50 Best Victor Strand Quotes

Victor: I'm not the man I told you I was.I'm not Morgan Jones.I'm Victor Strand!

[the wounded Strand asks for some scotch to take away the pain]
Andrés: You're lucky. Doesn't seem like any of your organs were punctured.
Victor: Yeah? Still hurts like a son of a bitch.
Andrés: I can give you some ibuprofen for the pain.
Victor: With a scotch chaser.
Andrés: We'll see what we can find.
Victor: [Strand chuckles] You'll find scotch.

[Madison asks Strand if he's okay]
Madison: Are you okay?
Victor: Fine.
Madison: You quiet is not fine.

[Victor Strand and Nick wait behind the fence cage]
Victor: [Nick begins banging the fence] Don't draw unnecessary attention.
Nick: I am losing my mind. I thought the house was bad.
Victor: Picture you're somewhere else with a needle in your arm. Where's your house?
Nick: Close. El Sereno.
Victor: Oldest community in Los Angeles. Predates the city. Vibrant, blue-collar, diverse. I'd gentrify the shit out of El Sereno. Another time, another world.

[Travis takes off the clogged filter as all the sludge runs out]
Victor: That's some nasty shit right there.

[in a flashback, Thomas Abigail tries to stop Strand from going back to Los Angeles]
Thomas: You can't go up there. There's rioting all over the country. Los Angeles is no different.
Victor: When there's blood in the streets...
Thomas: I won't have your blood on the streets.

[Strand and Madison give a drunk cheers together at the hotel bar]
Madison: Whoo! I'm good, I have a hollow leg. Cheers. Come on. Cheers. To motherhood.
Victor: [as Madison takes a drink] Okay, to motherhood. All right.
Madison: [when Madison throws her glass to the wall, before pouring another drink] To false hope.
Victor: [the two cheers a second drink] To false hope.
[when Madison throws her second glass at the wall]

[Strand tells Madison that she's holding Nick too closely]
Madison: She's right. Alicia's right. I'm never gonna see Nick again.
Victor: He's alive. The boy is bulletproof.
Madison: Yeah, you don't get it. That boy was born lost. Like his daddy. He's been slipping through my fingers ever since the day I gave birth to him.
Victor: Maybe you've been holding on too tight.

[Victor Strand tells Celia Flores that he needs to bury Thomas Abigail]
Victor: I have to bury him.
Celia: You don't deserve to bury him.
Victor: It's what he wanted.
Celia: What he wanted? What he wanted was what you promised. This man, my beautiful, stupid son, wanted you!
Victor: He is not your son.
[when Celia backhands Strand]

[Madison and Victor Strand decide to part separate ways from each other]
Madison: I wish there was something I could do.
Victor: [Strand chuckles] Look at you. Getting all sentimental. We were the means to each other's end. We helped each other get here. It was a useful arrangement. Let's not go confusing things with vague terms like friend.

[Madison tells Strand about Brandon and Derek]
Madison: Strand?
Victor: What now?
Madison: Two American guys showed up last night. They were in an accident. The guy that was driving their truck was killed.
Victor: That's tragic. And?

[Madison asks the wounded Strand what he needs]
Madison: What do you want me to do?
Victor: Keep the drinks coming.

[Victor Strand walks over to the other corner of the cage fence]
Victor: So, then... who the hell are you?
[Victor looks down to see Nick look up at him]

[last lines]
Madison: [Madison tries to plead with Nick to get in the truck with the rest of them, as he runs off on his own] Nick, come on. Please, don't. No, Nick.
Victor: Let him go.
Madison: No.
Victor: He's gone.
Madison: Nick...

[Strand tells Madison that Travis can't know Brandon and Derek are at the hotel]
Victor: Travis can't know they're here.
Madison: If I get rid of them, then we don't get the truth about Chris. Or I know, I suspect, and I don't tell Travis? Isn't it his right to know?
Victor: The old rules of conduct no longer apply.

[Victor Strand tells Nick that he'll need Nick for his certain talents]
Victor: I look at you, and I see someone who knows the meaning of necessity.
Nick: Well, I'm an addict.
Victor: No, you are a heroin addict. That's the gold standard. Don't sell yourself short. The soldiers are leaving. I'm gonna require a man with your talents when I make my move.
Nick: What move?
[Victor reveals the key to their fence]

[Daniel Salazar tells Victor Strand to not put Thomas Abigail in the ground]
Daniel: Don't put him in the ground.
Victor: What?
Daniel: This place is unholy. It's infected. Even the dirt. The walls in this place. That woman, her dead. Your friend, he won't rest. He'll come back for you. You don't believe?
Victor: If I did, I'd be with him right now.
Daniel: He will return. They return, but they're not the same. You're not the same. And they hate you for it.

[Alicia tells Strand that they have to fight for Travis]
Victor: What are you gonna do?
Alicia: What are we gonna do? We've done as much bad as good here. We've lost our place.
Victor: We earn it back by not fighting for Travis.
Alicia: But he found us. With all of this, he found us. That has to matter. We can't ignore it.
Victor: Madison, I'm sorry, but the man cannot stay.
Alicia: You're right. You're right. He can't stay. We can leave with him. We can go together.
Victor: Oh, for Christ's sakes.

[Ofelia tells Strand that she was almost married once]
Ofelia: You know, I was almost married once.
Victor: Who was the lucky guy?
Ofelia: His name was William. He was a good man.
Victor: Couldn't have been that good.
Victor: [Ofelia looks over to Strand] You said almost.

[Victor Strand tells Thomas Abigail that he doesn't have to die alone]
Victor: I could go with you.
Thomas: Are you...? How very Shakespearean of you.
Victor: [Strand laughs] Shut up, Thomas, before I change my mind.

[Strand tells Madison that he wouldn't die for any of them]
Victor: Are you really gonna leave for the man who abandoned you?
Madison: Come with us, Victor.
Victor: I had the chance to kill myself. I chose not to. I wouldn't die for him, and I'm not dying for any of you.

[Victor Strand tells Madison what the real danger is on the ocean]
Victor: You know what the real danger is on the ocean? It's people. Strangers. Friends.
Madison: This is my family.
Victor: Exactly. Your family.

[Madison finds Strand on the top of the yacht]
Victor: Talking out loud to ghosts up here, keep myself awake.
Madison: Yeah, I heard that, too.
Victor: It's a characteristic of the gifted.
Madison: And the crazy.

[in a flashback, Victor Strand thanks Thomas Abigail for pardoning him of the stolen credit cards]
Victor: Thank you for the pardon.
Thomas: I didn't pardon you. I obligated you.

[Strand tells Nick what has value]
Victor: How many times should you have died?
Nick: I don't know. Every time I used.
Victor: Were you afraid? That's fearlessness. That's focus.
Victor: [Nick doesn't respond] That's fearlessness. That's focus.
Nick: That's just being an addict. It's not something you put on your resume.
Victor: But what did that fearlessness look like in this world? That has value, Nicholas.

[Oscar tries to justify Ilene's actions of stabbing Strand]
Oscar: Ilene blames you. She's not well. She lost her husband and then her daughter.
Madison: Okay, it's not the right time, Oscar.
Victor: [the wounded Strand in bed] I understand grief, but this is a bit extreme.

[Alicia tries to keep the wounded Strand calm after he's stabbed]
Alicia: [Alicia nervously smiles] Don't die on us, all right?
Victor: Your confidence is overwhelming.

[Luis asks Victor Strand if he has money for seven more people to get across the border]
Luis: Okay, do you have money for seven more? Because I don't.
Victor: Everything is a negotiation. I'll get us across.
Luis: You'll get us killed.

[Strand gives Ofelia advice about the past]
Victor: The past, it'll make you sick.

[in a flashback, Thomas Abigail tells Victor Strand that he's a opportunist]
Thomas: I'm an opportunist.
Victor: Maybe, you're an optimist.
Thomas: I'm a parasite, but thank you.

[Strand and Madison share martinis together at the hotel bar]
Victor: How did I not realize that our very own Madison Clark is a Southern belle.
Madison: Alabama.
Victor: Mm-hmm.
Madison: Tended bar to put myself through school. And I'll tell you right here, right now, your story is bullshit. Your martini's bullshit. And that vermouth shtick is as old as the hills.
Victor: [Strand smiles] All right. Educate me, Ms. Clark.
Madison: Bring me tequila.

[Strand tells Madison that we can't choose what we live with]
Madison: I keep trying to save them. They keep dying. Over and over. Travis stopped that for a while, you know?
Victor: These things... we can only live with them. We can't choose.

[Ofelia Salazar questions Victor Strand about San Diego after they find the Leigh Anne ship's logbook]
Ofelia: I thought you said San Diego was safe?
Victor: I wouldn't take this as gospel.

[Strand tells Alicia to make her mother see her]
Victor: You've got her all to yourself now.
Alicia: I didn't want it like this. I'm still not sure she actually sees me.
Victor: Then make her.

[Madison tells Strand to stop the boat when they see people out in the ocean]
Madison: Strand, stop the boat.
Victor: [Strand smiles] That's funny.

[first lines]
Madison: [Madison and Strand find themselves surrounded by the infected at the hotel bar] Shit, Victor.
Victor: We'll fight our way out. Make it to the lobby.
Alicia: [in the distance] Mom!
Madison: Oh, my God. Alicia.

[Oscar tells Strand about the first time he met his wife]
Oscar: We met at UCSD. Took me a year to work up the courage to talk to her. Just to speak. I couldn't breathe.
Victor: I know that feeling.
Oscar: No, you don't. I never thought in a million years I'd put a ring on her finger.
Victor: [Strand chuckles] But you did. I know that feeling, too.
Oscar: [Oscar in a low voice] I won't let you. I won't let you touch her.

[Thomas Abigail asks Madison for a favor regarding Victor Strand]
Thomas: Will you look after him when I'm gone?
Victor: [Strand chuckles] Must we be so maudlin.
Madison: He won't make it easy.
Thomas: Why do you think I'm asking you?

[last lines]
Thomas: [in a flashback, Thomas Abigail holds Strand's hand to not leave] There's been an outbreak. People are dying.
Victor: Two days. I'll be back in two days.
[when Thomas and Strand kiss]

[Victor Strand and Nick walk out on the balcony to overlook the ocean]
Nick: Are you insane? Strand.
Victor: The only way to survive a mad world is to embrace the madness.
Nick: [Strand walks away] Is that a yes?

[Strand talks to Nick on the ship]
Victor: I don't know. The whole world is I don't know right now.
Victor: [Strand looks to Nick] You should be used to that.

[Strand offers Madison a drink at the hotel bar]
Victor: Have a seat. Drinks on me.
Madison: Not now, Victor.
Victor: Especially now.
Madison: I'm good.
Victor: Well, you look like shit.
Madison: Oh, thank you.
Victor: You're welcome. You need some color in your cheeks. You need a drink. I need a drink. Come now, it's medicinal.

[Strand reminds the rules of the boat to everybody]
Victor: Please, let me explain the rules of the boat. Rule number one, it's my boat. Rule number two, it is my boat. And if there remains any confusion about rules one and two, I offer rule number three, it's my goddamn boat. If it weren't for me, you'd all be burned. You're welcome.

[Madison tells Victor Strand to not refuse his body's shivering]
Madison: Don't fight it. Shivering is your body's way of warming itself up.
Victor: [Strand chuckles] Fantastic tidbit. Please, keep 'em coming.

[Ofelia and Strand walk into the empty room of a marriage reception]
Ofelia: Happiest day of somebody's life.
Victor: Until it wasn't.

[Victor Strand argues for Travis to fix the yacht]
Travis: Hey, man. I am not the help.
Victor: Clearly.
Victor: [Strand changes his tone] I've upset you. Forgive me if I neglect certain niceties in light of our current predicament. You are a skilled technician and a viable member of this team. Now, pretty please, fix the goddamn boat.
[Travis chuckles]

[Madison tells Strand that they were compromised before Travis showed up]
Victor: It's ill-timed, Madison. You cannot speak for Travis.
Madison: He's family.
Victor: He failed you. He compromised us.
Madison: Bullshit. We were compromised before Travis got here.

[Victor Strand helps devise a plan on where to go]
Victor: So, what's the master plan? I assume one exists.
Madison: What do you mean?
Victor: Have you settled on a destination, an end point?
Madison: We're heading east. The desert. Should be safe there.
Victor: It's not.
Victor: Well what do you suggest, Mr. Strand?
Victor: Go west.
Madison: What's west?
Victor: I have a home on the water. I have supplies. I'm prepared.

[Strand asks Madison if Travis can survive with losing hope]
Victor: Let me ask you something, what keeps you going? In this world, what gets you up in the morning?
Madison: My kids... Nick, Alicia.
Victor: That's right. With her, you've got this amazing young woman, this amazing young woman who you wake up to every single day. And with Nick, it's the hope that he's out there, alive.
Madison: He is.
Victor: And the hope that you'll see him again. I have that hope with Thomas. But now the... It's a dark place, Madison. Do you think Travis can survive losing that hope?
Madison: He's already broken. That'll kill him.

Alicia: Solid jerky Cole packed for us.
Madison: Will you just have a drink with the guy, already?
Victor: Madison, you know I only drink with you.