Tommy (TV Series)
Cause of Death (2020)
Edie Falco: Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas
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Quotes
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Ken Rosey : What's happened is a perversion and a crime. Not just what happened to you but blackmail, obstruction of justice, maybe even murder. Something needs to be done.
Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : Talk to the chief of police. You know where to find him.
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Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : I have always put my work before everything else. And what did it get me? Lied about and kicked to the door.
Kate Jones : You got to be the first woman chief of police in Los Angeles. That's something.
Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : Federal judge ordered the mayor to hire a woman. I was nobody's choice. They made that clear to me from the moment I walked through the door.
Kate Jones : Well, if you knew that going in, why'd you take the job?
Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : I thought I could change their minds. I was wrong.
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Kate Jones : I know how much you've been through. I'm not trying to make this worse. But you got to understand what you mean. As a symbol.
Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : Honey, I am just a person. I never wanted to be a symbol.
Kate Jones : I know, you didn't, and it's not fair to ask somebody to be, but you are.
Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : To who?
Kate Jones : Your granddaughter.
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Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : What do you want this city to be? One run by you or run by Lovell?
Buddy Gray : Lovell doesn't run this city.
Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : He got me fired, tried to appoint my successor.
Buddy Gray : Did he?
Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : Yeah. Ask your deputy mayor. He knows all about it.
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Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : Well, at the Ethics Commission hearing, there was a fraudulent testimony given.
Lovell : Oh?
Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : Yes. The testimony that got me fired. I'm starting to believe that you were behind it. Were you?
Lovell : No. Curious accusation. Why would you make it?
Abigail 'Tommy' Thomas : Because I think it's true, and I wanted to see your face when you denied it.