Necessary Roughness (TV series)

Necessary Roughness (2011–2013) is a USA Network drama series about a tough Long Island divorcee who, in order to make ends meet, gets a job as a therapist for a professional football team. Season 1 Pilot [1.01] Dani Santino: I don't scare easily and I do not give up. Coach Purnell: Are you always this pigheaded?! Dani Santino: Only when it comes to protecting my clients and my children. [her cell phone rings] Now, I got to take this 'cause it's my daughter's guidance counselor! Coach Purnell: [to Dani] Good luck, Doc. You're our Hail Mary. Dani Santino: [to Terrance] I am your therapist, I'm not part of your posse. Dani Santino [to Ray]: You try to take my kids and I will kill you. Terrance "T.K." King: I will trash my career if I want to! Spinning Out [1.02] Dani: I look like a refugee backup dancer from a Madonna video. Coach Purnell (about TK): If he can walk, he can run, if he can run, he can play. Make him walk by Sunday. Janet: You want to know what the new protein is? Earthworms. The guys a worm farmer. The night was destined to end with battery-operated machinery. Anchor Management [1.03] Dani: When a person spins out, you often can't tell until after they hit the wall. Dani: Vodka and painkillers, statistically, deadlier than auto racing. Habit Forming [1.04] Dani: The question is: when is it time for an old habit to die? Nico: As shocking as it sounds, I am capable of reading and apologizing. Poker Face [1.05] Dani (to Laura): Everyone has a dark side. Laura: Not one I can't spin. Officer (to TK): At 75 miles per hour, no problem. At 150, big problem. TK: I was...150. The dealer said this thing could go 200. This thing is broken. I'm taking it back. Dream On [1.06] Tyler: Ten years and I still have to dance like a trained monkey for my banana. Jeanette (to Dani): Honey, it's a high school reunion, not a mafia confirmation. Jeanette: You just gave me the boost no botox injection ever could. Whose Team Are You On? [1.07] Matt: Can't we all just get along? Coach Purnell: Thank you, Mr. Switzerland. Dani (to Nico): How come none of your situations happen at a normal time? Nico: Because jail time is anytime. Coach Purnell: Shannon Prichard's sucking up loose jewelry faster than a Hoover. Losing Your Swing [1.08] Dani: Terrence has a problem with boundaries. He's got none. Nico: I live in the basement so you can live in the penthouse. Matt: I don't care where you live. Just get that guy out of our house. Forget Me Not [1.09] TK: Lesson learned. Consider me spanked. Dani: There are many types of fighters in the world. Some box and some sit in little flower chairs. TK: You know what's unattractive? A parasite with fresh blood on his face. A Wing and a Player [1.10] Matt: Since you obviously didn't pay attention at the last sexual harassment seminar. TK: I thought that was a how to. TK (to Dani): You've got some good kids. Wimpy, but good. Baggage Claim [1.11] Dani: Can we agree that throwing things at employees is generally considered unacceptable and probably illegal? TK: You tell anyone I asked you about this, you're a dead man. Matt: You tell anyone I answered, then you're dead too. Goal Line [1.12] Dani: To what do I owe the honor? Jail time? Strip club? Dani: Mall parking lot. Odd spot for therapy. Season 2 Shrink or Swim [2.01] Dani: I almost killed a tutor, an IRS agent and my son all in the same day. Matt: All new season. All new set of crazy. Lindsay: He eats frozen blood worms. Dani: Ray Jay? Lindsay: No. Mr. Fishy. To Swerve and Protect [2.02] TK: Pitman's sweating me like a hooker in church. Dani: I love my job and I care about the players, but I am not a game player. So if you're going to fire me over this, feel free to do it right now. Dani: I am going to go get that little Romeo and he is going to wish he drank poison. Wide Deceiver [2.03] TK: I don't need the nonsense of football. It's just full of pain and agony and pressure and disloyalty Pitman: My grandmother could get a nine. She's been dead for 15 years. Slumpbuster [2.04] Matt: Don't beat yourself up. That's my job. Pittman: I am flattered that you think of me as normal. Dani: Oh, it's a relative term. Mr. Irrelevant [2.05] TK: When a tweeter and a hater have a baby, it's a twate. Coach Purcell: We already have one head case wide receiver. What do we need, a match set? Dani: Big dreams are the magic that stirs us to greatness. What's Eating You [2.06] TK: You go first. I've been shot twice this year. It's your turn. TK: I am finally having a good time again. I thought you guys would appreciate that. Nico: We would if you were using your powers for good instead of evil. TK: You did not just bedazzle my helmet? Spell it Out [2.07] Dani: Our words have power. TK: I can pretty much ignore anything. A Load of Bull [2.08] Jeanette: Breaking up is hard to do. That's why country music exists. TK: The Hawks do not objectify women. Put your flagpoles back in. Might As Well Face It [2.09] Dani: Who loves the shopping? Jeanette: It's the only sport I'm really good at. Nico (to Dani): That's the funny thing about your patients. They all end up in rehab. Double Fault [2.10] Dani: This team has compromised me in ways that I never even knew existed. Nico: Right now I'm a little busy trying to save all of our asses before this goes public. All the King's Horses [2.11] TK: I need this for the Tweethab. You know, Tweeting from rehab. Dani (about TK): I'm just suppose to help people put themselves back together and you know, he's in a bunch of pieces. Frozen Fish Sticks [2.12] Matt: How is the league suppose to take us seriously if we're being run by our own Paris HIlton? Dani: New rule. There's going to be one leather seat between us at all times. TK: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change what I can and the wisdom not to take Toes out and beat him like a rented government mule. Hits and Myths [2.13] Nico (to Juliette): What are we celebrating? Juliette: Tuesday. TK: So fast you didn't see me bitch slap you. Dani: Why can't my sex dream just be about sex? The Fall Guy [2.14] Matt: It's like they're actively trying to end people's careers out there. TK: I've shot turkey before, but it's always been wild and followed by a hangover. Regret Me Not [2.15] Dani: Happiness is fleeting and we don't live forever. TK (to Joe): You come to ballet often? Joe: How do you think I get these sexy damn legs? Dani: How do you know when that ship has sailed? Nico: When it's so far out to sea that you'd drown trying to catch up to it. There's the Door [2.16] Glenn: We prepare for the worst and then hope to be pleasantly surprised. Dani: Sometimes doing the right thing ain't always the easy thing. Season 3 Ch-Ch-Changes [3.01] Connor (to Dani): Don't tell me you're a cynic. Dani: I'm just from New York. Goes with the territory. TK (to Dani): Help me Obi-Wan KeDani. You are my only hope. Nico (to Dani): Are you going to slap me again? Dani: No, but I'd like to. Gimme Some Lovin' [3.02] Dani: I can't just snap my fingers and get her back up on the balance beam. Nico: If she gets hurt in any way, you do not want me as an enemy. Connor: Nobody cares about "Gay the Sequel." Swimming With Sharks [3.03] Snap Out of It [3.04] Nolan (to Dani): Does this window open? Dani: No, why? Nolan: Because I want to kill myself. TK: Did I just get Jetered in my own home? V3 for Vendetta [3.05] TK: I knew this plan was brain dead from the start. Sheera: I'll show you brain dead, Cinderfella. Abigail: I saw you on TV last night, Connor. If you were spinning any harder, you'd have your own gravitational pull. Connor: Congratulations on our first FBI raid. Let's give ourselves a big round of applause. Good Will Haunting [3.06] Connor: Life sure is a page turner, isn't it? Dani: Yes, and I can't wait to see what happens next. TK: He is trading me to Buffalo. The weather's like Siberia. The team is even colder and they're in the last place in the league. And the women? A Buffalo 10 is like a Manhattan 3. A Buffalo 10 is like a Buffalo. Connor: Celebrity phones get hacked all the time. Don't put anything on your phone that you don't want in the tabloids. Bringing the Heat [3.07] Nico: Dr. Santino responds to one thing: honesty. Dani: There's no cure in therapy. The Game's Afoot [3.08] Connor: That boy's got some balls, doesn't he? Too bad I'm going to cut them off. Dani: What am I suppose to do while you're tracking him down? Just skip on back to the Death Star like it's Disneyland? Sucker Punch [3.09] Connor: The person who bites the hand that feeds them licks the boot that kicks them. Connor: Fast and furious, my friend. That is what we offer. Dani: You've certainly come to the right place because I do love me a fight. Sympathy for the Devil [3.10] Connor: Can I make you a drink, Santino? Dani: You already did. Kool-Aid. Connor: If you want to get to the top of the mountain, you've got to break some rules. Dani: You know that expression "Love is blind." TK: Then I must be the Stevie Wonder of romance. Cast Callie Thorne - Dr. Danielle "Dani" Santino Marc Blucas - Matthew Donnally Mehcad Brooks - Terrance "T.K." King Scott Cohen - Nico Carales Craig Bierko - Ray Santino Patrick Johnson - Ray "Ray Jay" Santino Jr. Hannah Marks - Lindsay Santino Concetta Tomei - Angela Amanda Detmer - Jeanette Gregory Alan Williams - Coach Purnell External links 1657505 Necessary Roughness Official website Category:Cancelled shows Category:2010s American drama TV shows Category:USA shows