Sam Trammell credited as playing...
Sam Merlotte
- Sam Merlotte: It would only be a matter of time 'fore you went off on somebody. I don't wanna drive my customers away.
- Tara Thornton: I only go off on stupid people.
- Sam Merlotte: Most of my customers *are* stupid people.
- Tara Thornton: Yeah, but... I could help you keep an eye on Sookie. You see the way she was looking at that vampire? That is just trouble looking for a place to happen.
- Sam Merlotte: How you doing, Sookie?
- Sookie Stackhouse: [annoyed] I've had better nights.
- Sam Merlotte: Yeah? Anything I can do to improve this one for you?
- Sam Merlotte: [hauling her into his office] Sookie, you're being a very stupid girl!
- Sookie Stackhouse: Who asked you? I-I can take care of myself.
- Sam Merlotte: [yelling] I don't think so! Mac could have seriously cut you up last night!
- Sookie Stackhouse: How do you know what Mac would have done?
- Sam Merlotte: Now you're setting up a date with a vampire. What do you have, a death wish?
- Sookie Stackhouse: No I don't have a death wish. I just happen to think that judging an enitre group of people based on the actions of a few individuals within that group is morally wrong!
- Sam Merlotte: Well, I will not let you put yourself or this bar in danger. I won't!
- Sookie Stackhouse: A-am I fired?
- Sam Merlotte: No! But next time you think somebody's being harmed in the parking lot, pick up the phone and call the police. Do not go out there alone like a goddamn vigilante!
- Sookie Stackhouse: [seeing Bill, excited] Oh, my God! I think Merlotte's just got its first vampire.
- Sam Merlotte: [looking over her shoulder] I think you're right.
- Sookie Stackhouse: Can you believe it? Right here in Bon Temps.
- Sam Merlotte: [to Sookie about being a vampire & synthetic blood] You willing to pass up all your favorite foods and spend the rest of your life drinking slim-fast?
- Sam Merlotte: Tara, you know how to tend bar?
- Tara Thornton: No.
- Sam Merlotte: Fake it!
- [handing her his appron and leaving]
- Sam Merlotte: [seeing her come from the woods] Sookie! Thank God. You okay?
- Sookie Stackhouse: I'm fine. And for your information, not all vampires can take care of themselves.