Grabbers (2012)

Richard Coyle: Garda Ciarán O'Shea

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Quotes 

• Garda Lisa Nolan : You're drunk.

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : No, I'm not. No.

  Garda Lisa Nolan : Is that right?

  [Ciarán chuckles] 

  Garda Lisa Nolan : Say the alphabet backwards for me.

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : Em... Zed... Et cetera.

  Garda Lisa Nolan : I hope you're not driving.

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : No. I'm taking Johnny's horse. Yah.

  Garda Lisa Nolan : You're going to ride a horse while intoxicated?

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : Yeah, so? The horse is sober.

• Garda Ciarán O'Shea : What killed him, Jim?

  Dr. Jim Gleeson : The fact that he's just a head. You bring me someone with a head cold or a headache and I could do something, but you bring me just a head and you're taking the piss. Jesus, they could bury him in a shoe box.

  Garda Lisa Nolan : Doctor, we need to know.

  Dr. Jim Gleeson : He was mauled in some way by some... animal or... something. I dunno. A tiger?

• Una Maher : You're throwing a party?

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : Yeah.

  Una Maher : Why?

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : Who needs a reason to have a laugh, ha-ha-ha?

  Garda Lisa Nolan : [slurring]  It's a welcome party for me.

  Una Maher : Welcome party? But you're leaving in a fortnight.

  Garda Lisa Nolan : So it's a goodbye party, whatever.

  Una Maher : You only just got here.

  Garda Lisa Nolan : [slurring, to O'Shea]  What's her problem?

• Garda Ciarán O'Shea : What is it, Paddy?

  Paddy Barrett : Wouldn't you like to know?

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : Not really, no.

  Paddy Barrett : You would, though.

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : No, not really.

  Paddy Barrett : You would. If you were to know what I know, you'd want to know.

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : All right, tell us then.

  Paddy Barrett : [leans in]  Right, so, between you and me, I caught meself a sea monster today. Swear to God, may he strike me down. You don't believe me?

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : Not a bit.

  Paddy Barrett : I am no liar.

  Brian Maher : Ha!

  Paddy Barrett : Feck off, you!

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : All right, where is it?

  Paddy Barrett : In me bathtub.

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : In your bathtub.

  Paddy Barrett : Having a bath.

  [Paddy laughs] 

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : Goodnight, Paddy.

• Garda Lisa Nolan : Smith said it needs water, right?

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : Pfff... says a lot of things.

  Paddy Barrett : Mostly bollocks.

  Garda Lisa Nolan : Whatever. But if it needs water to survive, how could it be movin' about on dry land?

  Paddy Barrett : It was rainin'. When it's rainin', there's no such thing as dry land.

• Garda Ciarán O'Shea : [Touching the seemingly dead alien species]  It's dead, right?

  Dr. Adam Smith : Ummm, I'm not sure.

  Garda Ciarán O'Shea : [Moves away cautiously]  You're not what?

  Dr. Adam Smith : Basic tests I've done so far have shown up nothing usual or normal. It is beyond mystifying. I mean, really, I can't be sure without opening it up.

  Paddy Barrett : [Swiftly beats it with a stick; it doesn't move]  Ah... Tis dead.

• Garda Ciarán O'Shea : If we taint our blood with booze, we're poisonous to eat.

• Garda Ciarán O'Shea : As, as, as... flattering as it is... to hear a... a beautiful drunk s-slurrin' her feelings for me... now's not the time.

• Garda Ciarán O'Shea : [pours pure alcohol down the mouth of the main grabber]  Sláinte.

• Garda Ciarán O'Shea : [after Adam shows the egg of the dead female grabber]  How did that big egg... come out of that?

  Dr. Adam Smith : [Constantly looking at Lisa, even when replying to Ciarán]  Mother Nature is a mysterious one, isn't she? Incredibly beautiful!

  [to Lisa] 

  Dr. Adam Smith : You related?