NCIS (TV Series)
Dead and Unburied (2006)
David McCallum: Donald Mallard
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Quotes
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Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : [Ducky is examining a decomposing corpse dumped in a living room] I'll have to research the predatory, manipulative, grandiose nature of this behavior, but my first impression is that we're dealing with a complete loon.
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo : That Master's in Psych is starting to pay off, Ducky.
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Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : [watching Gibbs in interrogation] She's telling the truth.
Officer Ziva David : Where are you going?
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : To tell Gibbs.
[leaves Observation]
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo : What do you think?
Officer Ziva David : Glad the glass is bulletproof.
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Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : How'd this guy die, doctor?
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : As I told you, when I know, you'll know.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Know faster.
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Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : McGee, over here. Hands and knees.
Special Agent Timothy McGee : You're not going to step on me, are you?
[looks up at Gibbs, Gibbs looks back]
Special Agent Timothy McGee : Footprints, right.
[crouches down]
Special Agent Timothy McGee : Footprints, footprints, looking for footprints... it's a pretty tight weave.
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : Looks like sisal. It's a naturally stiff fiber woven from the leaf of the cactus plant. It doesn't matt, trap dust, build static, makes it ideal for carpeting. Personally, I prefer a good shag.
[Gibbs and McGee just look at him while Palmer grins like a loon]
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : Uh, from a... criminal investigative standpoint.
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Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : A reminder that Shakespeare got it wrong- we are not food for worms, it's the flies and beetles that feast upon us.
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Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : Sadly, the first thing the maggots eat is the soft tissue.
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Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : Excuse me, uh, could I have a word with you?
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Working.
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : It's related and important. She's telling the truth.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : God put the body there.
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : No. Someone who was playing God. She didn't bury him.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Your gut telling you this?
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : She feels guilt, empathy, remorse.That doesn't fit the psychological profile.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : She's deceitful, conniving, an adulterous, which does.
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : I'm trying to give you my professional opinion.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Then tell me after I have finished interrogating the suspect