Stargate: Atlantis (2004–2009)
Torri Higginson: Dr. Elizabeth Weir
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Carson?
Carson Beckett M. D. : Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : How are you doing?
Carson Beckett M. D. : Oh, just peachy, thanks. You?
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I'm sorry to put you in this position, but you're the only one besides Colonel Sheppard and General O'Neill who've actually fired a drone from that chair.
Carson Beckett M. D. : Ironically, they're the two people I nearly killed when I did that.
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[Dr. McKay is wearing an Ancient personal force field generator]
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I'm still trying to understand how you thought it was a good idea to test this device by having someone throw you off a balcony.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Oh, believe me, that's not the first thing we tried.
Maj. John Sheppard : [Smug] I shot him.
[Dr. Weir gives him "the look"]
Maj. John Sheppard : In the leg!
Dr. Rodney McKay : I'm invulnerable!
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Aren't you the one who's always spouting off about how proper and careful scientific procedure must be adhered to?
Dr. Rodney McKay : [Smug] In-vul-nerable!
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : You think once the initial shock is over, we'll have the old Rodney back?
Carson Beckett M. D. : I'm afraid so.
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : You were right.
Carson Beckett M. D. : Lovely... About what?
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Your theory of the Wraith evolving after the Ancients arrived in the Pegasus Galaxy.
Dr. Rodney McKay : You've got to be kidding me.
Dr. Zelenka : Pay up!
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : We're heading towards a food shortage.
Dr. Rodney McKay : [Mouth full] I know, it's getting desperate. I'm almost out of coffee.
Maj. John Sheppard : Well, maybe you should stop drinking eleven cups a day.
Dr. Rodney McKay : I'm just making sure I'm getting my fair share before it's all gone.
Lt. Aiden Ford, USMC : Sounds fair.
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Dr. Rodney McKay : [whispering] I don't think they've detected us.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [whispering too] Why are you whispering?
Dr. Rodney McKay : [still whispering] I dunno. It just seems like the right thing to do.
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Maj. John Sheppard : Just out of political curiosity, how much trouble is it gonna cause you if I knock this Woolsey guy in the head?
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : May I ask why you'd like to do that?
Maj. John Sheppard : It's just an impulse, really, one I suspect I'm gonna have again next time I see him. He may not even have to say anything.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I've never seen you like this. What did Woolsey say to you?
Maj. John Sheppard : Besides judging every damned decision you've ever made?
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [amused] John Sheppard, are you defending my honor?
Maj. John Sheppard : [pauses] And judging me for agreeing with you.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Well, don't be too hard on him. I think of all the circling wolves, he's the least likely to actually bite. In fact, he might even convince the others to leave us alone.
Maj. John Sheppard : [sits down, more calmly] All right, so, no head knocking.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [smiling slightly] It's the thought that counts.
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : The city can handle that?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Yes. Theoretically.
Maj. John Sheppard : Like "dinosaurs turned into birds" theoretically or "theory of relativity" theoretically?
Dr. Rodney McKay : [looks confused] What? Um, somewhere between.
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Carson Beckett M. D. : We still have no idea how it works, but during the Wraith feeding process, the victim is injected with a special enzyme. It strengthens the human body temporarily and ensures that the heart continues to beat.
Maj. John Sheppard : Why would they wanna make you stronger?
Carson Beckett M. D. : So the victim doesn't die immediately. The feeding process is so traumatic, without the special enzyme, we shut down far sooner than they like.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : They make you stronger so they can take more time to kill you.
Carson Beckett M. D. : Lovely, isn't it?
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[after being beamed aboard form the maximum limit of the beaming technology]
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Are you all right?
Maj. John Sheppard : Two arms, ten fingers... I'll check the rest later.
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Maj. John Sheppard : This is what I do when I have problems with my laptop, I turn it off and then I... turn it on again.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I think this is a little bit more complicated than that.
Maj. John Sheppard : I'm just saying that if we're taking a page from the John Sheppard book of computer repair, we're really desperate.
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Rodney - you can take the rest of the day off.
Dr. Rodney McKay : [lies down onto the floor on his back with his eyes closed and his hands folded on his chest] Oh. I am gonna curl up in bed with the largest sandwich I can find.
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Dr. Rodney McKay : All I know is that she's not who she's pretending to be.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : And you know this because...?
Dr. Rodney McKay : What, I'm not allowed to have intuition?
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : You? No.
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [Elizabeth is chastising Rodney in the background] You destroyed three-quarters of a solar system!
Dr. Rodney McKay : Five-sixths, but it's not an exact science.
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Maj. John Sheppard : [over radio] Weir's alive?
Commander Acastus Kolya : Dr. McKay was able to make a convincing argument for keeping her around.
Maj. John Sheppard : Let me talk to her!
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Sheppard! We're both here.
Maj. John Sheppard : [relieved] It's good to hear your voice.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Yeah. It's good to hear.
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Dr. Kavanagh : I happily left the SGC because I had had it up to here with the military running things, and you just busted me like a private.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Don't be so dramatic. Besides, the Air Force doesn't even have privates.
Dr. Kavanagh : Neither do I. You just cut them off. Right in front of my research team.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : That's what this is about? You're embarrassed?
Dr. Kavanagh : Well, humiliated would be a little more accurate.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I haven't worked up to humiliation yet.
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Maj. John Sheppard : Have you ever tried to clear a stump by hand?
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Yes, it's a hobby.
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Dr. Rodney McKay : [seeing a security escort of only two marines] Whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa. What is this? This is my security escort?
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Well, we are spread a little bit thin right now.
Dr. Rodney McKay : OK.
[to the marines]
Dr. Rodney McKay : You need to know that if we come under fire, you're gonna have to put your lives on the line to protect me.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Rodney!
Dr. Rodney McKay : OK, I mean the Zed-PM. You need to protect the Zed-PM at all costs... and me.
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [over comms] Rodney, we need a shield up in forty seconds or we're dead!
Dr. Rodney McKay : What, are you kidding me?
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : No!
Dr. Rodney McKay : 'Cause I can't help but thinking we're reaching the point at which I completely snap.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Rodney!
Dr. Rodney McKay : That should do it! Fire it up.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : That didn't do it.
Dr. Rodney McKay : What?
Teyla Emmagan : It is not working.
Dr. Rodney McKay : I know what she said!
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Twenty seconds!
Dr. Rodney McKay : OK, snap! That's it! You all happy now?
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Col. Steven Caldwell : [referring to Sheppard] You two are pretty close, aren't you?
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Well, we've been through a lot together. Yes.
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Maj. John Sheppard : [referring to Wraith bite] So, how am I doing?
[not getting a response]
Maj. John Sheppard : Anything that's got you speechless has me worried.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : You're going to be fine.
Maj. John Sheppard : Well, that's "dead man" talk.
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [to Caldwell about Sheppard] You making sweeping changes to how Sheppard ran things only hours after assuming the position sends only one message; that he's not coming back!
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : How were you able to bypass the shield?
Commander Acastus Kolya : With the time-tested combination of strong drink and weak minds.
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : How much time do you need?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Oh, well...
Dr. Zelenka : ...a week...
Dr. Rodney McKay : ...a couple of hours.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I'll take the second estimate. Go.
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Maj. John Sheppard : "You're going to be fine"? "Beckett'll figure this out"? You really suck at the whole "bedside manner" thing.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I know. I'm sorry.
Maj. John Sheppard : But I appreciate the effort.
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Maj. John Sheppard : [handing over item wrapped in cloth] Happy birthday.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [opens gift] It's beautiful. How'd you find out?
Maj. John Sheppard : Mum's the word.
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Maj. John Sheppard : [Sheppard and soldiers beam down from Deadelus] Secure Stargate Operations.
[looks around the Gate room]
Maj. John Sheppard : Well, I'm home.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [John turns to see Elizabeth approaching. Suddenly she hugs him for several moments then releases him looking relieved] Yes. You are. I truly thought...
Maj. John Sheppard : Yeah, yeah. I thought the same thing about you a minute ago. We gotta stop that.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : [chuckles] I'd like that.
Maj. John Sheppard : [sounding flustered] So, uh, where are we?