Party of Five (TV Series)

Going Home (1996)

Matthew Fox: Charlie Salinger

Quotes 

• Kirsten Bennett : I'm sorry.

  [to Charlie] 

  Charlie Salinger : Don't be. It's okay, really. Actually, it's probably for the best. I mean, this way all you'll have to concentrate on is getting better. You won't have the five of us stomping up and down these stairs all day long and Owen screaming and the dog barking. And Bailey and I yelling at each other all the time.

  [both start crying] 

  Charlie Salinger : Hey, don't cry. Please, don't cry.

  Kirsten Bennett : You're crying.

  Charlie Salinger : [he hugs her]  However long it takes, I'm not going to go anywhere. I love you. You know that, don't you? Could you just say it so that I know you really know?

  Kirsten Bennett : You love me.

  [they kiss and hug each other] 

• [last lines] 

  Charlie Salinger : [Charlie enters the dinning room where his siblings are waiting]  She's gone.

  Bailey Salinger : I'm sorry, man.

  Julia Salinger : Me too, Charlie.

  Charlie Salinger : Yeah, well...

  [to Julia] 

  Charlie Salinger : You're back.

  Julia Salinger : Yeah. I came back.

  Charlie Salinger : For this?

  Julia Salinger : For you.

  Charlie Salinger : Oh... Look, uh, I'm just going to go on upstairs.

  Julia Salinger : No. Don't do that. You're just going to feel alone upstairs, and you're not alone. I mean, you are in a way, but you're also not.

  Bailey Salinger : Why don't you come sit with us for a while?

  Claudia Salinger : We won't even talk if you don't want.

  Julia Salinger : Just come sit.

• [Charlie is talking to Bailey about Claudia phoning Kirsten's parents] 

  Charlie Salinger : God, talk about stupid! Like those two people ever made a situation better in their entire lives. Claudia shouldn't have done that! She shouldn't have called them!

  Bailey Salinger : You're right. She shouldn't have. You should have.

  Charlie Salinger : What?

  Bailey Salinger : As soon as Kirsten got sick, you should have picked up the phone and told Gene and Ellie about what's happening with Kirsten. They're her parents. They have a right to know what's going on with her.

  Charlie Salinger : Look, Kirsten asked me not to tell them. Okay? She literally begged me not to. She didn't want anyone to know about her mental problems, not even her parents.

  Bailey Salinger : [scoffs]  Oh, like she's thinking real clearly these days?

  Charlie Salinger : What do you want? You want to give me a hard time like you always do? Is that it?

  Bailey Salinger : Yeah. Yeah, I do.

  Charlie Salinger : Yeah, well you know what, Bailey? You're not here. You're not around anymore since you moved out. You drift in a few times a month to steal toilet paper and do your laundry, and you think you have the right...

  Bailey Salinger : [interrupting]  You know what? I don't need to to live here to see that keeping Kirsten's parents in the dark about her mental condition is not the smartest thing...

  Charlie Salinger : [cutting him off]  I'm telling you, Bailey. You don't know what's going on around here! I was handling this fine on my own! You don't know what's going on around here with Kirsten and you have no idea how I'm dealing with it! Instead of waltzing in with an opinion about everything, why don't you just do us all a favor and just butt out!

  [Charlie exits while Bailey shakes his head]