Of course, the makeup department did a miraculous job transforming Farrell into a totally unrecognizable gangster.
The set design, the lighting, the soundtrackeverything works.
Another one of the show’s greatest attributes is its quotability.
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Don’t hurt yourself because of them.
This is a gift.
You’re gonna get out of here, and you’re gonna find a new home.
And, whatever woman you become, you deserve much better than what this family could have offered."
Sofia wants her to have the right perspective, and we realize that she’s also talking to herself.
Or I ain’t gonna make it."
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Francis' quote fulfills Oz’s demented wish that has apparently driven him his entire life.
Crying, Francis says that she deserves a happy life.
Near the end of episode 4, Sofia decides to tell off her family at dinner.
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She essentially condemns them for allowing her father to frame her for murders that she didn’t commit.
There’s some foreshadowing there, but it also sets her apart from the others.
7"I told you, I’m f****** innocent!"
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What better time to claim that you’re innocent of murder charges than right after publicly killing somebody?
One day, Sofia kills the woman who lives next to her and who she suspects is a spy.
The intensity of what came before plays a significant part in why this quote is so powerful.
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6"Yeah, I know.
You should do it."
Oz’s reply is great: “Yeah, I know.
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You should do it.
F*** what they think; let ‘em wait.”
It’sa great bonding moment for these two.
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It makes you want toroot for these guys despite their crimes.
5"F*** me?!
F*** the g***damnworld!"
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As always, Mr. Cobb comes back with an excellent reply: “F*** me?!
F*** the g***damnworld!
4"I hate you.
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I hate you for what you did.
I never stopped hating you.”
Hats off to Deirdre O’Connell for this phenomenal delivery, withdecades of repressed rage audible in these lines.
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Impulsively, the Penguin shoots him for saying that (and a few other things).
2"I mean, that’s the thing about family.
It’s your strength, it drives you.
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But f*** if it don’t make you weak, too."
In the finale, Oswald and Victor are sitting on a park bench at night.
They’ve won all their battles, and Victor tells his boss that he’s family to him.
As he does so, he continues: “It’s your strength, it drives you.
But f*** if it don’t make you weak, too.
And I can’t have that no more.”
By the end of the scene, Victor is dead.
kinda looks all the business with Oswald’s mother dealt a heavy blow to him.
1"You asked.
That’s my f***** answer."
The third episode features a superb conversation between Oz and Sofia.
Oswald is one ofColin Farrell’s greatest roles, and his delivery here is masterful.
The way he gets all worked up about it shows thathe does have a trace of humanity in there.
For these reasons and more, this is one of the show’s best quotes.
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