CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)

Bad Words (2004)

Tracey Needham: Jessica Abernathy

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• Catherine Willows : We're going to need urine samples so we can test for nicotine in your systems.

  Jessica Abernathy : My house is burned down. My daughter is dead. And you want me to pee into a cup. Sure. Why not?

• Catherine Willows : [to Jessica Abernathy]  Do you know anyone who might want to set fire to your home?

  Jessica Abernathy : I go to work. I take care of my kids and my mother, and that's my life.

• Catherine Willows : Mrs. Abernathy, did your daughter have attention deficit disorder?

  Jessica Abernathy : Sabrina? No. That girl had the focus like you can't believe.

  Catherine Willows : Well, we found Ritalin in her system, and as I'm sure you're aware, ritalin is used to treat kids with ADD, but acts as a stimulant in older kids and adults. Teens use it as an upper.

  Jessica Abernathy : So, Sabrina was taking drugs?

  Catherine Willows : As were you. Valium.

  Jessica Abernathy : Fair enough. You know, Sabrina used to scream at me, "I can't wait till I'm old enough to move out of here." And I would scream back, "Yeah, me either." What kind of mother says that to her kid?

  Catherine Willows : One with a teenage daughter.

• Jessica Abernathy : You know what I pictured for this part of my life? Saturday night, leave the kids with grandma, date night with my husband. Instead, I'm stuck home alone with two kids and a 70-year-old infant.