Madam Secretary (TV Series)

Spartan Figures (2015)

Tim Daly: Henry McCord

Quotes 

• Henry McCord : I don't want to work for a competing Department of government.

  Elizabeth McCord : State and Defense don't compete. We, we compare and contrast expertise often in an openly hostile manner.

• Elizabeth McCord : [At the sight of Henry repairing gutters in a light snow]  Well, there's a sight that never gets old. You know, if men knew how sexy they looked fixing stuff, they'd never stop.

  Henry McCord : I can't feel my hands.

• Blake Moran : Sorry. We've been calling since this morning, but, uh... we didn't have any signal. What's that smell?

  Nadine Tolliver : We have good news. They reached an agreement in Brussels to solve the Greek debt crisis.

  Elizabeth McCord : Oh, thank God. And horse crap.

  Nadine Tolliver : I beg your pardon.

  Elizabeth McCord : That's what that smell is.

  Blake Moran : Oh.

  Henry McCord : Well, another global depression avoided. Lunch?

• Elizabeth McCord : [Trying to force her suitcase closed, she smashes her hand while sitting on it]  Ow! Ow, ah! Dammit!

  Henry McCord : Are you okay? What is happening?

  Elizabeth McCord : Will you please sit on my suitcase while I close it?

  Henry McCord : Can you say that again in a slow, sexy voice?

• Henry McCord : [about their decision to sell the farm]  We gotta tell the kids.

  Elizabeth McCord : Yeah, you do. It's gonna be rough. They love it here. We're not ruining their lives, are we?

  Henry McCord : If we haven't ruined their lives already, believe me, this isn't gonna do it.

  Elizabeth McCord : Okay. But, if anybody starts crying, can I say that it was your idea?

  Henry McCord : My-? Okay. Sure.

  Alison McCord : [Walks out the front door]  Hey, guys. I drew the short straw. So, I get to tell you that we're all really bored and wondering if we can cut this weekend short and head home?

  Elizabeth McCord : [after Alison goes back inside, she and Henry exchange looks]  Okay, it can be my idea.

• Henry McCord : A religious scholar teaching at the National War College? There's only so much cognitive dissonance I can handle.

• Elizabeth McCord : How did you get water pressure up to the second floor?

  Henry McCord : Mad skills. I called a plumber.