The Orville (TV Series)
Firestorm (2017)
Seth MacFarlane: Capt. Ed Mercer
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Quotes
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Dr. Claire Finn : I'm hungry. Will somebody get me a pizza?
Lt. Cmdr. Bortus : What kind of pizza?
Capt. Ed Mercer : She's not getting a pizza.
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Lt. Gordon Malloy : [Reading condolence note over Captain Mercer's shoulder] "Dear Mr. and Mrs. Payne, I am deeply sorry for your loss. Your son was such a neat guy." I mean that's - that's terrible!
Capt. Ed Mercer : I'm not a writer, okay?
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Capt. Ed Mercer : All weapons are to be kept on stun. We want the clown alive.
Lt. Gordon Malloy : Captain?
Capt. Ed Mercer : Yeah.
Lt. Gordon Malloy : I think it's only prudent to caution everyone to watch out for pies.
Capt. Ed Mercer : At this point, anything is possible. So, yes... pies, seltzer bottles, balloon animals... be alert.
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Dr. Claire Finn : You both saw it.
Cmdr. Kelly Grayson : Saw it. Felt it. Almost got swallowed up by it.
Capt. Ed Mercer : Doctor, these things cannot possibly be real. Is there a chance we're dealing with some kind of... collective insanity? A... a brain virus of some sort? Could somebody have put peyote in the food synthesizers? Maybe we're all just really stoned.
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Isaac : I am afraid we cannot end the simulation at this time.
Dr. Claire Finn : Isaac, look at her bio-signs. Her adrenaline levels are through the roof.
Capt. Ed Mercer : Isaac, shut it down, now!
Isaac : I am sorry, Captain. I do not have the authority to do so. Lieutenant Kitan has exercised directive 38 in the execution of this program.
Capt. Ed Mercer : No bare feet in the engineering section? What does that have to do...
Cmdr. Kelly Grayson : No, 38.
Capt. Ed Mercer : Oh, 38. Wait a minute, she exercised directive 38 for this?
Dr. Claire Finn : What does that mean?
Cmdr. Kelly Grayson : It's an extreme crisis-only regulation that allows the chief of security on board a starship the ability to override all other clearance. Including the captain's.
Dr. Claire Finn : What in God's name for?
Capt. Ed Mercer : In the rare case that the captain has been compromised in some way; alien influence, extreme drunkenness, that kind of thing. If they use it and they're wrong, it's a career-ender. And it's definitely not meant to be used for something like this.
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Capt. Ed Mercer : Alara, you invoked directive 38 to prevent us from shutting down the program when it got too hot in there. I ought to court-martial you on this very spot for the position you put us in. We were really worrried about you.
Lt. Alara Kitan : Captain, I am so sorry. I mean, I don't... I don't remember it, but still, I'm sorry.
Capt. Ed Mercer : I'm letting it slide because no one got hurt. And also because you owned every crisis Isaac threw at you.
Cmdr. Kelly Grayson : Every insane situation you were up against, you handled like a first-rate officer.
Capt. Ed Mercer : There should be no doubt in your mind that you are capable of doing your job.
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Lt. Alara Kitan : Captain, I would like to submit my official resignation.
Capt. Ed Mercer : What?
Lt. Alara Kitan : I am neither fit nor qualified to be chief of security aboard the Orville or any other starship.
Capt. Ed Mercer : Look, I understand you're feeling guilty about the whole...
Lt. Alara Kitan : Lieutenant Payne died because I was too afraid to do my job.
Capt. Ed Mercer : No, he died because in a crisis situation, things happen that you can't control. Payne knew the risks of this uniform, just like the rest of us.
Lt. Alara Kitan : Captain, I could've moved that bulkhead with one arm. But I didn't. Because I was scared. Harrison is dead because I was scared.
Capt. Ed Mercer : People seem to think that being brave means not being afraid. The way I see it, if you're not afraid, there's nothing to be brave about.
Lt. Alara Kitan : Tell that to Harrison's parents.
