Gotham (TV Series)

Mad City: New Day Rising (2016)

Naian González Norvind: Alice Tetch

Quotes 

• [Alice tells Leslie Thompkins about the connection between her blood and her brother] 

  Alice Tetch : If a person comes into contact with my blood, it changes them. It affects every person differently. My brother believes it brings out a person's true nature.

  Leslie Thompkins : Is your brother infected? Is that why you're so terrified of him?

  Alice Tetch : Jervis isn't infected. He believes we're connected. Two sides of the same coin. My way is the blood, and his, the mind.

  Leslie Thompkins : Hypnosis.

  Alice Tetch : It goes way beyond that. He preys on fear, anger, regret. And if he gets in your mind... you're doomed.

• James Gordon : I need to find your brother.

  Alice Tetch : You turn me in, and now you want my help.

  James Gordon : I was hoping we could help each other.

  Alice Tetch : He's still in your head, isn't he?

• Alice Tetch : There's usually a trigger that brings on the hypnotic state. What's the last thing you remember?

  James Gordon : He pulled out his watch. Asked if I could hear it ticking.

  Alice Tetch : That's it, then. His watch. Anything resembling the ticking will trigger the impulse. He's made you a prisoner in your own skin.

• Alice Tetch : When we were kids. At first, he did it to control me. Keep me with him. But then he started putting other thoughts in my head. Thoughts a... Thoughts a brother should never have. That's why I wanted to kill him.

• [Alice sees the Mad Hatter taking blood from her through a syringe] 

  Alice Tetch : What are you going to use that for?

  Mad Hatter : Oh, I imagine I'll... mix it into some public drinking fountain. Create a few dozen monsters.

  [the Mad Hatter chuckles] 

• [first lines] 

  Alice Tetch : [Bullock enters interrogation room]  You don't understand. My-my brother will find out I'm here, and he'll come for me. Nothing will stop him.

  Harvey Bullock : This is the brother that took you to Strange to try and fix you?

  Alice Tetch : What? No. Jervis kept me a prisoner most of my life, and when I finally managed to escape, I ran as far away from him as I could.

  Harvey Bullock : Mm-hmm, and landed in Gotham.

  Alice Tetch : It seemed like a good place to hide. Until Strange found me and locked me in Indian Hill.

  Harvey Bullock : I'll admit, not the best luck for you, or your future landlord.

  Alice Tetch : That was an accident.

  Harvey Bullock : The infecting part, or the lighting him on fire part?