Ticks (1993)

Peter Scolari: Charles Danson

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Quotes 

• [Charles Danson records into his tape recorder the different experiences of each kid at the lodge] 

  Charles Danson : 7-18-93. We have just arrived at the campsite. My partner Holly having made this trip several times prior, is the only person in our group possessing any real outdoor survivalist skills. The rest of us bring only our every-man-for-himself instinct fostered by urban living. As I expected, the subjects' first reaction was one of disassociation.

  Charles Danson : [Rome is shown lifting a tree log for a weight]  There's Rome and Dee Dee, hastily converting this new environment into their own, and both returning to what is no doubt habitual behavior.

  Dee Dee Davenport : [Dee Dee tries to get her portable radio to work as she looks up at the mountains]  Shit.

  Charles Danson : [Panic throws an ax into the campground sign]  And then, there's Panic. A perfect model of aggressive dysfunction. He cannot accept this radical change so instead, assaults it.

  Charles Danson : [Kelly sits on a tire swing]  And poor Kelly, a prisoner of her own troubled mind. In the end, I fear this group will not successfully bond, despite their common antagonist. In this case, nature.

• [Tyler and Melissa come back from they're stroll in the woods] 

  Tyler : Melissa got attacked by some big bug or something. Can we go home?

  Charles Danson : Well, we are out in the wilderness.

  Tyler : No, I know, but this wasn't your average wilderness bug, okay?

  Melissa Danson : No, wait, this thing was, like, glued to my back or something. It was gross, it was all slimy, it was like a, like a...

  Rome Hernandez : Like a big snot!

• [Sir and Jerry arrive at the cabin with the kids, surrounded by ticks outside] 

  Sir : Uh... What seems to be the problem over here?

  Charles Danson : [Sir looks at the hallucinating Dee Dee]  She was bitten by one of those bugs.

  Jerry : Yeah.

  Jerry : [Jerry chuckles]  They bite like a son of a bitch.

• [Tyler volunteers to jump out the second floor window pass the fire, pass the ticks] 

  Rome Hernandez : What, are you nuts?

  Tyler : No, man, look. My panic disorder is acting up. I gotta get out of this room, okay?

  Charles Danson : Are you gonna be okay, Tyler?

  Tyler : Yeah, we'll all be okay. We just need to get out of here.

  Rome Hernandez : Are you sure you know what you're doing?

  Tyler : Sure, man. I mean if I can manage to swing out far enough, and defy the laws of gravity, and meet the van on the backswing?

  Tyler : [Tyler chuckles to himself]  I'll need a torch.