You Had One Job, O'Neil

Murdoch: O'Neil, come here. O'Neil : Yessir. What can I do for you? Murdoch: Take a look out this window. Tell me what you see. O'Neil : I see fields. I see mountains. I see the raw beauty of nature as the sky meets the earth. As above, so below as the mystics say. Murdoch: I hate poetry. I need you to narrow your focus. What do you see here? [taps the window] O'Neil : [squints] A finger smudge on an otherwise spotless piece of glass? You are a question wrapped in an enigma this morning, sir. Murdoch: [sigh] You're going to make me say it, aren't you? O'Neil : I have never known you to say or do anything from a position of force, sir. Murdoch: Why is there a drone hovering over our headquarters? O'Neil : [gasps] Is that a drone? Murdoch: It is. Why is there a drone here, O'Neil? O'Neil : I thought it was an overly-enlarged hummingbird of some kind. Murdoch: Even the largest hummingbird is only 20cm in lengt

Murdoch: O'Neil, I can't help but notice that building is on fire. O'Neil: Yeah... that old wood is really feeding the flames. Just look at those orangey hues! Murdoch: Do you know why that building is significant O'Neil? O'Neil: Significant? Well, I imagine it was once a home, a place for loved ones to gather, to celebrate family and mark the important milestones in the lives of children and such. Murdoch: That's all true, but do you know why that particular house was significant O'Neil? O'Neil: You can really feel the heat from the flames, even from here! I wish I had brought a chair instead of having to lean on this unmarked car. Murdoch: Focus O'Neil. Why is that particular building on fire? O'Neil: Well... it's a funny story. Murdoch: From where I'm standing, it doesn't seem like it should be funny. From where I'm standing, next to you, leaning against what was supp

Murdoch : Where's the tank O'Neil? O'Neil : What's that? Murdoch : The tank. It was sitting right where I left it, on purpose. And your job, O'Neil, was to watch it. O'Neil : Right. I remember you saying something about that. Murdoch : So where's the tank O'Neil? O'Neil : Yeah... funny story about that... Murdoch : You had one job O'Neil: Watch. The. Tank. ONE JOB. O'Neil : As it turns out, the job was a little more complicated that just watching the tank. Murdoch : It's a tank O'Neil. When it's not being operated, it just sits in one place. It has only one job to do when it's not being used: to sit. Kinda like the one job you had: to sit and watch the tank. O'Neil : You'd think so, wouldn't you? Murdoch : I would. I would think so. In fact, I was thinking that very thing when I gave you the simple job of watching an inert object large enough to not go missing as long as one person