- Marcus: [Address on the Television] My fellow Washingtonians, my name is Dr. Marcus Grange. And I come before you today with a warning. As you reel from the desecration of yet another symbol of your great democracy, know that this is just a balancing of the scales. The ignorance and petty political games of your elected representatives have caused untold damage to science. They're the ones who have brought this retribution down on your heads, and none bear more responsibility than Senator Jason Aldrich. Senator, you like to talk about drawing a line in the sand when it comes to government waste. What about the waste of years of a man's life, hm? Breakthroughs that will never be made because you valued the almighty dollar above the pursuit of knowledge. I'm here to tell you that this is just the beginning. The people of this city will continue to pay for what you've done, and when I'm through, if you're not already dead, the survivors will run you out of the ruins on a rail. Just think: if you hadn't canceled Thunderhead, you'd be able to do what I can do. Control the weather itself. I've realized a dream that men have had since the dawn of time. The desecration of yet another symbol of your great democracy. Petty, political games have caused untold damage to science. I am Thor, I am the God of Storms, and I will have my revenge! The almighty dollar above the pursuit of knowledge. But this is... the beginning.
- Senator Aldrich: What I saw back there was more magic than science.
- Samantha Winter: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. That's Clarke's third law.
- Senator Aldrich: Who's Clarke?
- Jacob Grange: [Typing diary in his laptop; voiceover] October second, 2011. It's been quite a while since my last entry, but seeing dad for the first time in nearly seven years stirred up memories that had been buried for quite some time. Writing helps me to control my emotions, since like dad, it's hard for me to express them. After spending the last couple of days with Samantha, I feel like maybe I can confide in her, but I can't find the right time to talk to her, or the words to say. What's new? It's probably better that way, since she wouldn't want anything to do with me if she knew that after seeing dad, it made me remember growing up, wanting to be just like him. Wanting to work with him, side by side, as a father and son. It made me think back to the good man he once was. The good man I knew still exists. Maybe, since she's worked so closely with Marcus, she would understand, but who knows. I can't tell David. I feel like I'm the only person left that doesn't want him dead. Even though he's done all these terrible things, he's still my father. David wouldn't even understand. He's rejected dad's efforts to have a relationship with him ever since mom died. To dad, I was always an afterthought. Whatever I want out of life, David seems to get without trying. Even if it was a relationship with my own father. I guess it's too late for that now.
- Colonel Neilson: Those choppers are designed to withstand anything short of a nuclear blast.
- Samantha Winter: A nuclear blast we could handle. This is Zeus throwing a tantrum from Mount Olympus.