Numb3rs (TV Series)
The Running Man (2006)
Peter MacNicol: Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
Quotes
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Charlie Eppes : Let me ask you something. Did you actually think that I was jealous of Ron Allen?
Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : [chuckles] Well, I mean... yeah, maybe a scootch.
Charlie Eppes : I'll be honest with you. You weren't exactly wrong. But not jealous of Ron, not specifically.
Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : But...?
Charlie Eppes : Well, you know, when I was a 13-year-old freshman, it wasn't much fun but it was cool. Everything I did was that much more impressive because of how young I was. And you know it was always, If he's able to accomplish that now, can you imagine what amazing things he'll accomplish when he's 25.
[sighs]
Charlie Eppes : Now I'm 30 years old.
Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : Listen, listen. Paul Erdich published more than 1500 papers. He died, literally, at the chalkboard at age 83. C'mon, you haven't seen your best years yet, Charles.
Charlie Eppes : No. But uh... they'll never come ahead of schedule again.
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[as Charlie, Amita, and Larry slowly figure out the thief's next target, Larry is becoming more and more agitated...]
Charlie Eppes : LIGO is the well-worn page.
Amita Ramanujan : He's gonna rob the LIGO lab.
Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : MY LIGO LAB!