V (1983– )

Michael Wright: Elias Taylor

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• Juliet Parrish : [Dr. Parrish brings the mortally wounded Dr. Taylor to his brother, Elias]  Is Caleb here?

  Elias Taylor : What happened?

  Juliet Parrish : Ben's been hurt.

  Elias Taylor : What went down?

  Juliet Parrish : We were trying to steal equipment for a lab and they shot him.

  Elias Taylor : What? The doc... stealing stuff? Oh, bro... man, you ought to come to me. Man, I'll show you how to do it

  [Juliet winces in pain] 

  Elias Taylor : They got you, too? Maybe I ought to go get an ambulance?

  Dr. Ben Taylor : No. No ambulance. We've already made our diagnosis. Haven't we, Doctor?

  Elias Taylor : I don't understand, man. Why you wanna go pull a heist for, bro, without your little brother...?

  Dr. Ben Taylor : We did it, though. The truck did get away?

  Elias Taylor : Yeah, but look at you, brother. You a wreck! Man, you gotta learn. You just can't go and do this stuff...

  Dr. Ben Taylor : Is Papa here?

  [Juliet shakes her head No] 

  Elias Taylor : No. Uh, he ain't get here yet.

  [in a state of denial] 

  Elias Taylor : Uh, now listen here, man. Now, do I try doctoring? Course not. Course not. Now the next time, bro, you gonna go and try to boost some stuff, man, you gonna come to me first, right. I'll show you how to do it. Ain't nothing to it. Like lifting these eggs, Man. Shoot. Sound like Papa now - "Shoot".

  [Dr. Taylor quietly expires] 

  Elias Taylor : He'll be along here any minute, now...

  Juliet Parrish : [softly]  Elias.

  Elias Taylor : Anyway, Man, you gonna come to me, right? We'll take 'em on together, Bro! Yeah, just the two of us. the bad Taylor brothers, yeah.

  Juliet Parrish : Elias.

  Elias Taylor : They gonna say "Whoa, man, boom boom... what blew through here?". Oh yeah. Taylor Brothers, man. The Doctor, yeah, the Doctor and, uh... the Doctor and, uh... the Doctor and the other one. The other one.

  Juliet Parrish : [firmly]  Elias.

  Elias Taylor : NO! No. the Doctor cannot die. Oh yeah, sure the other one can die. He can die, but... not... not... not... not Ben. Oh, damn it, Ben. Damn it.

  [Elias & Juliet sob over Ben's body] 

• [last lines] 

  Juliet Parrish : The reality we have to face is that help may never come. We may end up having to rely completely on ourselves.

  Elias Taylor : So? I mean, we done all right. First battle's been won. Right?

  Juliet Parrish : That's right. But the war is just beginning.

• Elias Taylor : You got any idea how much fresh food's going for these days? And beef? I make more money selling hamburgers than I did selling reefer.