Relationships
Who stands where with whom — by episode.
MEN E1: The Big Guy
- Hunch ↔ Anastasia — rivals who keep meeting: "How is it you are everywhere I don't want you to be?" — 01:27:18; "How is it you're everywhere I want to be?" — 01:27:26. He says her stories are "very unflattering to me in particular" — 01:27:42; she calls him "a flatfooted dummy" — 01:27:56. Brennan: "curiosity and attention right parallel to each other" — 01:28:36
- Imelda ↔ Anastasia — cousins: "She's my cousin." — 01:48:25; "She doesn't like to admit it. She likes to think she's a self-made woman" — 01:48:28. Imelda brings up her parents — "your parents, they're worried about you" — 01:26:38; Anastasia asks "Why are you wearing the keys?" — 01:48:10
- Imelda ↔ Hunch — client and detective; Hunch sees through the alias — 00:12:11–00:12:40
- Imelda ↔ Dan — he already knows her by sight: "This is Imelda Pulse!" — 01:24:13; he calls for "her usual" — 01:23:08
- Dan ↔ Conrad — Dan calls him "My mortal enemy" over the nightly notes — 01:25:04; "Martin Luther nailing the indictments against the Catholic Church on my door" — 01:30:44; Conrad: "I always let him get one punch in and then I make a dash for it." — 01:40:57. Dan asked Madam Loathing to capture the child — 01:38:19
- Dan ↔ Hans — Dan keeps the bouncer on for balance: "That's why we keep you around to keep balance." — 00:44:47; "I see right through you, man." — 00:55:40; "Ah, lovable rapscallion. That's why I keep you around." — 01:24:00
- Dan ↔ Chief Tightass — they know each other: "Well, ol' Danny Fucks." — 00:51:22; "Chief Tightass, your horrifying visage graces my club once again." — 00:51:26; banter: "Oh, not too tight, or maybe." / "Ah, I hate when you like it." — 00:51:34–00:51:35
- The Fix ↔ Bition — the DA relies on him: "we know we can rely on you" — 01:04:50; the Fix compliments his hair — 01:05:20
- The Fix ↔ Madam Loathing — he is the "beloved benefactor" and she is mean to him — 01:32:07, 01:32:27; he is warm to the children — 01:34:53; she says his visits give them "false hope" — 01:34:46
- The Fix ↔ children (Ronnie Reptile) — Ronnie shows him a drawing and hugs his leg — 01:33:34, 01:34:22
- Conrad ↔ Justin — "Justin, you're my best friend." / "You're my best friend too, but we just tend to say it after something real sad's happened." — 01:12:02, 01:12:06; Justin urges him to speak up — 01:16:14
- Conrad ↔ Imelda — she sat him down with peanuts; he gave her the paper outside Sugah: "you look and see the kid in front of you who gave you that newspaper" — 01:41:29; he finds out who she is — 01:47:52
- Anastasia ↔ Focus — "That earwax story got us a Pulitzer." — 00:35:16; he lets her pursue the lead with a threat — 00:36:11
- Anastasia ↔ Officer Connell — he knows her: "Miss Tension, hello, hello. Fancy seeing you here." — 00:22:50
- Anna ↔ Hunch — the secretary who manages him: "No, not closed. You have to get money." — 00:12:33
MEN E2: The Scattered Mind
- Hunch ↔ Conrad — Hunch cast himself as protector: "I did stop The Fix from beating the crap out of you, and I did stop Danny Fucks from beating the crap out of you." — 00:27:12; Conrad: "I mean, I'm at a table with all three of you." — 00:27:36
- Hunch ↔ The Fix — they square off nose to nose: "I'm looking at you!" — 00:08:40; Imelda: "You guys are best friends." — 00:08:40
- Hunch ↔ Anastasia — Hunch calls her stories unclear: "It's never the clear story with Tension here." — 00:13:07; she answers "You have to stop doing things." — 00:13:17; Imelda: "She really does have it out for you, huh?" — 00:13:26
- Imelda ↔ Anastasia — Anastasia wants to know "where did you use that key?" — 00:20:06; Imelda answers "The same place we always use the keys, Anastasia. Have you forgotten so much?" — 00:20:11; Anastasia: "it definitely seems like something you would do" — 00:20:45
- Dan ↔ Conrad — "We have an adversarial relationship." — 00:42:00; Conrad: "I kind of like it, too." — 00:41:56; Justin: "Conrad loves shame." — 00:42:03
- The Fix ↔ Conrad — The Fix apologises: "I'd like to apologize for trying to steal you." — 00:23:24; Conrad trusts him despite it: "You are who you are, and... let's get on our way." — 00:52:16; The Fix says Conrad "might be the butterfly" — 00:33:44; at the home The Fix tells him "I think it's time to unlearn that lesson." — 01:33:20
- The Fix ↔ Justin — "You seem like a very smart dog." — 00:09:30; "Hey, you know, that feels nice." after Justin congratulates him — 01:28:46; "Yeah, you're a good dog." — 01:29:44
- Conrad ↔ Justin — "You're my best friend!" — 00:11:19; "I'll stick with Conrad no matter what." — 00:51:07; Imelda objects "Don't say it again! Please don't say it again, it's too sad!" — 00:51:11
- The Fix ↔ Bition — The Fix knows him well: "I know him pretty well." — 00:46:22; Imelda: "the DA is happy to ignore things that are inconvenient to him." — 00:46:26
- Imelda ↔ The Fix — The Fix says he has worked for people at the table; Imelda says "It's me. He knows me." — 00:29:26
- Dan ↔ Wilton — Dan calls him brother during a staged slap: "I love you, brother!" — 01:12:27; Wilton disowns him on seeing Anastasia: "Sorry, this man's not my brother. He's mean as hell." — 01:13:46
- Dan ↔ Donna Fucks — "You're asking me to speak to my long-lost sister?" — 01:16:31
- Anastasia ↔ Max Medulla — old source: "Max, have I ever?" / "Occasionally, yeah, for sure." — 01:02:24, 01:02:26
- Hunch ↔ Ollie — Ollie hits him, then runs: "You're haunted." — 01:45:16
- Imelda ↔ Millie — "That's wildly self-deprecating." — 01:41:23
- Dan ↔ Hunch — "That's why you're my favorite customer, my man." — 02:01:39
MEN E3: F For Freezer
- Hunch ↔ Dan — Dan follows Hunch's balls plan: "By god, man, you're right!" — 00:08:35; Hunch to Dan: "Danny, I've never seen this before. That's exactly why I love it." — 01:02:19; Hunch: "And stop rubbing my leg." — 01:08:01; in the ring corner Freddie says "I've been massaging his shoulders the whole time." — 01:28:40
- Conrad ↔ Justin — Justin: "We're not dying because of you." — 00:10:31; Conrad: "I told you this off to the side on purpose." — 00:11:24; Justin: "I don't want you to go." — 00:11:22; Conrad: "Well, I don't want you to do anything you don't feel good about." — 00:11:39
- Conrad ↔ Dan — Dan: "Connie, my boy, I think you're speaking sense for the first time in your life." — 00:40:30; Conrad: "Yeah, no, for the first time, I agree with Mister F..." — 00:15:14
- Conrad ↔ The Fix — The Fix hears Conrad's plan to be turned in: "So- So I'm going to take you to the man who told me to kill you?" — 00:39:10; The Fix: "Do you want to help, or do you want to just get murdered?" — 00:40:05; the eagle speech — 00:41:54; The Fix on Justin smoking a cigarette: "Honestly, that sounds real cute." — 00:43:41
- Conrad ↔ Hunch / Anastasia — they argue against his surrender: Hunch "Because it's been at least two times now you've tried to get murdered." — 00:40:15; Anastasia: "you can wipe out your guilt not by wiping yourself out" — 00:40:57
- Imelda ↔ Anastasia — cousins per the chief: "your cousin has gone missing" — 00:54:01; Imelda: "Just because your mom married a poor person doesn't mean that you have to live like this." — 00:52:50; Anastasia: "I don't have to live like this. I choose to live like this." — 00:52:59; Imelda: "You have gotten so good at lying. I am proud of you." — 01:00:05; Imelda: "Oh, well, now I like it less, I guess." — 01:00:17
- Imelda ↔ the Pulse parents — "We don't have to talk to my parents, do we?" — 00:35:15; Bition says they messaged him that their daughter went to Cerebell Pacific — 01:49:02
- The Fix ↔ Bition — The Fix says of the men in power "I know these men." — 00:31:37; he is greeted "Ah! Fix, pleasure." — 01:43:33; Bition: "Look, Fix, pelican bones and different facts and pyramids and where they are, does nothing for us." — 01:46:02; "Elias Hodge is the big guy's biggest problem." — 01:49:02
- Conrad ↔ Ivana Popov — "You only ever knew me back when I was Fight." — 01:26:43; "He say, worst thing that ever happen is when big guy listened to you." — 01:27:32; "Stand up for yourself!" — 01:28:01; Conrad: "It was nice listening to you!" — 01:40:57
- Ivana ↔ her brother — "my brother and I get in huge fight before he run away" — 01:27:15; the brother is not named
- Hunch ↔ Dom Nuntz — "Oh my god, you okay, man?" — 01:23:13; "Elias really needs to work on himself." — 01:23:20
- Dan ↔ Tiny — Tiny: "You make me feel really good. Okay. Can I give you a hug?" — 01:14:56; Freddie "I'm massaging your shoulders." and Tiny "Wow, you got magic hands." — 01:15:12, 01:15:13
- Dan ↔ Joey Sneezes — Joey calls him "boss"; Dan: "Didn't recognize you there without the sneezing, constant allergies." — 01:06:24
- Anastasia ↔ Tightass — "Oh, Mr. Tightass, you know how cooperative I've been. I've worked with you on many investigations." — 00:58:58
MEN E4: Grappling With Death
- Imelda ↔ Anastasia — cousins: Siobhan proudly "That's my cousin." about Anastasia's roll — 01:06:23; the tattoo talk: "We could have gotten tattoos like five different times, except you always wanted to have a tattoo of a cigarette or you wanted a tattoo of a blender." — 01:03:18; Imelda: "It'll never not be funny, it'll never not be funny, I'll love it forever." — 01:03:31; Anastasia to Imelda in the cloak: "Im, you look too pretty and mysterious." — 00:04:37
- Anastasia ↔ Max — "Hey, I owe you big time. You've gotten me out of a lot of jams." — 00:10:06; "coming from you, it's kinda cute." — 00:12:15
- Imelda ↔ Max — Max: "I like this one." — 00:11:45; "you did lie right away when you first got here, but then you immediately corrected to what I know and believe is the truth" — 00:12:40
- Ivana ↔ Conrad — Conrad: "She and I go way back." — 00:15:58; Ivana: "Nice. You were really scared of doing that, but it was really good." — 00:34:31; "Kid, you're all right." — 01:01:35
- Ivana ↔ Anastasia — Ivana cries at Anastasia's words: "Thank you for noticing." — 00:17:40; "It's true, the big guy is a big, big wuss." — 00:18:02
- Ivana ↔ her siblings — "My sister, I know she go by Fanny. She work for Don Avaricci." — 00:16:25; "Where Freeze go, Freeze, he and me get in a big fight before... we get fired." — 00:16:45; "Brother." (to the mayor) — 01:40:08; "I could kill you." — 01:45:41; Imelda: "Oh, Flight?" / Ivana: "Flight, if we can find her, yeah, for sure" — 01:46:17, 01:46:18
- Mayor Freeze ↔ Conrad — "I know you well enough, kid. I know you just fine. <…> You're the reason that we almost died out there and we got that big hideous scar across the front of our face." — 01:39:39; Conrad: "Hey, you did the best you could." — 01:41:09; the mayor asks Conrad "I don't know kid, you think this is the right thing to do?" — 01:43:59; Conrad: "I do." — 01:44:03
- Mayor ↔ Imelda — "Imelda Pulse! Your parents are looking for you. They're some of my campaign's biggest contributors." — 01:30:00; Imelda: "I'm beginning to think we need a new mayor." — 01:36:50
- Mayor ↔ Anastasia — "thank you very much for the piece you ran during the last election. I thought it was very tough, but fair." — 01:30:32; Mr. Focus, "an old friend of mine" — 01:30:44
- Hunch ↔ Dan — Hunch: "I've never seen a more monumental failure." — 01:13:42; "Don't you worry, Fucks." — 01:49:18; Hunch to Dan after the injection: "This ain't heaven, this is just my smoky, disgusting office." — 01:13:33
- Hunch ↔ Justin — Hunch: "Hey, hey. You're my best friend." — 01:28:25; Justin: "You're not mine, but I-" — 01:28:30; "By proxy, I really appreciate it." — 01:28:42
- Conrad ↔ Justin — Justin: "I'm gonna kill him!" — 01:00:59; reunion: "Justin, you're my best friend!" — 02:06:57; "You don't lick me, I'm a dog." — 02:07:04; "I love you." — 02:07:16
- Dan ↔ Justin — Justin: "Why are you always so mean to Conrad?" — 01:50:01; "Conrad doesn't have anybody other than me out in the whole wide world." — 01:51:11; "You know, you and me could work great together." — 01:50:36; Dan: "My goodness, I found a new ally here today." — 01:52:29
- Dan ↔ Conrad — Dan calls Conrad "this damn gnat that keeps biting at me" and "a little shit" — 01:50:03; Justin answers "Conrad didn't make the big guy miserable." — 01:51:48
- The Fix ↔ Hunch — Hunch: "I got something for that." about the shoes — 01:24:27; the two run the locker together: "You're wingmanning-? Thank you so much." — 02:00:49
- The Fix ↔ Pasha — an exchange of animal facts; Pasha: "That's fascinating." — 01:55:58; The Fix: "It's been very nice to meet you." — 02:00:23; The Fix puts a hand on her shoulder about her late brother — 02:03:07
- Pasha ↔ her brother — "That's my brother. My late brother, he passed away when we were children." — 02:02:52
- Mayor ↔ Lance — "Lance, can we get an apple box?" — 01:31:22; Lance's report "Boss, we got more trains coming in at Oblongata Station" — 01:45:04
- Joie de Vivre ↔ Anastasia / Imelda — "Farewell, Anastasia. I hope I find you someday soon if only to get all my stuff back." — 01:09:54; Imelda: "Thank you, this guy really is great." — 01:08:16
MEN E5: Emergency Powers
- Hunch ↔ Anastasia (curiosity and attention) — Brennan: "This long rivalry between curiosity and attention-"; Anastasia: "But we should've been best friends long ago." — 00:10:38, 00:11:21
- Imelda ↔ Anastasia — Imelda introduces her to Thalamus as the press: "we have a journalist with us right here" — 00:15:41; Siobhan and Danielle play with the guns: "Look at us! Pew, pew!" — 00:50:53
- Imelda ↔ Lance — hypervigilance and impulse join: "Hypervigilance and impulse? Absolutely." — 01:00:19; he proposes: "Ma'am, it would be an honor." — 01:02:09; "I am in love with you." — 01:05:56
- Imelda ↔ Ivana — Imelda: "if you want a job after this"; Ivana: "I'd just like my old job back." — 01:01:55, 01:01:58
- Frank Freeze ↔ Ivana — "long lost siblings, are sort of catching up"; she hits him on the head — 00:36:57, 00:43:10
- Frank ↔ Fanny / Flight — The Fix asks him to look for Flight, "My sister?", "She's really good at getting away." — 00:53:34, 00:53:37, 00:53:39
- The four siblings — Anastasia to Fanny: "I happen to be great friends with your brother and one of your sisters." — 02:12:29; Fanny: "Those old so-and-sos are still snooping around town?" — 02:12:37
- Anastasia ↔ Fanny — Fanny: "Wow, you sure know how to make a reflex feel special." — 02:13:26
- Dan ↔ Conrad — Dan: "One of the many reasons I dislike you." — 00:24:29; Conrad's reply "That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me!" — 00:26:05; the Don learns Dan loathes him — 01:30:03; Dan calls him a "little shit" — 02:24:39
- Conrad ↔ Justin — "You're my best friend!" both ways — 01:56:52; Conrad: "Take as much time as you need, buddy." — 02:00:30
- Hunch ↔ Justin — Hunch asks Justin "Who's your best friend?"; Hunch recalls: "I told him he was my best friend already earlier today, and he, he kind of shot me down." — 01:49:58, 01:52:14
- The Fix ↔ Ronnie Reptile — Ronnie hugs him: "Mr. Fix!"; they trade animal facts — 01:35:18, 01:40:18
- The Fix ↔ Madam Loathing — "Fix, what do you wan..." and "The Fix, at least, I know, and you're just a stranger." — 01:31:38, 01:34:36
- Conrad ↔ Madam Loathing / the Home — "Have you come back to deposit this wayward interest?"; Ronnie: "We miss you around the home." — 01:32:39, 01:36:06
- Madam Loathing ↔ her brother — photo of her with a muscle-bound tattooed man; Bastion: "Her brother or whatever that's, like, by here sometimes." Trapp and Brennan: "Self Doubt." — 01:37:58, 01:39:12, 01:38:47
- Don Avaricci ↔ M. Bition — the check shows Avaricci's money for Bition's campaign; the Don later: "Bition stays off my tail." — 01:17:38, 02:04:02
- Don Avaricci ↔ Dan — offers to make him mayor; "Mr. Fucks, you gotta dream big." — 02:05:05, 02:22:05
- Mark Bition ↔ Lance — "The DA told me to come down here and protect this until-" — 00:58:19
- Thalamus ↔ Norrell — "He was a good pal, that's for sure." — 00:29:08
- Anastasia ↔ Flight — Anastasia: "I've always been trying to help you."; Flight: "Thank you so much for saving me." — 02:27:25, 02:27:58
MEN E6: Case Closed
- Imelda ↔ Lance — Lance stays at the clock tower; she calls him her fiance and asks for an open relationship; he: "You're perfect!"; they elope — 00:09:16, 01:09:47, 01:09:54, 01:10:08, 01:53:35
- Imelda ↔ Ivana — drink vodka and champagne together: "I like to have vodka because then you say what you really think, you know?" — 00:11:08
- Ivana ↔ Stacy — "Hello there, sister." / "You!"; "me and Stacy are oldest of the four. Fawn and Freeze kinda new." — 00:13:51, 00:13:53, 00:13:57
- Anastasia ↔ Ivana / Stacy — takes their keys (Ivana gives hers; Stacy is punched) — 00:21:50, 00:22:27
- Dan ↔ Conrad — Dan's plan to ambush the Don; Justin: "Dan's, you know, never really done anything nice for us even one time."; Dan: "I revise my previous statement! Stay hidden."; at the end "I may have judged you harshly" — 00:35:36, 00:38:27, 01:02:15, 01:43:32
- Dan ↔ Don Avaricci — the Don asks Dan to lure Conrad out; shoots him: "We coulda had something great, Fucks." — 00:23:04, 01:00:31
- Dan ↔ Wilton — "Wilton, my brother!" — 00:57:46
- Dan ↔ the Spit Hand Pervert — "That's my son." and "You and me and Donna all together for Christmas again." — Dan: "I would like that. I'd like that very much." — 01:12:32, 01:12:39, 01:12:46
- Conrad ↔ Justin — "You're my best friend." both ways — 01:46:06, 01:46:08
- Conrad ↔ Madam Loathing — "You… are seen, and I accept you."; she: "I think we could work very well together, you and I." — 01:16:03, 01:22:18
- The Fix ↔ Madam Loathing — fights, then she gives him a compass ("You should give this to Conrad.") and her house — 01:05:12, 01:51:33, 01:52:33
- The Fix ↔ Pasha — "after 20 years of marriage" becomes a proposal; "I do!" — 01:50:09, 01:50:25
- Pasha ↔ Ichabod — brother and sister reunited — 01:49:56, 01:50:06
- Anastasia ↔ Fawn — "just keep paying attention to me." — 01:47:27, 01:47:34
- Anastasia ↔ Frank Freeze — "That day in court was incredible." — 01:47:51
- Hunch ↔ Imelda — her song: "That's that song you couldn't remember." — 01:54:11
- Imelda ↔ Hunch — after his "No it doesn't" to Max: "Genius, you're a genius, Hunch." — 00:17:51
- Elias ↔ his sister — "I think I owe my sister a call." — 01:36:20
- Elias ↔ the coffee shop person — number, ice-skating date — 01:36:35, 01:36:43
- Elias ↔ Mr. Henry — Henry grabs him; Elias punches him out — 00:55:08, 00:56:06
- Imelda's gangsters ↔ the Don's men — fire on each other — 01:09:34