The Magicians (TV Series)

Escape from the Happy Place (2019)

Jason Ralph: Quentin Coldwater

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• Quentin Coldwater : [after realising Eliot needs to find the memory of what he fears most, so he can find the door that can lead him back to his body]  So just figure out what that is and I'll make a distraction, and then--and then you can go there.

  Eliot Waugh : I know you're just a memory, but you're a very generous one.

  Quentin Coldwater : Well, you sacrifice for the people you love.

  Eliot Waugh : [the words suddenly jolts awake the fact that Eliot loves Quentin, it now dawning on Eliot where to go]  Oh, shit. I get it. Q, I'm gonna take you up on that. Lead the creatures to my puberty. Go bravely.

  Quentin Coldwater : Okay.

  [Quentin leaves] 

  Eliot Waugh : I know where I need to go.

  [Cuts to the the memory of the aftermath of Eliot and Quentin's 50 years together, back in Whitespire] 

• Eliot Waugh : [Eliot is temporarily back in his body and the first person he sees is Quentin]  Q. Q.

  [laughs] 

  Eliot Waugh : It's me. It's Eliot.

  Quentin Coldwater : [Not believing him]  Okay, no games, come on. Let's just go.

  Eliot Waugh : It's Eliot.

  Quentin Coldwater : No, bullshit. Come on.

  Eliot Waugh : [Walking closer to Quentin]  Fifty years. Who get's proof of concept like that?

  Quentin Coldwater : What?

  Eliot Waugh : Peaches and plums, motherfucker.

  [Pushes Quentin firmly on the shoulder] 

  Eliot Waugh : I'm alive in here.

  [Smiles at Quentin] 

  Quentin Coldwater : [Quentin finally believes him, staring at Eliot's face]  Eliot.

• Eliot Waugh : [Talking about their 50 years together]  Did it happen?

  Quentin Coldwater : Fifty years.

  Eliot Waugh : It happened.

  Quentin Coldwater : It was sort of beautiful.

  Eliot Waugh : It really was.

  Quentin Coldwater : I know this sounds dumb but us. We--You know, think about it. Like, we--we work. And we know it 'cause we've lived it. Who gets that kind of proof of concept?

  Eliot Waugh : We were just injected with a half-century of emotion, so I get that maybe you're not thinking clearly.

  Quentin Coldwater : No, I'm just saying, what if we... gave it a shot? I mean, would that be that crazy? Why the fuck not? I...

  Eliot Waugh : I know you and you... aren't...

  Quentin Coldwater : What's the matter?

  Eliot Waugh : Don't be naive. It matters. Q, come on. I love you, but... you have to know that that's not me and that's definitely not you, not when... not when we have a choice.

  Quentin Coldwater : Okay. I... Okay. Sorry, I...

  [Wipes a tear from his eye] 

  Eliot Waugh : [Present-day Eliot, having been overseeing the whole conversation in his memories, turns to his past self]  What the hell is wrong with you? And what the hell are you doing? Someone good and true loves you. And he went out on a limb. And, yeah, it was a little crazy, but you knew. You knew that this was a moment that truly mattered and you just snuffed it out.

  [Turns to Quentin] 

  Eliot Waugh : Q, I'm sorry. I was afraid. And when I'm afraid, I run away.

  [Eliot walks and crouches down in front of Quentin, before placing his hand on his face and kisses him tenderly] 

  Eliot Waugh : If I ever get out of here, Q, know that when I'm braver, it's 'cause I learned it from you.