Best Lines on TV This Week (March 3 – March 9): “Welcome to the House That Fear Built. Come on In.”

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Bates Motel
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Bates Motel

“You don’t need to announce her, Chick, you’re not the butler.”

– Norman (Freddie Highmore) to Chick (Ryan Hurst), who’s repairing the windows, when Madeleine (Isabelle McNally) comes to visit the Bates’ residence.

Paul Wesley as Stefan and Ian Somerhalder as Damon in The Vampire Diaries - 'It's Been a Hell of a Ride'
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The Vampire Diaries


Stefan: “I hope I get to see you have this one day with Elena: a wedding, a human life, all of it.”

Damon: “I want you to be there, too, brother, because I’m going to need a best man. Hopefully, your hero hair hasn’t fallen out by then.”

– Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) before Stefan’s wedding.

Big Little Lies - Laura Dern
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Big Little Lies


“She doesn’t need to know it’s a therapist. Some of the best ones now dress up as clowns. She could think it’s another birthday surprise.”

– Renata (Laura Dern) considering having her daughter Amabella (Ivy George) go to therapy.

Judy Davis as Hedda Hopper, Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford in Feud
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Feud: Bette and Joan

“Welcome to the house that fear built. Come on in.”

– Hedda Hopper (Judy Davis) greeting her guests Bette (Susan Sarandon) and Joan (Jessica Lange).

The Middle – Eden Sher, Charlie McDermott, Atticus Shaffer
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The Middle

“Wow. I don’t know what series of catastrophes befell the world for you to end up here, but I am sorry.”

– Axl (Charlie McDermott) to Lexie (Daniela Bobadilla) after she reveals she gave up her Spring Break to the Bahamas to go to Orson with Sue.

Time After Time - GENESIS RODRIGUEZ
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Time After Time


“You can freshen up and rest some, but then you have to leave because my stray puppy dog syndrome only goes so far.”

– Jane Walker (Genesis Rodriguez) to an out-of-his-time H.G. Wells (Freddie Stroma) after she brings him to her apartment to stay the night.

The Bachelor - Corrine
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The Bachelor




“Everybody naps, just like everybody poops. They wrote a book about it!”

– Corinne during the great 2017 Nap Debate during the Women Tell All on The Bachelor.

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