Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

Death Be Not Whatever (2003)

Mary Steenburgen: Helen Girardi

Quotes 

• Helen Girardi : Kevin! Luke! Dinner!

  Will Girardi : No Joan?

  Helen Girardi : No. She's, um... she's babysitting. Her latest enterprise. Do you think she's saving up for a tattoo or something?

  Will Girardi : Nothing would surprise me.

• Will Girardi : What you reading?

  [Helen shows him "On Death and Dying"] 

  Will Girardi : Why?

  Helen Girardi : Because... for me, sometimes, it's like... Kevin died, and I need to deal with that.

  Will Girardi : Helen...

  Helen Girardi : I know. I'm the one... who's always preaching... gratitude and moving on, and I was clinging to that so hard, and then it... it stopped working for me. I felt alone, and... I, um... I talked to a priest. I didn't want to bother you.

  Will Girardi : That was the deal we made a long time ago. You get to bother me. You don't have to do anything alone.

  Helen Girardi : I'm sorry I lied to you about the priest. That's... who I met on my lunch break.

  Will Girardi : You come to me, not some stranger. Promise me.