Party of Five (TV Series)

Summer Fun, Summer Not (1996)

Paula Devicq: Kirsten Bennett

Quotes 

• [Kirsten is decorating a cake while Charlie is watching] 

  Kirsten Bennett : It's camp themed, see. A bonfire, a pine tree, and a canoe.

  Charlie Salinger : Uh-huh.

  [he goes to check mail] 

  Kirsten Bennett : Anything interesting?

  [he shows her a letter] 

  Kirsten Bennett : Anything interesting that isn't from my mother?

  [he shows her another letter] 

  Kirsten Bennett : Or my father?

  Charlie Salinger : You know, in a weird way you've kind of got to admire their persistence, though. I mean, how many people would continue to write and call on a daily basis without any response from you whatsoever?

  Kirsten Bennett : [reading the letters]  "Dear Kirs, he ruined your life once. It's gonna happen again." "Dear Poodle, the only thing this man has to offer you is heartache." File these with the others, would you?

• [Ellie is alone in the dinning room when Kirsten approaches her] 

  Ellie Bennett : I'll be out of your hair first thing in the morning.

  Kirsten Bennett : Where are you gonna stay when you get back to Chicago?

  Ellie Bennett : Your sister has that room over the garage. Might be a good excuse for her to dust. I expect I'll get the same kind of reception from her.

  [she goes close to the window] 

  Ellie Bennett : This is what I don't understand. You and Charlie, all the terrible things he did to you and you've forgiven him. Why?

  Kirsten Bennett : Because I love him.

  Ellie Bennett : [sobbing]  Don't you love me?

  Kirsten Bennett : Mom.

  Ellie Bennett : Because I love you, Kirsten. So much. And your sister and your father so much. I don't want to lose any of you. Please, please, do not walk away from me. I mean, if you can forgive a man who left you at the altar, why can't you forgive me?

  Kirsten Bennett : I don't know. I've been trying to figure that out myself. Maybe I don't feel like being generous, Mom, because what you want from me you can't give in return.

  Ellie Bennett : I don't know what you mean.

  Kirsten Bennett : Why can't I forgive you? Why can't you forgive him?

  Ellie Bennett : Well, please, no, that... That's different. It's...

  Kirsten Bennett : No, it isn't. It's exactly the same. Do you know how much I want you and Daddy to be together and happy? Well, I do, Mom. More than anything. But I want you to wish the same for me and Charlie. And I want you to go first.

• [while Charlie and Kirsten are ordering the living room, doorbell rings] 

  Charlie Salinger : How much do you want to bet it's the mailman with a letter bomb from your folks?

  [he goes, opens the door and sees Kirsten's mother standing in the doorway] 

  Charlie Salinger : Ellie.

  Ellie Bennett : I'm not talking to you.

  [she comes in] 

  Kirsten Bennett : Charlie, who is it?

  [she sees her] 

  Kirsten Bennett : Mom? What are you doing...

  Ellie Bennett : I thought about calling first, but I got tired of being hung up on. Don't I, uh, get a hug?

  Kirsten Bennett : Not if you've come to criticize.

  [he goes next to her] 

  Kirsten Bennett : Charlie and I don't want to hear it anymore. So you might as well get used to it. Because what you see here is the way it's gonna be. We love each other. And, okay, yeah, so we're not getting married, but we are together. So you just better get used to it.

  Ellie Bennett : That's not why I'm here.

  Kirsten Bennett : Then why are you here?

  Charlie Salinger : Yeah. Why are you here?

  Ellie Bennett : I'm here because I have no place else to go. Because my marriage is over.