GLOW (TV Series)

The Liberal Chokehold (2017)

Betty Gilpin: Debbie Eagan

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Quotes 

• Birdie : Well, I believe in 1986, we're not only gonna keep control of the Senate, we're gonna break that liberal choke hold on the House too.

  Bash : You see, Birdie? 'The liberal choke hold.' You do like wrestling.

  Birdie : Ah. Hello, sweetheart. Aw. Ooh, you smell nice.

  [Birdie looks at Debbie] 

  Debbie Eagan : I'm Debbie Eagan. I'm a friend of Bash's.

  Birdie : Oh. You certainly wear a lot of makeup.

  Debbie Eagan : Oh, thank you.

  [nervous look on Debbie's face] 

• Ruth Wilder : Here's what I've learned: I really like candelabra sconces.

  Debbie Eagan : And I've learned don't look directly into Bash's mom's eyes.

  [Ruth smirks] 

  Debbie Eagan : Look, I know that Mark has been...

  Ruth Wilder : Popping up a lot lately?

  Debbie Eagan : Yeah. And I just... I appreciate you just getting the fuck out of the way. It's one less minefield.

  [pause] 

  Debbie Eagan : He wants to work things out. He wants me to come home and try. Go to therapy.

  Ruth Wilder : So, are you going to? What about the show?

  Debbie Eagan : I don't know, okay? I mean, we might not even have a show. So...

  [pause] 

  Ruth Wilder : Well, you'll get something else. You always have.

  Debbie Eagan : I think... you know what the craziest part of this whole...

  [Debbie makes an explosion gesture] 

  Debbie Eagan : ...mess is? Um... that... I actually like wrestling.

  Ruth Wilder : Really?

  Debbie Eagan : Yeah. I don't know, it's like I'm back... in my body... and it doesn't belong to Randy... or Mark. And I... I don't know, I'm, like, using it for me, and... I feel like a goddamn superhero.

  [pause] 

  Debbie Eagan : But I don't know. It's such a shit show, you know? Even if we get all the money we need, what the fuck is this gonna look like? A lot of crap, probably. And, who knows if anyone's gonna watch this? We are not that good.

  Ruth Wilder : I know, but...

  [long pause, as both start to cry] 

  Debbie Eagan : Sometimes, I'm so sad you took away the option of us ever being able to have a normal fucking conversation.