My Family (TV Series)

Owed to Susan (2003)

Zoë Wanamaker: Susan Harper

Quotes 

• Susan : Oh, Ben

  Ben : Hmm?

  Susan : I'd like nothing more than to have you rip this lingerie off me with your teeth...

  Ben : [Moaning with sexual ecstasy]  Oh, yeah, yeah.

  Susan : ...and feel your hands caressing my body...

  Ben : Oh, god, yeah.

  Susan : ...as we melt into each other's arms...

  Ben : Oh, god, yeah.

  Susan : ...in an uncontrollable fit of passion...

  Ben : Oh, yeah, yeah.

  Susan : ...but I can't.

  Ben : No, ok.

• Susan : The point is, I slept with you under false pretenses.

  Ben : Well nothing's changed, then.

  Susan : Don't you see, our entire marriage is based on a lie.

  Ben : How *dare* you say that, our marriage is based on many lies.

• [first lines] 

  Roger Bailey Jnr. : Hello, all. I come bearing kiwi!

  Susan : Thank you. I love kiwi.

  Roger Bailey Jnr. : [holding one out]  Do you like kiwi, Abi?

  Abi : That's why they can't fly.

• Susan : Our marriage is based on a lie!

  Ben : How dare you say that! Our marriage is based on many lies!

• Ben : What are you doing here?

  Roger Bailey Jnr. : You invited me over.

  Ben : No, I did not.

  Susan : Yes, you did. I just forgot to tell you.

• Susan : Can I make you some bacon?

  Roger Bailey Jnr. : I'll just have what Abi's having.

  Abi : Get your own!

• Susan : [about Roger and Abi]  See that? He fancies her. It's so sweet.

  Ben : It is not sweet, it's dangerous.

  Susan : Why? I think they'd make a nice couple.

  Ben : Two wrongs do not make a right!

• Susan : It's not funny, Ben. That night was very special to me. I gave you the most precious part of myself because of that poem. You stole my virginity!

  Ben : You didn't have it to steal! You weren't a virgin!

  Susan : It was my first time with you. Women get to start afresh with each man.

• Susan : Until I see that poem, we are not making love.

  Ben : Oh... oh, fine! Fine! Huh! Can we still have sex?

  Susan : *You* can. But try to be quiet. I'm going to sleep.

• Susan : Listen, Michael, I know I've been a little tense lately and maybe a bit short with you and... I'm sorry. It's just... mummy's going through a very... stressful time right now. At work.

  Michael Harper : Oh. I thought it was because mummy and daddy weren't getting any!