DIALOGUE / TRANSCRIPT

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Allison: What's going on?
Chris: Your aunt Kate just texted me. I'm heading out to pick her up.
Allison: It's 2 in the morning, is everything okay?
Chris: Yeah, yeah, she's just having a little car trouble.
Allison: Not serious, is it?
Chris: No, just a flat tire. Go back to bed, sweetheart.

Chris: Get. In.
Kate: Not even, "Hello, nice to see you"?
Chris: All I've got at the moment is, "please put the assault rifle away before someone notices."
Kate: That's the brother I love. Chris, there were two of 'em.
Chris: The alpha?
Kate: I don't know, but one of them tried to kill me.
Chris: One of them is gonna lead us to the other. He can't do that if he's dead.

Kate: Well, I can't help kill either of them if one of them kills me first.
Chris: How long will it take?
Kate: I give him 48 hours. If that.

Kate: Hey, Chris! Get your ass out of the fifties and come help with the groceries!
Chris: Be right there!
Chris: You two...mind helping?
Allison: Sure.
Scott: ...no problem.
Chris: Great.

Chris: Thank you.
Scott: So...do you still wanna study?
Chris: I think she'll concentrate better on her own.
Scott: Um..I guess I'll...see you later then?
Chris: At school. You, on your bike. You, inside.
Kate: Oh, come on, Chris, really? They were making out in the garage, not shooting amateur porn. You, with the adorable brown eyes, drop your bike. You're staying for dinner.
Chris: [sigh] you eat meat?
Scott: Uh, yeah...you don't mind?
Chris: Actually, no. Gives us a chance to get to know each other.

Victoria: Would you like something else to drink besides water, Scott?
Scott: Uh...no, I'm good.
Chris: Thanks. Get you some beer?
Scott: ...no thanks.
Chris: Shot of tequila?
Allison: Dad, really?
Chris: You don't drink, Scott?
Scott: I'm not old enough to.
Victoria: That doesn't seem to stop many teenagers.
Scott: No, but it should.
Kate: Good answer. Total lie, but, well played, Scott. You may yet survive the night.
Chris: You ever smoke pot?
Kate: Okay, changing the channel to something a little less conservative. So Scott, uh, Allison tells us you're on the lacrosse team. I'm sorry, I don't know anything about that. How do you play?
Scott: Um, well, you know hockey? It's a lot like that, only, um, played on grass instead of ice.
Chris: Hockey on grass is called field hockey.
Scott: ...oh.
Allison: Yeah, so, it's like field hockey - except the sticks have nets.
Scott: Exactly!
Kate: And can you slap check like in hockey?
Scott: Um, yeah, but it's only the gloves and the sticks.
Kate: Sounds violent. I like it.
Allison: Scott's amazing, too. Dad came with me in the first game, wasn't he good?
Chris: He was fine.
Allison: He scored the last shot. Winning shot.
Chris: True, but he didn't score at all until the last few minutes.
Allison: His last shot? Ripped a hole through the goalie's net. It was incredible.
Chris: Well, I think the goalie was probably playing with a defective stick, so...
Scott: You know, on second thought. I think I'll take that shot of tequila.
Chris: You were kidding, right?
Scott: Yeah.

Chris: What does your boss think of the animal attacks? Any theories?
Scott: Everyone was just saying it's a mountain lion.
Kate: It'd have to be a pretty large mountain lion.
Victoria: What do you think, Scott?
Scott: I don't know. We usually get cats and dogs at the vet. Nothing that vicious.
Chris: Never had to deal with a rabid dog? Oh, I grew up with a lot of dogs. I saw one get rabies from a bat. It was transferred through the bite. You know, people think that a rabid dog just suddenly goes mad. It's a lot more gradual. First stage is subtle changes in behavior. They're restless, morose. It's the second stage that people know, the furious phase. That's when they attack, and we're talking any moving object.
Chris: Did you know that a caged rabid dog will break its own teeth, trying to chew through the bars?
Chris: It'll even rear back and snap its own spine. Can you imagine the amount of force it would take to do that? It's a complete character reversal. This harmless animal...turned into a perfectly vicious killer...and it all started with that one bite.
Allison: But it died, didn't it.
Victoria: Yes, because your grandfather shot it.
Allison: Because he wanted to put it out of its misery.
Chris: Because it was too dangerous. Something that out of control is better off dead.

Chris: What are you talking about?
Kate: My bag was open in the guest room, and when I left it was shut, and Scott comes in to use the bathroom. He leaves, my bag's open.
Allison: He didn't take anything...
Kate: Something was taken from my bag. Now look, I hate to be the accuser here, Scott, because I really do love those adorable brown eyes, but I don't know if you're a klepto, or if you're curious, or if you're just stupid but answer the question. What did you take?

Kate: The one that attacked me was big, it had width and power, but the one that I shot was lean and fast.
Chris: Well, that would be Derek Hale.
Kate: Are you sure?
Chris: Mostly.
Kate: Well, how do we know it's just the two of em?
Chris: We don't, yet, but if Derek's still alive he will lead us to the Alpha.
Kate: Take the pack leader, and take the pack.
Chris: And we do it according to the code.
Kate: You and that code.
Chris: It's there for a reason, Kate.
Kate: Of course. I always play by the rules.

(1x05) THE TELL

Teacher: Allison Argent. An incredibly sweet girl, and quick to adjust despite all of the moving around.
Chris: We know it's hard on her, but, uh, it's a necessary evil.
Teacher: Necessary or not, I'd be prepared for some...how do I put this?
Chris: Rebelliousness?
Victoria: We appreciate the concern, but we have a great relationship with our daughter. Very open and honest.
Teacher: I'm happy to hear that, and let her know that I hope she's feeling better.
Chris: She wasn't in class?
Teacher: Oh she wasn't in school. I checked with the office.

Chris: Allison, answering your cellphone will make discussing the terms of your grounding much easier. Well, call me back, before your punishment reaches biblical proportions.
Victoria: Kate hasn't heard from her either.
Chris: She doesn't do this.
Melissa: Excuse me, you're not Allison's parents, are you? I'm Scott's mom and I hate to say it, but he's not answering his phone either.
Chris: You're his mother?
Melissa: Funny how you say that like an accusation.
Chris: Well, I wouldn't claim it like a source of pride since he basically kidnapped my daughter today.
Melissa: How do we know skipping school wasn't your daughter's idea?
Chris: My daughter...is right there.

Chris: Allison, in the car.

(1x08) LUNATIC

Allison: Dad, if you're going to insist on driving me to school you at least have to let me out of the car.
Chris: Kate, what's your opinion on homeschooling?
Kate: Well, you know, I'm more of a learning-by-doing kind of girl.
Allison: What's your opinion on overprotective dads who keep ruining their daughters lives?
Allison: Thank you.
Kate: You're welcome.
Kate: So, Chris...
Chris: Don't. Just don't. Your look communicates it perfectly. Yes, I underestimated the danger. Yes, we should've acted sooner. Yes, I should've listened to you. Anything else? Or does that cover it?
Kate: All I was going to say is you need to stop and get some gas.

Kate: So what, another night of kicking through leaves in the woods?
Chris: I prefer to think of it as another of trying to keep innocent people from being killed, a list which now includes my daughter.
Hunter: How do we know it won't try going after her again.
Kate: It won't go after Allison.
Chris: It won't have any target at all, not on a full moon.
Hunter: How come?
Chris: An Alpha is like any other werewolf on the full moon, it struggles under its way which means tonight is our best chance to catch it when its unfocused.
Kate: Yeah, but, what if it has a reason to stay focused?
Chris: Oh, do you know something we don't?
Kate: I just don't like surprises, but you're the expert so you tell me.
Hunter: What about Derek?
Kate: He's smarter than that, he won't be out tonight. There's cops everywhere.
Chris: And if for some reason he is...
Victoria: If he is...you find him. And you kill him. You cut him in half.
Victoria: ...Now, anybody want a cookie?


(2x02) SHAPE SHIFTED

Principal: Can I help you?
Chris: Well, I hope so, Principal Thomas. As a concerned parent, uh, I was wondering - how long has it been since your last performance review?
Principal: What?
Chris: We were wondering.

Victoria: Are you aware there's been an alarming drop in academic achievement test scores over the past few semesters? It's led the parents of Beacon Hills over to the unfortunate conclusion that you may no longer be suited to the conclusion of School Principal.
Principal: You can't fire me.
Victoria: True, but we can torture you.

Gerard: I'm not interested in whether or not they locked up a sixteen year old kid. I'm interested in what's going to happen to that sixteen year old when the moon hits its peak tonight. Do we have proof?
Chris: Is the next step killing him?
Gerard: The next step is eliminating the threat. Do we have proof?
Chris: I haven't been in history class for a while, but I'm pretty sure straight-up genocide hasn't been done too often.
Gerard: Do we have proof or not?
Chris: Not irrefutable. But not insignificant. The driver's seat of Lahey's car was pried off - ripped off.

(2x03) ICE PICK
Have you ever wondered what happens if a Hunter gets bitten, Allison? What happens if you - get bitten? What do you think your father would do? What do you think you have to do? When all it would take to change everything is one bite. One bite.
Chris: Everything changes.
Allison: Is this how we're going to do father daughter talks from now on?!
Chris: No. This is how we're going to train you. Do you know why we use arrows?
Allison: They can't heal until it's taken out.
Chris: Look familiar?
Allison: You were going to kill him.
Chris: That's right, and if we find Isaac on another full moon, we will kill him. That's the hard choices we make. It wasn't my choice.
Allison: Gerard?
Chris: No. See, our family has a surprisingly progressive tradition. Knowing wars and violence are typically started by men, we place the final decisions - the hard ones - with the woman. Our sons are trained to be soldiers, and our daughters, leaders. Your training starts now. Timer!

Chris: Heading out?
Allison: Studying. Just studying, Dad.
Chris: I get it, but we need you to remember what happened.
Allison: Do you want me to stop being friends with her?
Chris: Actually, we want the opposite. I know how this may sound, but, we need you to keep an eye on her.
Allison: You want me to spy on her.
Chris: We want you to look out for your friend. To make sure everything's okay with her.
Allison: Seems okay to me.

Chris: Wait.
Jackson: What happened here?
Chris: That's a good question. I got one for you, Jackson, what are you doing here?
Jackson: Nothing. I was - I was just - I was...
Chris: Jackson, I hope you're not still pursuing something that you shouldn't be, cause I don't want to be forced to pursue you.
Chris: Stay out of this. You have so much good in your life. You're smart, you're good looking, you're captain of the lacrosse team.
Jackson: Co-captain.

Chris: I was wondering if you could give me a medical opinion on what killed this man.
Deaton: I don't know if you saw the sign out there, but this is just an animal clinic.
Chris: Oh, I'm aware of that. I'm also aware that you're not just a vet.

(2x04) ABOMINATION
Gerard: Alright, why is everyone so quiet? Is it that uncomfortable that they dated?
Chris: Did you ask them if they'd be uncomfortable?
Gerard: Alright I know it's been a few centuries since I've been a teenager but back then we dated and broke up all of the time.
Allison: We're fine, right Scott?
Scott: Totally fine.
Gerard: Then why did you break up?
Scott: She dumped me.
Chris: No offense, Scott, but I think Allison maybe felt that the two of you were just growing apart.
Gerard: As if the father's opinion isn't biased! How do you know they weren't as passionate as Romeo and Juliet?
Chris: Romeo and Juliet committed ritual suicide. I think they could use a little less passion.
Allison: Can we PLEASE talk about something else?
Victoria: Great idea.
Chris: Scott, how about you help me grab dessert from the kitchen?
Chris: Do I need to fill you in the details of what would happen to you if he found out what we all know?
Scott: No, but I'm kind of wondering what would happen to you, actually.
Chris: Oh it wouldn't be very good for me, but I'd have plenty of chances to redeem myself and that, that wouldn't be good for you.

Allison: Can we be excused? I just remembered Scott and I have some notes to go over.
Chris: I don't think that'd be appropriate.