NCIS (TV Series)
Beastmaster (2017)
Emily Wickersham: Ellie Bishop
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Quotes
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Nick Torres : I don't understand how you guys are so emotional over a horse.
Ellie Bishop : A, I grew up on a farm and horses are beautiful animals.
Alex Quinn : And B, these tears are the end of pepper spray.
Ellie Bishop : [holding up a box of tissues] Boom.
Nick Torres : Wait, you guys let Reeves do it?
Alex Quinn : Hell no.
Clayton Reeves : I was merely a witness to a whole new universe of foul language.
Nick Torres : Oh, yeah. Quinn has a potty mouth.
Clayton Reeves : No, it was Ellie who raised the bar to Olympic heights.
Alex Quinn : Ah. Even I blushed.
Ellie Bishop : Well, I know six languages. It's easy to get creative.
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Ellie Bishop : The lesser spot-nosed monkey, native to West African forests.
Nick Torres : Now that's a cute animal.
Ellie Bishop : They were the source of the skulls found at the crime scene.
Nick Torres : Not so cute.
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Timothy McGee : Our victim, Gunnery Sergeant Tanner, was single and had a spotless record. He was part of Marine Corps Forces Africa. Just spent three months in Liberia, where his unit was sent to train wildlife rangers.
Ellie Bishop : I've heard of that. U.S. Marines teach non-lethal raid tactics; flash-bangs, rubber bullets.
Timothy McGee : Apprehending poachers is dangerous business.
Ellie Bishop : Well, these monkeys aren't endangered, but they're part of the illegal animal trade and sold as pets.
Nick Torres : Not dead ones. Why the skulls?
Timothy McGee : Maybe they're a message.
Ellie Bishop : Revenge for Marine involvement in Africa?
Nick Torres : Well, that still doesn't explain why the guy was in the park with a wallet full of cash. Maybe the skulls were his.
Ellie Bishop : What? Why?
Timothy McGee : Skulls are valuable. There's an entire American subculture obsessed with bone collecting.
Ellie Bishop : How do you know that?
Leroy Jethro Gibbs : [appearing next to them] He dated Abby.
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Donald Mallard : It's called bushmeat. Derived from animals native to Africa. Bat, monkey, lion... whatever the local population hunts for protein.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs : In Liberia?
Donald Mallard : In many countries all over Africa. It's outlawed by their governments because it destroys the ecosystems.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Duck, this case isn't about rhino horns or elephant tusks.
Donald Mallard : No, it's about food.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs : So what's it doing in the U.S.?
Donald Mallard : Jethro, illegal bushmeat is a worldwide, billion-dollar business. It's smoked, smuggled into the country and then sold on the street to expatriate communities.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs : A taste of home.
Donald Mallard : Well, never underestimate the power of nostalgia. Mere pounds can go for hundreds of dollars.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs : It's a health risk.
Donald Mallard : Well, the greatest fear is of an unknown and catastrophic disease. You see, smoking the meat does not kill off all the bacteria.
Ellie Bishop : Sounds like nightmare soup. It's a shame, I used to like soup.