# Dramatic exits on TV & film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698 "2018-09-21T19:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/1 "2018-09-21T19:53:46Z")
What’s better than a dramatic entrance? A dramatic exit! Inspired by the exit Jack Ryan makes in the first episode of the eponymous Amazon TV series, what are other dramatic exits? Ground rules: non fatal, preferably of the hero, and superheroes & supervillains don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/2 "2018-09-21T20:44:39Z")
“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” No cite needed. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/3 "2018-09-21T20:51:41Z")
The hero get to fly away with his girlfriend in a Gunstar in _The Last Starfighter_. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/4 "2018-09-21T21:03:48Z")
Anna’s literal exit at the end of _The Third Man_. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/5 "2018-09-21T21:10:49Z")
Joseph Cotton has a short train ride in _Shadow of a Doubt._ ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/6 "2018-09-21T22:51:03Z")
Yes, lots of us have been smitten by Teresa Wright, and lived to admit it. Another ride, 17 years later (admittedly fatal for the fish): > [@](#): > > “Hi Mr. Williams!” > “Hi boys! You catch some big ones today, huh? I think tomorrow I’ll join you.” > “Plenty of room and lots of fish!” > “Hiya Mr. Williams. Welcome!” > “Thank you! Thank you. I’m glad to be here.” > (Band playing ‘Beautiful Dreamer’) Happy trails, Marian!.. > [@](#): > > “And what say you to that, Baron of Locksley?” > “May I obey all your commands with equal pleasure, sire!” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/7 "2018-09-21T23:03:55Z")
Maybe-dead King Arthur sails off with Guinevere and nuns into the sunset in _Excalibur_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/8 "2018-09-21T23:12:19Z")
_Thelma and Louise_ The Lone Ranger TV show (each episode): “Who was that masked man?” “That was the Lone Ranger.” (in the distance, riding) “Hi-yo, Silver! Away!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/9 "2018-09-22T00:03:33Z")
On _ **NCIS** _, when Gibbs’s coffee consumption was still a thing: \*“Where you goin’, Boss?” “To the head!”\*\* \*Mistranslated into Russian as _“To see the Director.”_ Kirk in “The City on the Edge of Forever”: _“Let’s get the hell out of here!”_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/10 "2018-09-22T00:15:36Z")
Rosalind Shays on _ **LA Law** _: \*“You’re staying with a man who doesn’t love you.” “I really don’t want to talk about it. **AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!** ”\* ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/11 "2018-09-22T01:08:55Z")
Best line? “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!” Worst line? “How is this possible? Because he **is** the Kwisatz Haderach!” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/12 "2018-09-22T01:34:37Z")
“There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. . .” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/13 "2018-09-22T01:53:12Z")
Well, this seems like it’s gonna end up including exits \*and \*parting lines, and some will be “dramatic” while others will be badass but maybe quiet. For a fave of mine: Barney Greenwald’s exit speech in _The Caine Mutiny_ as delivered by José Ferrer. When he says “If you wanna do anything about it, I’ll be outside… I’m a lot drunker than you are, so it’ll be a fair fight”, you \*believe \*it. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/14 "2018-09-22T03:05:50Z")
Doug: “No, dad! No! Like bumming a smoke from Doug is gonna make things copacetic twixt me and you. I’m Doug and you’re dad. Teens and adults don’t mix. Forget it, I’m outta… I’m outta herrrre.” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/15 "2018-09-22T03:24:53Z")
Our last sight of Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) in _Lawrence of Arabia_—black robe swirling as he strides into the Damascus palace. (Looked for a clip but haven’t found one.) ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/16 "2018-09-22T03:26:42Z")
While not really that dramatic, I’ve always liked the original Q’s (_Desmond Llewelyn_) exit in _The World is not enough_. One of the highlights in _Brosnan’s_ often uneven Bond tenure, made all the more poignant by _Llewelyn’s_ death shortly after filming the scene. Bond and Q share a few jokes at the new guy’s (_John Cleese_) expense. Bond shows a bit of rarely seen vulnerability at the thought of Q retiring, giving their relationship a kinda father/son vibe. Q then gets the last word and makes an appropriate exit from the franchise. [The scene on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyX-ffcxC_8) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/17 "2018-09-22T03:56:18Z")
In the movie Head, The Monkees jump off a bridge at both the beginning and the end. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/18 "2018-09-22T03:59:49Z")
How can I be the first one to mention …that guy, whoever he _actually_ was…at the end of _The Usual Suspects?_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/19 "2018-09-22T04:04:33Z")
“Hey, Doc, we better back up; we don’t have enough road to get up to 88.” “. . . _roads?_ Where we’re going, we don’t need . . . _roads_.” [/cue the music] ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698/20 "2018-09-22T07:26:18Z")
My favourite: Snagglepuss, reading his stage directions - “Exit, stage left!” 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-exits-on-tv-film/821698.md?page=2)