â  sentence starters  :  the umbrella academy,  episode 01.02, run boy run.
knowledge is an admirable goal, but you know the rules.
one is like sliding along the ice, the other is akin to descending blindly into the depths of the freezing water and reappearing as an acorn.
i forbid you to talk about this anymore.
i survived on scraps. canned food, cockroaches, anything i could find.
you know that rumor that twinkies have an endless shelf life? well, itâs total bullshit.
you do whatever it takes to survive, or you die.
you got anything stronger?
exactly what donât you understand?
gee, wish iâd thought of that.
you think i didnât try everything to get back to my family?
this was a mistake. youâre too young, too naive to understand.
i havenât seen you in a long time, and i donât want to lose you again. thatâs all.
weâll talk in the morning again. okay? i promise.
dammit. iâm sick of this cost-cutting bullshit.
no point keeping it bottled up, or itâll just give you heartburn, and i gotta listen to you complain about that, too.
they can shove their protocol up their asses.
you get what you pay for.
i think these idiots all shot each other.
iâll take it if youâll give it.
iâm sorry, not to be rude, âcause you seem super sweet, but do i have to go through all this again?
what, are we gonna keep things professional?
you show up and act like you can be a part of this, and you canât, not anymore.
iâm good at this. you know i can help you.
iâve had the same routine for the last four years. now that iâm back down here, iâm not quite sure what to do with myself.
i didnât think it was possible to miss a person this much.
when you left, it seemed like all you wanted to do was forget this place ever existed, soâŚ
i think thereâs a reason why you never left.
you know you talk in your sleep?
just a lot of memories coming up. all those good times. well, not so much good times as really awful, terrible, depressing times.
no! you listen to me, asshole.
iâve come a long way for this, through some shit your pea brain couldnât even comprehend, so just give me the information i need and iâll be on my merry way.
what you do out there is a fantasy.
guess what? recess is over. itâs grown-up time.
oh, thank god. i was worried sick about you.
i- i guess i didnât know how to process what you were saying. and i still canât, to be honest.
maybe it wasnât real after all. it felt real.
look, i used to see someone. a therapist. i could give you her information.
what? this is my nicest outfit.
whatâs our cover story?
what a disturbing glimpse into that thing you call a brain.
this isnât twenty questions, old man.
you know what? youâre probably better off here.
you know, if i wanted advice, no offense, it wouldnât be from you.
so you know what itâs like to love someone like this? like when youâre apart from her, you canât breathe? like you would - you would die, and i mean actually die, to know sheâs okay and happy.
you separate yourself from everyone and everything. you always have.
youâre an adult now. you donât get to blame your problems on anyone but yourself.
in about sixty seconds, two security guards are gonna burst through that door, and theyâre gonna see a whole lotta blood, and theyâre gonna wonder âwhat the hell happened?â and weâre gonna tell them that you beat the shit out of us.
youâre gonna do great in prison. trust me, iâve been there.
yeah, can i get that twenty bucks like, now, or what?
god, the longest iâve been with someone was⌠i donât know, three weeks. and thatâs only because i was so tired of looking for a place to sleep.
easier to learn music when youâre young. you know, like a second language.
i could smell it was you.
you could have killed me.
if i wanted you dead, youâd be dead.
i shouldnât have to prove my innocence to you or anyone else in this family.
you can relax. i have never been a prodigy at anything.
monet didnât really start painting until his forties. he did alright for himself.
family. itâs never easy, right?
this is always where you used to come when you were upset.
i said some pretty unkind things to her.
i hoped it might cheer you up.
oh my god, look how little we were.
things have been disappearing lately. these are too important to lose.
thereâs nothing you can do. thereâs nothing any of you can do.