Mom (TV Series)

Free Therapy and a Dead Lady's Yard Sale (2014)

Sadie Calvano: Violet Plunkett

Quotes 

• Christy : [in a cemetery]  Okay, Violet... here he is.

  Violet : [reads stone]  James Sutcliffe. I thought his name was Butch.

  Christy : Butch was his nickname.

  Violet : How did he die?

  Christy : Car accident. I know this isn't how you wanted to meet, but... this is your dad.

• Violet : [to her father's tombstone]  Why couldn't you be a cool guy?

  Christy : He was cool, Violet. He was so cool, I couldn't believe he wanted to date me.

  Violet : So what happened?

  Christy : One night we're at a bar doing tequila shots and he comes up and says 'Kirk Cobain just died'. And I said 'No, Butch, it's Kurt, with a T', and everybody started laughing, no big deal, then they started crying because Kurt Cobain died. And he was so mad, when we got in the car he yelled at me for embarrassing him. And his reaction was so crazy that I thought he was kidding, so I laughed... then he slapped me so hard I could hear my ears ringing. I packed my bags so many times, but he always said he loved me and that it would never happen again... until it did, and after a while, I just started to think that I deserved it.

• Violet : I told Luke that I made out with another guy and he broke up with me.

  Christy : I'm so sorry, honey.

  Violet : Well, I haven't been the best girlfriend lately... or daughter for that matter, though it really goes without saying.

  Christy : No, no, say it.

• Violet : It never occurred to me that it was his fault. When you look at me... am I just a constant reminder of that horrible time?

  Christy : Just the opposite. I probably wouldn't be here without you.

  Violet : What do you mean?

  Christy : When I found out I was pregnant, I realized it wasn't just about me anymore. That gave me the courage to leave... you saved my life.

• Violet : [in therapy]  I bet I'd be much happier if *you* had been the one that walked out and I got to stay with Dad.

  Bonnie : [laughs bitterly]  Oh you would lose that bet.

  Christy : Mom,

  Bonnie : No, she's 18, she can hear this.

  [to Violet] 

  Bonnie : Your father beat the *crap* out of my daughter all the time, he sent her to the ER *twice*. I *seriously* doubt you would've been happier with him.

  [silence, Christy gets up and leaves the room] 

• Baxter : So where is everybody?

  Violet : Mom's picking up Roscoe and Grandma's organizing a dead lady's garage sale.

• Violet : How long were you with him?

  Bonnie : Too long.

  Christy : It's not like I could run home to you.

  Bonnie : Hey, back then I was in a prison of my own... prison.