Without a Trace (TV Series)

Prodigy (2003)

Poppy Montgomery: Samantha Spade

Quotes 

• Samantha Spade : So, you see... when a bullet goes into the thigh, it can lodge in the fascia. That's the, uh, connective tissue. Mine was a through-and-through, which means the bullet went...

  Dr. Lisa Harris : I know what it is.

  Samantha Spade : Okay. So, to answer your question, getting shot felt like very much like someone had taken a jackhammer to my leg. A burning hot jackhammer. And you're staring at me.

  Dr. Lisa Harris : Samantha... I asked you what it felt like to be shot, and you described, in quite some detail, the physical experience of being wounded. I'm interested in knowing how it felt in other ways.

  Samantha Spade : [trying to joke, as a means of deflection]  Oh. Why didn't you say that?

• Dr. Lisa Harris : Samantha, you were brought here because you were a hostage in a kidnapping, during which you were shot in the leg with your own gun. You were assigned to desk duty, and as soon as you were allowed back on active, you shot and killed two suspects during an investigation.

  Samantha Spade : That was a good shooting.

  Dr. Lisa Harris : Yes, I read the report.

  Samantha Spade : There's a little girl, a violinist, who is missing. I'm sure you've heard. I could help her a lot more if I was out there doing my job.

  Dr. Lisa Harris : Right now, this is part of your job. And as our time is up, I won't keep you.

  [Sam stands to leave] 

  Dr. Lisa Harris : I have you on for Thursday, 8:00 a.m.

  Samantha Spade : I can't do Thursday. But I'll call you.

• Samantha Spade : Sorry, I got held up with something.

  Jack Malone : How'd it go?

  Samantha Spade : Pointless.

  Jack Malone : [sarcastically deadpan]  That's good.

• Samantha Spade : I spoke to our attaché in Moscow. He gave me some very interesting details on Natasha's father, Dmitry. Here we go. He was sentenced to 25 years in a Russian prison for racketeering. He only served two.

  Jack Malone : I doubt he got out for good behavior. He must have turned on somebody.

  Samantha Spade : Well, if that's the case, I'm sure he had enemies going in, he had a hell of a lot more coming out.

• Damon : I love my son, but ever since his mom left, I just don't know how to handle him, and now to think that he's corrupted Natasha somehow...

  Samantha Spade : Where is he right now?

  Damon : He-He goes to school up in Vermont. I've been trying to reach him to tell him about Natasha.

  Samantha Spade : Did Shane have access backstage?

  Damon : Sure. But he wouldn't kidnap her, if that's what you're suggesting.

  Samantha Spade : What if his father told him he couldn't see her anymore?

• Samantha Spade : So, here's what I got. Apparently, Shane forged a note from his parents to get out of school, and nobody's seen him since 10:00 a.m. yesterday. Now, there's an 11:00 a.m. Greyhound that gets into the city at 4:30. That would have left him plenty of time to get to the concert hall.

  Jack Malone : He's got a credit card?

  Samantha Spade : Yeah, in his father's name. We're running it now. Get anything out of the dad?

  Jack Malone : Well, it turns out we were right. He rolled over on a couple of Mafia types in St. Petersburg. One happens to be his ex-business partner. Moved to New York a couple of months ago.

  Samantha Spade : Maybe his ex-partner's here to settle a score.

  Jack Malone : We're not gonna know until we find him. In the meantime, I want you to talk to Natasha's doctor, find out about those drugs.

• Dr. Shrindar : I would not have prescribed Oxycontin to her for any reason. Certainly not for acute anxiety.

  Samantha Spade : Anxiety?

  Dr. Shrindar : Her parents didn't tell you?

  Samantha Spade : Mmm, tell us what?

  Dr. Shrindar : That's what I was afraid of. She came in here about a week and a half ago with her boyfriend.

  [flashback sequence] 

  Samantha Spade : Would her panic attacks have been triggered by a particular event, or... or a recent trauma?

  Dr. Shrindar : Not necessarily. It usually comes from an accumulation of stress over time.

  Samantha Spade : Right. And you didn't give her any medication at all?

  Dr. Shrindar : No, I wouldn't have done that without talking to her parents, and having her see a therapist.

• Samantha Spade : Okay, that was Damon Whitmore. He's at the hospital. He went to get a cup of coffee, Shane grabbed his keys, took off.

  Vivian Johnson : When?

  Samantha Spade : Five minutes ago.

  Vivian Johnson : Maybe Natasha somehow got in contact with him.

  Samantha Spade : That kid doesn't even know how to drive, Viv.

  Vivian Johnson : They were dreaming of going to Mexico, right? Well, now they've got the money.

  Samantha Spade : I'll call the airports.

  Vivian Johnson : Mm-mm. She doesn't have her passport, but I bet they were planning on driving.

  Samantha Spade : Driving to Mexico? Come on.