Worth the Wait » Quotes

This is a collection of quotes from most of the episodes in the Luke/Noah storyline. Most of these quotes are available thanks to TV MegaSite's transcripts! Below is a list of quotes from episodes that aired in July 2007!

July 2, 2007

Noah: Okay, I'm hooked. Why is she here?

Noah: Does anybody like that girl?
Maddie: Her cousin, Luke, which is probably best that he's not going to Branson, because he wouldn't leave if Jade's in jail.
Noah: They're close?
Maddie: Very.
Noah: That's interesting. I mean, if she's such a big nightmare -
Maddie: Oh, no, she is, she is. But, you know, she's family to Luke.
Noah: Hmm, yeah, well, I know how that goes.
Maddie: And, I mean, don't get me wrong. Luke is not stupid, it's just that he's really fair. If he hears both sides, he will listen and then he will support both sides. So, he's just a great person and I just hope that he can see through Jade's act.

Maddie: Absolutely. And then it's good-bye Jade and hopefully, if we're lucky, Luke will get his sense of humor back.
Noah: Luke's funny?
Maddie: When he's not worried about something? Hilarious.
Noah: I'll make a note.
Maddie: You'll really like him when you get to know him.

Maddie: Right. Oh, hey, I totally forgot to ask you, where are you going?
Noah: Northwestern.
Maddie: Very impressive.
Noah: I got lucky, very lucky. I've wanted to go there ever since I was 14, and my next door neighbor got accepted there. But he was, you know, captain of the football team, you know, straight A's, president of the class. And it took me awhile, but finally, I got in.
Maddie: Oh, did you get wait-listed?
Noah: No. I had the grades. I had the scores. I even had the killer essay. It was just 'um, just a question of finances.
Maddie: Tell me about it. If I didn't have a scholarship, I would not be going to Wesleyan.
Noah: Yeah, I didn't qualify for a scholarship.
Maddie: Oh, so - student loan? Sorry, that's totally not my business. I'm sorry.
Noah: No, no, please don't worry about it. It was - it was just family stuff. But it all got worked out and I can't wait.
Maddie: Good. So, is your neighbor still there?
Noah: He's actually taking a semester abroad in London.

July 5, 2007

Gabe: Noah?
Noah: Gabe!
Gabe: Good to see you.
Noah: Good to see you, Man. Maddie, this is Gabe. We used to work together.
Maddie: Hi.
Gabe: Hey, as in I used to work for him.
Noah: Now he's got my old job.
Maddie: Oh, you're the stage manager?
Gabe: Assistant stage manager.
Noah: Gabe set all this up.
Gabe: I'm surprised you're here, Noah. Isn't this a little too close to home?

Maddie: This must've been a really cool place to work.
Noah: Yeah, it was great. Especially since I was here twenty four-seven.
Maddie: How's it feel to be back?
Noah: It's fine, why?
Maddie: Oh, I was just - you know, your friend Gabe had said that it must be tough for you to be so close to home.

Maddie: You're going to rock at Northwestern.
Noah: I just got the course catalogue before we left? There's so many film and video courses. I mean, I can't wait. And to finally be on my own, without somebody telling me what to do. And then next summer, I'll be back to WOAK.
Maddie: Oh, so no trips back home?
Noah: Not if I can help it.

Luke: So, can you tell me something? What is the big deal with Will? I mean, seriously. You girls all go nuts for him. You pretend to be pregnant, Cleo pretends to be Gwen. What's the guys big appeal?
Jade: He listens.
Luke: I listen.
Jade: You don't like girls.
Luke: Yeah, there's that.

Jade: You can't go to Branson because of this guy?
Luke: His name is Noah.
Jade: Oh, that's really cute, Luke. Noah, the whole biblical thing.
Luke: Yeah, right. Look, I'm really sorry to dump this on you, but I just don't want to play another round of "Let's watch Luke fall for the straight guy."

July 6, 2007

Colonel Mayer: It's a crime to waste good food. Dig in.
Noah: I'll get it to go. I didn't know we'd be eating lunch.
Colonel Mayer: Like I didn't know you'd be here in Branson? Is that cell phone I pay for broken?
Noah: No. It's not that -
Colonel Mayer: Everyone at Ft. Leonard Wood, except yours truly, had a heads-up about this. Are you trying to avoid me?
Noah: I just didn't think I'd have time for a visit. The station's paying for my trip out here and I'm on a pretty tight schedule.
Colonel Mayer: It seems to me you've got your priorities twisted. Worrying about TV people instead of your own family.
Noah: I work for them, Dad. I'm shooting the benefit concert.
Colonel Mayer: Work? I thought you were an intern.
Noah: I am, but I got a lot of responsibility now.
Colonel Mayer: Does that mean they're paying you?
Noah: No, I'm not on salary yet, but I get experience for my resume.
Colonel Mayer: I don't call that work.
Noah: I know, but Dad - I think this segment is going to make you really proud.
Colonel Mayer: You're living in dreamland, Noah. There's no solid future in the direction you're headed. So I've had to make some hard decisions on your behalf.
Noah: What kind of decisions?
Colonel Mayer: Well for starters, I'm not paying for you to attend Northwestern.

Noah: Dad, I'm supposed to register in a few weeks. You can't back out now. It's not fair.
Colonel Mayer: Don't raise your voice to me. And I can do whatever hell I damn well please.
Noah: But we went over the numbers. I don't understand. Didn't you put money aside for this?
Colonel Mayer: It's not the money.
Noah: Then what is it? Everything I did in high school was about getting into Northwestern. I'm finally going to study filmmaking and directing. It's all I want.
Colonel Mayer: What you want is to play out your fantasies while I invest what amounts to the price of a house into a dead end. That's not going to happen. It's time for you to grow up and get serious.
Noah: My internship at WOAK is serious.
Colonel Mayer: It's a waste of time. They get free labor, you get a form letter and a pat on the back.
Noah: Just because it's not for you, doesn't make it useless.
Colonel Mayer: There's work to be done in this country, Noah. Hard work. And you come from a long line of men who have been giving it for years.
Noah: I work hard.
Colonel Mayer: You don't know what that means. But you will. This fall, instead of enrolling in college, you'll enlist.
Noah: So that's it? Don't I get any say in this?
Colonel Mayer: I am not going to stand back and let you drift into a world that has no substance. You are going to take your place in a long, proud tradition - like I did, like my father did before me, and his father before that.
Noah: Look Dad, I don't want a career in the military.
Colonel Mayer: You can decide that after you've served and the army's made a man out of you - something I've obviously failed to do.
Noah: What about Northwestern? What about what I want?
Colonel Mayer: We'll talk about that and your tuition fund after you've served. Not before. Are we clear?
Noah: Yes, sir. Perfectly clear.

Noah: My dad came by and we had one of our famous father/son chats.
Maddie: Oh, he must be really proud that you're doing a segment for "Oakdale Now."
Noah: He doesn't give a damn about that, Maddie.
Maddie: Really? Doesn't he realize that you get to make your own reel?
Noah: Maddie, he thinks anything having to do with theater, TV, film, whatever - if it has anything to do with the entertainment industry, it must be a total waste of time.
Maddie: Why? What you're doing takes real talent. And you're going to develop that talent even more when you get to Northwestern.
Noah: I'm not going.
Maddie: What? Since when?
Noah: Since my father told me that I have to become a man and enlist in the army, just like every other male in my family.

Noah: It's always been like between me and my dad. When I graduated high school, I thought I was going to finally to have something of my own. You know, college was supposed to be my great escape. And just as I'm out the door, he sets another trap for me.

July 9, 2007

Noah: My dad is. Listen Luke, I know it was awkward before - you walking in on me and Maddie.
Luke: More awkward for you guys. At least I still had my clothes on.
Noah: I just want you to know, that's not why we came down here, okay? It wasn't something we planned, it just happened.
Luke: Look, Noah, you don't owe me any explanations.
Noah: It seems like maybe I did. The way you reacted.
Luke: I walked in on two people I work with having sex. How am I supposed to react?
Noah: You seemed upset.
Luke: I'm not upset.
Noah: I know you and Maddie went to prom together. I just thought you were friends.
Luke: We are.
Noah: But if there's more going on -
Luke: No, there's not.
Noah: Look, the last thing I want you to think is that I'm going to try to come in and move in on someone's girlfriend. So, if you were interested in Maddie at all -
Luke: Trust me, Noah, I am not interested in Maddie.
Noah: If you say so.
Luke: I'm not interested in Maddie!
Noah: Are you sure?
Luke: Yes. I am sure. I'm totally sure. I'm gay.

Noah: So you're gay?
Luke: So you're not.
Noah: You never said anything.
Luke: Yeah, well, why would I? I don't go around announcing it, but I'm not ashamed of it either. Why, do you have a problem?
Noah: No, not at all.
Luke: Okay, good. Just don't say it.
Noah: Say what?
Luke: Some of my best friends are gay.
Noah: Okay, I won't. I'll think it, but I won't say it.

July 10, 2007

Luke: Everything set?
Noah: Yeah, they're getting ready for Gwen's number. I cannot believe that with everything that's been going on, I'm still supposed to tape all of this for WOAK. Weren't you going to go down and watch it with Will and Maddie?
Luke: Oh, I thought I'd see if you needed any help, you know, with the videos and stuff.
Noah: No, all good on my end. But thanks. Hey, we should probably get down there before Gwen gets on stage.
Luke: These the right seats?
Noah: I roped them off myself.

July 16, 2007

Luke: You're here early.
Noah: You too.
Luke: Yeah well, actually, I was just leaving. Um - I made a list of things that need to get done today. And if you have any problems, you can just call me on my cell.
Noah: You're leaving?
Luke: Yeah, I asked Kim for the day off. Oh, Maddie. I was just, um - just telling Noah that I'm taking the day off today. So I made a list, and if there's any problems, just call me on my cell.
Maddie: Luke? You okay?
Luke: Yeah. Yeah, of course. I just - I just think that Jade might need me today. See ya.
Maddie: He must be really upset. He never takes off work.
Noah: You really think he's leaving today because he's worried about Jade?
Maddie: You don't?
Noah: He can't even look at us. He can't even be around us.

July 23, 2007

Noah: Okay, let's review what we've got so far.
Maddie: Okay. Oh - yeah, we have nothing.
Noah: What happened to that one idea?
Maddie: I didn't write down.
Noah: We'd have something written down on paper if you did. Luke makes this look so easy.
Maddie: I know. Do you think he has, what's that word? Talent?
Luke: Well, Maddie, that is the exact word.
Maddie: Oh.
Noah: You're here. I didn't think you would be.
Maddie: I hope you don't mind, but we were working on "Invisible Girl" without you. And look - isn't it great?
Luke: Ah - well, maybe you want to look at this. I had some ideas, so I started writing.
Noah: Some ideas? This is a ton.
Luke: Yeah, but you don't know what it's a ton of, yet.
Maddie: Oh - your writing is always wonderful.
Luke: Oh, come on. I'm not so sure about that.
Noah: We are. We just never know when you're going to do it.
Luke: Well, I have to have something to make me write.
Noah: And what got you going this time?

Maddie: Luke, this is fantastic.
Luke: Which means you have suggestions?
Noah: Which means, I want to get started on this right away.
Maddie: Okay. Really, this is great. It shows what loneliness really feels like.
Luke: Well, it's just a draft. I didn't actually think we'd just start shooting.
Noah: Luke, you don't have to be so modest about this. It's good. It's really good. Can you actually give me a hand with something? Actually, I don't need a hand. I just wanted to ask you a question and I don't' want Maddie to be thinking about this. But, at the end of that scene, do you think she should be crying?
Luke: No.
Noah: You sure? I mean, all that stuff about being alone, I mean, its tough stuff.
Luke: Yeah. But she knows not to cry. Crying just makes things worse - look, I've got a lot of stuff I've got to do, so - I was just going to hand you the pages and go.
Noah: Wait. You're not going to stay and watch?
Luke: No, I'll be back. I'll see the finished product later.
Noah: Luke, it's really great.
Luke: See ya. See ya, Maddie.
Maddie: Bye.
Noah: The guy can write - but he is weird. He's always leaving.

Maddie: I have an idea. Let's discuss our greatness over pizza. Noah: Great. Making like Spielberg always gets me hungry.
Maddie: Mm-hmm. So, the place in Old Town or the place with the thin crust?
Luke: Wait, you mean me?
Maddie: Yes.
Luke: No, I can't go.
Noah: You've got to.
Maddie: Okay, when we talk about our greatness, we really mean, you.
Luke: Look, I - I can't. I have so much work I have to do for tomorrow. Writing that script just got me really behind.
Noah: Well, we'll stay and help.
Luke: No, no! No. You guys go. Go, go, go. And have fun. And thanks. It was exactly how I pictured it in my head.
Maddie: Good. Okay, well if you change your mind, I have my cell phone.
Noah: Right. Oh, you know, watching that did give me one idea. What about a monologue, where the girl tells us what it is about this guy, who doesn't notice her, that she likes? Just an idea.
Luke: Pretty good one.

July 26, 2007

Aaron: I just - for some reason, I just can't let this go. You know - you know how it is.
Luke: Um, no, actually, I don't. I've never really had a long term - I never really had anything.
Aaron: Well, then, you're lucky. Did I - did I say something wrong?
Luke: No, it's just, you don't want to fight for the girl you love. And I would do anything to have somebody to fight for. I would do anything to have somebody who cared about me enough to get mad and scream and run away, who loved me enough to give a damn what I thought about them. You know, I would just - I would love to have somebody care for me that much. But what do I know? After all, I'm just a kid.