Orphan Black (TV Series)

Conditions of Existence (2013)

Tatiana Maslany: Sarah Manning, Alison Hendrix, Cosima Niehaus

Quotes 

• [Sarah tells Cosima that she's going to shoot Paul's balls off] 

  Sarah Manning : I'm going to shoot Paul's balls off.

  Cosima Niehaus : Wait, just, um, just squeeze them, ok? He's our way into this whole thing.

• [Alison tells Sarah that she was just assaulted by some thug] 

  Alison Hendrix : I was just assaulted by a disgusting thug who thought I was you.

  Sarah Manning : Who? What'd he look like?

  Alison Hendrix : I don't know he was... Urban.

  Sarah Manning : What the hell does that mean?

  Alison Hendrix : Not white, okay?

  Sarah Manning : Oh, shit. Vic?

• [Cosima asks for Scott's help running the sequence for Cytochrome C] 

  Scott : [Scott chuckles]  What's in it for me?

  Cosima Niehaus : Um, how about you get to have sex. With yourself?

  Scott : [Scott awkwardly chuckles some more]  Aw-awesome deal.

• [Sarah finds out that Felix is sleeping with the morgue attendant Colin] 

  Sarah Manning : The morgue attendant? Really?

  Felix Dawkins : Can you knock?

  Sarah Manning : Brilliant, Fe. Shagging the bloke that we conned into identifying my body.

  Felix Dawkins : Colin is the first nice boy I've met in ages.

  Sarah Manning : What, like six weeks?

  Felix Dawkins : No. At least eight.

• [Felix tells Sarah that a spy could be observing her] 

  Felix Dawkins : If, uh, fake Paul was observing Beth, what makes you so certain no one's observing Sarah Manning?

  Sarah Manning : Who? Mrs. S hates me. I haven't seen her in a year. And I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt.

  Felix Dawkins : A ringing vote of confidence.

• [Sarah tries not to imagine that Paul is a monitor after sleeping with him] 

  Sarah Manning : Paul in on it? I don't know.

  Felix Dawkins : Why? Just 'cause he slept with you?

  Sarah Manning : Fe. Yeah, we sort of ended up shagging.

  Cosima Niehaus : [Cosima from the computer screen]  Dude, that's complex.

  Alison Hendrix : You slept with Beth's boyfriend?

  Alison Hendrix : [Sarah remains silent]  Oh. Far be it from me. I may be sleeping with my spy as well.

• [Sarah, Kira, and Mrs. S spend their first evening together] 

  Sarah Manning : [Sarah sits with Kira]  You're so independent, aren't you? Hmm, monkey? Little monkey?

  Mrs. S : Remind you of anyone?

  Sarah Manning : Yeah, but I was much angrier, wasn't I? Even small. You were the one who introduced me to punk rock, though.

  Mrs. S : Yeah. You took all of the attitude, none of the politics.

• [Alison buys surveillance equipment from a surveillance clerk] 

  Scitech Clerk : Deterrence, or surveillance?

  Alison Hendrix : Surveillance, please. Something small.

  Scitech Clerk : You mean something like, uh, this? Wireless, discreet. They call it 'the nanny cam'. Sometimes the nanny's pinching your valuables. Sometimes your husband's pinching the nanny, you know?

  Alison Hendrix : Just show me how it works, please.

• [Cosima tells Sarah that she thinks Paul is in the dark too] 

  Cosima Niehaus : I think that Oliver guy, he runs Paul. It sounds like some kind of double blind.

  Sarah Manning : What are you going on about?

  Cosima Niehaus : They are keeping Paul in the dark too. Right? So that he can't skew the results either.

  Sarah Manning : [Sarah loads her pistol]  You mean he may not even know he's watching a clone?

  Cosima Niehaus : Yes, right. But Olivier definitely knows. Okay? He's the one that we need to get to.

  Sarah Manning : You mind if I get through Paul first?

• [Paul sneaks up on Sarah while she gets ready to take a shower] 

  Sarah Manning : Oh, my God. You arsehole!

  Paul Dierden : You'd stab me in the eye with a nail file?

  Sarah Manning : Yeah, you sneak up on me in the shower, I am gonna stab you in the eye with a nail file!

• [Paul tells Sarah three words to solve their relationship] 

  Paul Dierden : I have three simple words for you. Rio de Janeiro.

  Sarah Manning : [Sarah rolls her eyes at Paul]  I can't just leave now and think about going to Rio.

• [Sarah shows Cosima and Alison the device she puked up earlier that morning] 

  Cosima Niehaus : It's an electrode from an electro-encephalogram array.

  Sarah Manning : A what?

  Cosima Niehaus : An EEG helmet. It monitors electrical activity in the brain.

  Sarah Manning : So it wasn't a bloody dream, then, was it?

  Alison Hendrix : I knew it! Well, how long have I been saying this? We're like lab rats in an illegal experiment.

• [Sarah asks Alison for $20,000] 

  Sarah Manning : Hey, hey, where's the money?

  Alison Hendrix : What's it for?

  Sarah Manning : It's a self-defense fund, yeah? Last time I checked, I'm the only one defending us.

  Alison Hendrix : Here's $20,000. Please use it wisely.

  Sarah Manning : Yeah, I'll bring you the receipt.

• [Donnie searches through Alison's bedroom dresser when she catches him] 

  Alison Hendrix : What are you doing?

  Donnie Hendrix : [Donnie hangs up the phone]  I have to call you back.

  Alison Hendrix : Why... why were you in my vanity?

  Donnie Hendrix : I need... scissors.

  [Donnie walks out of the room when Alison sees a pair of scissors on top of the dresser] 

• [Felix asks Sarah what to do for if Paul finds them looking for surveillance equipment] 

  Felix Dawkins : All right, what do we do if he walks in?

  Sarah Manning : Shoot him.

  Sarah Manning : [Felix remains silent]  I'm kidding.

• [Sarah plants the mic in Felix's work office] 

  Sarah Manning : Felix, I hope you can hear this.

  Felix Dawkins : [Felix whispers in the ear piece]  Yes! Yeah, I can. Now, you silly bitch, would you get your fanny out of there?

• [Paul asks Sarah what happened to the scar on the back of her neck] 

  Paul Dierden : [as Paul combs Sarah's hair back]  What happened to your scar?

  Sarah Manning : What?

  Paul Dierden : The scar on your neck from the mountain bike crash. It's gone.

  Sarah Manning : Oh. Really? I-I'm using a new lotion.

• [Alison finds the porno movie in Donnie's closet] 

  Alison Hendrix : [Alison reads]  'Big Boob Blowies'!

• [Alison asks Donnie what's in his locked container box] 

  Alison Hendrix : What's in the box, Donnie?

  Donnie Hendrix : It's private.

  Alison Hendrix : No, it isn't! What... What is in it? Donnie, what's in the box?

  Donnie Hendrix : I am entitled to a little privacy, even in this house.

  Alison Hendrix : Oh, that's rich coming from you.

  Donnie Hendrix : What the hell is that supposed to mean?

• [Scott and Cosima go over the blood samples from Katja Obinger] 

  Cosima Niehaus : Yeah, blood looks fine. No infection.

  Scott : What kind of symptoms are we talking about?

  Cosima Niehaus : Um... Shortness of breath, coughing up blood, that sort of thing.

  Scott : Who's the subject?

  Cosima Niehaus : Uh, subjects. And, if I told you that, I'd have to kill you.

• [Felix tells Sarah that Paul is falling for her] 

  Sarah Manning : He's a bastard.

  Felix Dawkins : Who?

  Sarah Manning : Paul. Beth loved him, but he wouldn't love her back and he wouldn't leave her.

  Felix Dawkins : Mm. Well, he's certainly changed his tune now, hasn't he? Sarah, he's falling for you.

  Sarah Manning : God, what a mess.

• [Sarah tells Felix that Kira is the only thing that matters] 

  Sarah Manning : Of all the things that scare me right now, Fe, this one's the heaviest.

  Kira : You know she can't wait to see you, right?

  Sarah Manning : Yeah, thanks. She's the only thing that really matters, you know?

• [Sarah sees Kira for the first time] 

  Sarah Manning : [Sarah tears up]  Hey. It's me, this time.

  Kira : I know.

  Sarah Manning : [Kira hugs Sarah as Sarah cries]  God, I missed you so much.

  Kira : I missed you, too.

  [Sarah laughs with tears in her eyes] 

• [Kira asks Sarah if she's okay] 

  Kira : Why are you wearing such fancy clothes?

  Sarah Manning : Ah... You don't miss a thing, do you?

  Kira : Are you okay, mummy?

  Sarah Manning : Yeah, I am, now. God, you're so big!

  Kira : I'm the smallest kid in my class.

  Sarah Manning : [Sarah laughs with tears in her eyes]  Well, you're big to me.

• [Cosima meets Delphine Cormier for the first time] 

  Cosima Niehaus : You're in microbiology, too, right?

  Delphine Cormier : Yes. Um, immunology. I study host-parasite relationships.

  Cosima Niehaus : Oh, cool, cool! Yeah, I'm evo-devo.

  Delphine Cormier : Evolutionary development.

  Cosima Niehaus : Yeah, yeah. That's... that's what we call it here.

  Delphine Cormier : [Delphine smiles]  Yeah. Yeah. Delphine.

  Cosima Niehaus : [Cosima smiles]  Cosima.

  Delphine Cormier : Enchantée.

  Cosima Niehaus : [Cosima blushes]  Enchantée.

• [Sarah gives Vic $20,000 to leave her alone] 

  Sarah Manning : This is 'piss off' money, ok? You don't get to know anything.

  Vic : [Vic holds his hand up]  I'm entitled to know everything. Can I ask you a question? How do you do it? Lying there in that morgue, holding your breath, Sarah, while I am bawling, I'm crying like a goddamn child? You know what's crazy? You know how stupid I am? I'm standing here, looking at you, and all I keep thinking about is Myrtle Beach. You remember?

  Sarah Manning : Yeah, that was a long time ago, Vic.

  Vic : I was working with that mook, Angel. You had your in with the carnies.

  Sarah Manning : I'm not proud of what we did.

  Vic : We were on top of the world, Sarah.

  Sarah Manning : We were parasites.

  Vic : No, we were in love.

  Sarah Manning : Not me. Ever.

• [Cosima calls Sarah as Sarah sits outside of Paul's house] 

  Sarah Manning : [Sarah answers her phone]  Felix called you?

  Cosima Niehaus : Yeah. He just played me the recording. I heard everything. Where are you?

  Sarah Manning : I'm about to go in and shoot Paul in the balls.

• [Paul finds out the true identity of Sarah] 

  Paul Dierden : [Paul holds his gun on Sarah]  One last time. Whoever you are... where is Beth?

  Sarah Manning : [Sarah in her British accent]  She killed herself. She jumped in front of a train.

  Paul Dierden : You're English. Who are you?

  Sarah Manning : I'm her twin.

  Paul Dierden : Twin? Is this a test?

• [last lines] 

  Sarah Manning : [Sarah tells Paul that he's a mole and killed the woman who loved him]  You're a plant, and she killed herself because the man that she loved turned her whole life into a lie. She knew you didn't love her and she couldn't understand why you wouldn't leave. And, now, she figured it out.

  Paul Dierden : [Paul holds his gun on Sarah]  This isn't true. It's a sick test. Isn't it? Isn't it?

  Sarah Manning : She trusted you. How could you do that to her?

  Paul Dierden : You think I had a choice?

  Sarah Manning : Just tell me why.

  Paul Dierden : [Paul in a low voice]  They don't tell us why.