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Season 1

  • Some of Nadia's deaths, particularly early on, are quite funny due to how sudden they are.
    • In particular, the part in Episode 2 where she somehow falls down the stairs and dies 4 times in 3 minutes.
  • Nadia's entire interaction with the woman in the jewellers' shop is sublime.
    Nadia: You know that condition where you can't remember people's faces.
    Woman: Facial aphasia?
    Nadia: Yes. I have that, but with names.
    Woman: Oh, come on. You're fucking with me. I mean, people really like to fuck with me, so just...
    Nadia: No, no, no, it's a real condition.
    Woman: Mmm, what's that called?
    Nadia: It's, uh, it's called...name aphasia. Yes, it's a very serious condition. You can google it after I leave.
  • “Hey, bartendress? Hello, yeah. More drunk, please.”
    • Almost the entire bar scene in “Reflections” qualifies. It has several serious, heartfelt moments, but it also has Alan finding out Nadia also had sex with Mike:
      Alan: This is not about my first death; this is probably because you were fucking that Irish, that Irish fucking gingerbread, fisherman-looking motherfucker!
    • And super-drunk Alan making a pass at Nadia:
      Nadia: Oh. (Beat) Looks like someone just threw a gauntlet right into my puss-puss… Let’s have at it!
  • Watching Nadia becoming increasingly unhinged over the course of many death loops (at least early in the series). Especially Maxine's baffled reactions.
  • In one loop, Nadia meets up with John and waves to his daughter Lucy through the cafe window. Lucy flips her off. Doubles as a Heartwarming moment.
    Nadia: Your kid just flipped me off! She's perfect!
  • After Nadia and Alan discover they both have a deathly allergy to bees in the subway, Nadia says "Oh so I guess we run into a bunch of fuckin' honeybees now". Cue a Gilligan Cut to people running out of a subway entrance while a loud buzzing noise is heard. Then cut to the bathroom mirrors.

Season 2

  • Natasha announces Season 2 in The only way possible.
  • "We can't choose our genes. Otherwise I'd like to be Nadia Comaneci."
  • Nadia discovering her subway cart is going to 1982.
  • "I am backed by something called the World Wide Web." "Sounds nefarious." "You have no idea!"
  • Once Nadia, who is passing as her mother, mentions her money is going to "the trust fund of baby Nadia", the Alfa Romeo saleswoman notes "You're naming her after me?!" Nadia can't help but note her disappointment at this possible name source.
  • Nadia trying to convince the priest about helping her has her mentioning his grave covered in rocks like Schindler's List, followed by a diatribe on said movie. Given it was still decades away from being made, the priest is accordingly confused.

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