Without a Trace (TV Series)

Victory for Humanity (2003)

Poppy Montgomery: FBI MPU SA Samantha Spade

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Quotes 

• [Talking to a suspect's sister] 

  Samantha : Hi. I'm Samantha Spade. I'm with the FBI.

  Teri Fuller : Sam Spade - like in the "Maltese Falcon"?

  Samantha : Don't remind me. My mother was a big Bogart fan.

• [Going through Josh's kitchen] 

  Danny : Creatine, amino acids, vitamin supplements... heroin.

  Samantha : How do you know it's not wheat germ?

• Vivian : Hey, don't take your coat off, you're going to meet parents back at Josh's apartment in twenty minutes.

  Samantha : [groans]  Ugh, it's five flights of stairs.

  Vivian : Better than a Stairmaster.

• [about Josh Abrams' parents] 

  Samantha : Just a little bit controlling.

  Jack Malone : Wonder if they let him go to the bathroom by himself.

• [Teri has run off to meet up with Josh] 

  Samantha : What about her?

  Vivian : Well, if I'm right, she went voluntarily.

  Samantha : She's 16, Viv. It's statutory rape, it is kidnapping, and he is a fugitive.

  Vivian : She's 17 in three weeks, and if she consented to go...

  Samantha : ...without her father's permission.

  Vivian : It's a hard case to make, Sam, and you know it.

  Samantha : I don't think it's that hard.

• [about Teri and Josh] 

  Vivian : Sounds like she had everyone wrapped around her little finger.

  Samantha : Come on, Viv. You've seen the family. She's just trying to survive.

  Vivian : Yeah, well, she got her meal ticket now.

  Samantha : Yeah, and he got his "Victory for Humanity".

• [after tracing Teri's location] 

  Jack Malone : We'll send in the locals.

  Samantha : Jack, this is a kidnapping.

  Jack Malone : She'll be 17 in three weeks. It's a technicality.

  Samantha : This girl is damaged, okay? And she is being taken advantage of.

  Jack Malone : Look, the life she's leaving behind isn't much better with that father and that brother. What do you want to do, put her in a foster home?

  Samantha : [softly]  She's just a kid.

• [Teri has run-off for good] 

  Samantha : We're not going to find her, are we?

  Jack Malone : Canadian border's too hard to cover.

  Samantha : Yeah. Pretty sophisticated plan, though.

  Jack Malone : She read Hammett, right?

  Samantha : Yeah. Femme Fatale.

  Jack Malone : Yeah.

  Samantha : I ran away when I was her age.

  Jack Malone : I'm not surprised. How far did you get?

  Samantha : My mom tracked me down at the bus station the next town over.

  Jack Malone : Did you catch hell?

  Samantha : I remember when I saw her... just having someone look for me, that was enough to keep me from trying it again.

  Jack Malone : It's a good thing.