The Book Group (2002–2003)

Karen Kilgariff: Jean Pettengill

Quotes 

• Jean Pettengill : Oh, that's my other news. I'm getting married.

  Clare Pettengill : Oh, I didn't realize you were seeing anyone.

  Jean Pettengill : I'm not. It's just a visa thing.

  Clare Pettengill : What? Oh, just ignore those letters.

• Clare Pettengill : Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

  Jean Pettengill : Do you fancy a cup of fuck off?

• Dirka : Is there any food?

  Fist de Grooke : Dirka, don't let the doctors win!

  Dirka : I'm hungry!

  Fist de Grooke : So?

  Jean Pettengill : Hang on, isn't she pregnant?

  Fist de Grooke : Pregnant doesn't mean fat.

  Jean Pettengill : Yeah it does.

• Jean Pettengill : [hearing how Miles is talking about his teenage daughter]  Are you a little weird, Miles?

• Jean Pettengill : Okay, what we just heard was a bottle of Jim Beam - a present for you in fact. Now my wardrobe such as it is will have that special whiff of sour match whiskey.

  Clare Pettengill : Everybody smells like that here in Glasgow.

• Jean Pettengill : Do you know what your spine is telling you, Lachlan?

  Lachlan Glendenning : Bad Lachlan.