Thirtysomething (TV Series)
Payment Due (1989)
Mel Harris: Hope Murdoch Steadman
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Quotes
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Hope Murdoch Steadman : The answer to your question is I don't know what's going on with Ellyn.
Steve Woodman : She's driving me nuts.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Have you done her bodily harm?
Steve Woodman : No, it's still in the planning stages.
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Michael Steadman : [Ellyn is in the hospital] You know, it's not terminal. She's gonna be okay.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : She's my best friend.
Michael Steadman : Oh, evidently, she doesn't think so.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Well, she's in the hospital, and she's very sick, and I don't know how to help her.
Michael Steadman : Well, you're obsessing. That's useful.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : That's not even the worst part. Part of me is glad. I mean, part of me is glad she's suffering because she's been so mean lately.
Michael Steadman : And you can't forgive yourself for having normal human reactions. Does she have a history of ulcers?
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Not that I know of.
Michael Steadman : Want me to tell you how evil I can be? See, I love you, so that makes me think that, um, anybody who makes you unhappy deserves ulcers.
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Hope Murdoch Steadman : [visiting Ellyn in the hospital] If you want me to leave, you're gonna have to throw me out bodily.
Ellyn Warren : I don't think I'm up to it.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Hmm. So, what do you need? Newspapers? Magazines? Clean underwear?
Ellyn Warren : Nothing, really. My mother came. Yeah. Old Doc Meyer made me call her. She cleaned out the whole lingerie department at Saks on her way over.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Anything good?
Ellyn Warren : Mm-hmm. If I don't mind looking like Heidi.
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Hope Murdoch Steadman : It's not fair of you to go and get sick and need my help just when I was really angry at you. It's very hard to be empathic and murderously angry at the same time.
Ellyn Warren : Hey, do you think I did this on purpose?
Hope Murdoch Steadman : I wouldn't put it past you. Just don't let it happen again, okay?
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Ellyn Warren : I can't help it. Sometimes he drives me crazy.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Oh, come on. You've been saying that since the third date. It comes right after "I really like him, but".
Ellyn Warren : Yeah. But recently, he's been mothering me too much. It makes me feel weird.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Oh, I know. Warm, secure, loved. I can understand why it would make you upset.
Ellyn Warren : You grew up in a Normal Rockwell painting. Mine was more like Hieronymus Bosch.
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Hope Murdoch Steadman : Dinner's ready.
Ellyn Warren : Um, Hope, I'm not that hungry. Michael, can I just have some wine?
Michael Steadman : Yeah. Help yourself.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Oh, Lynnie, can you get the, um, bread? It's in the toaster oven. Please.
Ellyn Warren : Sure.
[trying to open it, she burns herself]
Ellyn Warren : Ow!
[knocking the appliance off the counter]
Ellyn Warren : Damn it! Sorry.
Michael Steadman : Showed that sucker, didn't you?
Ellyn Warren : I have this thing about small appliances. When I was a child, I was abused by a Mixmaster.