discuss my fee at this particular point, would you?
Supreme Commander Servalan : [smiles] No.
Carnell : Oh.
Supreme Commander Servalan : [of Coser] Why are you so certain he isn't dead?
Carnell : He's too good a pilot to have lost control that close to the ground.
Supreme Commander Servalan : You don't know how close to the ground he was.
Carnell : They identified the remains of the ship. If he'd lost it in the descent from primary orbit, there'd be nothing left to find, let alone identify. Therefore, he was close and slow when it happened. Therefore, it didn't happen.
Supreme Commander Servalan : You're very plausible.
Carnell : I'm very good, Supreme Commander, believe me. I've taken everyone and everything into consideration. It's all as predictable as that very expensive chess machine.
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Carnell : By now Coser is completely psychotic. It won't strike him as remotely odd that a folk hero he admires so much arrives out of nowhere. And when a second Blake turns up, he probably won't even notice. He's a very sick man. He shouldn't be totally alone as he is. It's awfully bad for his health.
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Carnell : Give me the report.
[Carnell flips the folder open and, after just a glance, closes it]
Carnell : Do you play chess?
Officer : A little, sir.
Carnell : [hands him the chess computer] Take it. It's yours.
Officer : [accepts] Thank you, sir.
Carnell : [back to report] A small return for saving my life. But then it's all I own. You have my leave to go now.
[Officer leaves]
Carnell : [sits down, then sits back] And the *other* mistake I made was not getting an advance on my *fee*.
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Carnell : What did you want to see the Supreme Commander about? Or am I being indiscreet?
Officer : I have a report for her.
[Carnell puts out his hand for the report folder]
Officer : It's confidential.
Carnell : [firmly] From an official psychostrategist?
Officer : [clearly in awe] You're a Puppeteer?
Carnell : [feigned hurt] Do they still call us that? I never really felt that did me justice.
Officer : My apologies, sir; I meant no offense.
Carnell : I was offensive. Why shouldn't you be?
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Supreme Commander Servalan : It's going wrong, Carnell.
Carnell : Wrong? Ma'm, I'm mortified by your lack of confidence.
Supreme Commander Servalan : If I lose Coser - and his invention - "mortified" is exactly what you'll be.
Carnell : I realize that.
Supreme Commander Servalan : So long as you do.
Carnell : A brilliant psychostrategist like me? Come now, Supreme Commander. How would I not?
