Mr. Brooks

"The hunger has returned to Mr. Brooks' brain. It never really left."

"[after breaking into Mr. Smith's apartment] Don't worry. If I were here to kill you, you would already be dead. After you left today, I realized that our friendship was a little one-sided. So tomorrow night when we meet, if you'd be so kind as to bring all the pictures and the memory card from your camera. That way we could like each other simply for who we are. If you don't show up, I will presume that you've gone to the police, and I will kill you. Even if I go to jail because of you, Mr. Smith, someone will find you, wherever you are, and they will kill you."

"Finding someone you think would be fun to kill is a bit like... well, it's a bit like falling in love. You meet a lot of candidates, and you like some of them, and they're nice. But they're not right. And that special one comes along, and your heart beats faster, and you know that's the one."

"I don't enjoy killing, Mr. Smith. I do it because I'm addicted to it."

"You always want to invest in things people can't do without. Water and cemeteries... pretty safe bets."

"[after the killing blow to Mr. Smith] Before I was the Thumbprint Killer, Mr. Smith, I killed a lot of people in a lot of different ways."

"Why do you fight it so hard, Earl?"

"[scoffing at Earl's AA meetings] You are such a fucking hypocrite. If you were being honest, you would say, "Hi, my name is Earl, and I killed two people last night.""

"For all the taxes we pay, you'd think they'd make it more difficult to hack into the police personnel file."

"[of Mr. Smith] Even if that guy was charming and funny, I still wouldn't like him."

"Let the police put Jane in jail. Hopefully that will save her. And we can happily go on with our tortured lives."

"Don't kid yourself, Earl. You're going to kill again."

"[to her ex-husband] Jesse, you know what would make me feel really safe right now? If you got hit by a truck and died!"

"Sometimes, the man who has everything... has everything to hide."

"A crime is only as perfect as the mind behind it."

"Kevin Costner - Earl Brooks"

"Demi Moore - Detective Tracy Atwood"

"Dane Cook - Mr. Smith / Graves Baffert"

"William Hurt - Marshall"

"Marg Helgenberger - Emma Brooks"

"Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Detective Hawkins"

"Danielle Panabaker - Jane Brooks"

"Aisha Hinds - Nancy Hart"

"Lindsay Crouse - Captain Lister"