Thirtysomething (TV Series)
Couples (1987)
Mel Harris: Hope Murdoch Steadman
Quotes
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Hope Murdoch Steadman : You would not believe what we witnessed tonight.
Michael Steadman : Oh, yeah. It was a lovely evening.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : No, Nancy and Elliot had this huge fight.
Melissa Steadman : I love fights. Anybody get hit?
Hope Murdoch Steadman : People should never argue. They should be nice. They should talk about golf scores and drink highballs. What was it about?
Michael Steadman : Oh, I think it was about the impossibility of having a life, marriage, and going out to dinner at overpriced restaurants.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Why did he have to grab her?
Michael Steadman : He didn't grab her.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : He did grab her. He twisted her arm.
Michael Steadman : Oh! He did not twist her arm
Melissa Steadman : Guys, guys, get your stories straight. That doesn't sound like much of a fight. I can't believe you're home at 10:00. I could have had a date if I knew you were coming home at 10:00. If I knew someone who was available and not married or gay and who I even liked sort of just a little bit.
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Michael Steadman : Are you okay? You want to talk about it?
Hope Murdoch Steadman : What's there to talk about?
Michael Steadman : Admit it. You were totally freaked out by the naked display of raw emotion.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : And you, a Mediterranean Semitic person, found it invigorating?
Michael Steadman : No. Actually, I was totally freaked out by the naked display of raw emotion.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : I'm having a Presbyterian sleep reflex.
Michael Steadman : Every sign of conflict...
Hope Murdoch Steadman : [he pantomimes snoring] You bet. I'm going to sleep.
Melissa Steadman : [seeing them come in] What are you doing here?
Michael Steadman : We thought we'd go to our house, where we live.
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Michael Steadman : Excuse me. I'm looking for a Mrs. Steadman.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Yo, she's down at Elizabeth Arden having a facial.
Michael Steadman : [taking out a bouquet of flowers] Ah, that's too bad, 'cause she's not gonna get these.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Oh, how pretty. For me?
Michael Steadman : No, I'm supposed to give 'em to Mrs. Steadman.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : I am.
Melissa Steadman : Oh, there you go. There's Jane Wyatt fixing the house, Robert Young brings home flowers, and... what was her name? Can I be Kitten?
Michael Steadman : Nah, you're Eddie Haskell.
Melissa Steadman : [sarcastic] Thanks.
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Hope Murdoch Steadman : Can we never fight, please?
Michael Steadman : We never do.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : I'm gonna take a shower and wash the sins of mankind off me, not to mention her breakfast, lunch, dinner, and 17 snacks.
Michael Steadman : Honey, listen. Listen, listen, listen. Come here. We don't need to fight because we have a great thing here.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Do we have a happy marriage?
Michael Steadman : I think you're, like, not supposed to say it out loud.
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Hope Murdoch Steadman : [relieving Melissa of her babysitting duties] How was she?
Melissa Steadman : Oh, we set each other's hair and talked about boys.
Michael Steadman : Set off a grenade?
Melissa Steadman : Yeah. Well, uh, we had a small battle of the wills. She won.
Michael Steadman : So, Melissa, did you read our diaries? Or did you try out our secret sexual paraphernalia?
Melissa Steadman : Isn't that what you're paying me for?
Michael Steadman : We're paying you?
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Michael Steadman : [Hope squashes a bug] Listen, I'll call the exterminators tomorrow. They'll spray the place with carcinogens.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : They'll come back with mutant strains.
Michael Steadman : So we'll spray again.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : And Janey will grow up stunted.
Michael Steadman : So we'll move.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : We can't afford to move.
Michael Steadman : We can't afford to live here. What's the difference?
Hope Murdoch Steadman : I hate everything, except Jane, 'cause she's perfect.