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“I think my mother was right. I should've gone into banking.”
— Emma Ren, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Banking, Regret
“Nestor Rosario: [finishing a child's juice box] Have any more grape?

Jude Ellis: That's your third one.

Nestor Rosario: They're tiny.

Jude Ellis: They're for Oliver.

Nestor Rosario: I'm sorry. I know. It's just that Jill doesn't want me drinking sugary drinks anymore. She says they make me ramble. You know it's harder to quit sugar than it is cocaine? [a doorbell rings]”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Sugar, Cocaine, Grape Juice
“Jude Ellis: This, uh, little game of keep away...this has something to do with what those people down there are telling you, isn't it?

Emma Ren: We're just trying to streamline this operation, limit exposure.

Jude Ellis: Almost convinced me. Now try it again without the eye twitch.”
— Emma Ren, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Game, keep away
“Nestor Rosario: I've been sneaking Dr. Peppers at work.

Jude Ellis: Pull yourself together, man.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Dr. Pepper, pull yourself together
“Caleb: People traveled from all over to get to the site; people with no other way out. We were the first group to attempt it. We knew there would be risks. But no one expected to arrive how we did; in the water, beneath the surface. Something went wrong.

Emma Ren: With the time machine.

Caleb: Look, I know how this must sound to you.

Emma Ren: I'm not here to doubt you, I'm here to help you, but the fact is you listed a date of birth almost 150 years from now. So please just help us understand how that's possible.

Caleb: You can't imagine what will become possible.”
— Emma Ren, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: travel, Risk, Possibility
“Jude Ellis: So, I sent my coroner to the hangar, and apparently, your men won't let him in to see the bodies. Then I come here, these guys won't let me down to the beach.

Emma Ren: I apologize. I should've given you the heads-up. I can no longer have you and your men on this site.

Jude Ellis: You can't have us? That's funny. I thought we were having you.

Emma Ren: And I need to ask you not to talk about this case with anyone.

Jude Ellis: I have a town full of people wondering what's going on down here. The press want a statement. I can't not talk to them.

Emma Ren: I understand. I will consult with my superiors and I will get you official talking points.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Bodies, Plane Hangar, Talking Points
“Nestor Rosario: Between us, those people...what are they saying?

Jude Ellis: Nothing that makes any sense. [heavy sigh] They're storing the bodies in that plane hangar off 81. Tell Ruben to get down there, log prints, record any identifying marks.

Nestor Rosario: Sure you don't want the feds handling that?

Jude Ellis: No. They washed up on our beach.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Bodies, Plane Hangar
“Nestor Rosario: No life jackets.

Jude Ellis: Huh?

Nestor Rosario: None of them are wearing life jackets.

Jude Ellis: Go home. Feds have got this. You've been here all day.

Nestor Rosario: Where'd they come from, Jude?

Jude Ellis: I don't know.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: dead body, boat, Life Jackets, Feds
“Jude Ellis: Leah, how did you get in the water? [seeing she's scared] It's all right. You don't have to be afraid.

Leah: We were running away.

Jude Ellis: You were running away. From what?

Leah: The war.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Rescue, Drowning, Fear, War
“Jude Ellis: Leah, where are you from?

Leah: From here.

Jude Ellis: From here? America. [Leah nods] But there's no war here.

Leah: There will be.

Jude Ellis: I'm sorry. I don't understand.

Caleb: [overhearing nearby] There's a lot you won't understand.

Emma Ren: Why do you say that?

Caleb: Because what she's talking about, these things that we've experienced...they haven't happened yet.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: America, War, Foreshadowing
“Jude Ellis: I'm Jude. What's your name?

Leah: Leah.

Jude Ellis: Leah? That's a pretty name. It's from the Bible, if I'm not mistaken.

Leah: From what?”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Jude, Leah, Bible, Huh?
“Jude Ellis: Do you know any of these people here?

Leah: My mom.

Jude Ellis: Your mom? Is your mom here?

Leah: [pointing towards the ocean] In the water.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Jude, Leah, Loss of Parent
“Nestor Rosario: Haven't been out here in years. We used to go out on the rocks, try not to get knocked off by the waves, you know? Wasn't much else to do that didn't involve getting drunk. Used to do that, too. [soft snicker] A little bit, you know? Malt liquor mostly. Malt liquor gets a bad rap.

Jude Ellis: Hey, you know, you can stay in the car if you want.

Nestor Rosario: Shoot, no, man. I'm fine. Totally fine.

Jude Ellis: All right.

Nestor Rosario: You must've seen a lot in Oakland. Bodies.

Jude Ellis: Yeah. A few.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: dead body, Oakland, Malt Liquor
“Nestor Rosario: An Army chopper spotted a body down at Thorn Beach.

Jude Ellis: I thought no one went to Thorn Beach.

Nestor Rosario: Not this time of year. Probably washed up?”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: dead body
“Nestor Rosario: [pulling Jude from his yoga class] I didn't mean to bo...interrupt you...your class.

Jude Ellis: Trust me, you saved me a groin pull.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Rescue, Groin Pull
“Nestor Rosario: [finding a body on the beach] What are you thinking?

Jude Ellis: Well, he wasn't out for a swim.

Nestor Rosario: Fell off a boat, maybe?

Jude Ellis: Yeah, maybe. [seeing more bodies] Damn.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: dead body, boat
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