The Secret Life of the American Teenager (TV Series)

They Gotta Eat (2012)

Shailene Woodley: Amy Juergens

Quotes 

• Madison Cooperstein : Amy, please. I really need to talk to you.

  Amy Juergens : Okay, go ahead.

  Madison Cooperstein : Well, can we go somewhere, like get coffee or something?

  Amy Juergens : You know I have to go to work. I still work at the nursery.

  Madison Cooperstein : I miss you and I miss Lauren.

  Amy Juergens : Yeah, well, you should have thought about how much you were going to miss us before you slept with Jesse.

  Madison Cooperstein : I made a mistake. I apologized. I don't know what else to do.

  Amy Juergens : There is nothing else to do. It's done. So is this conversation.

  Madison Cooperstein : After all we've been through together?

  Amy Juergens : I don't think Lauren can forgive you, and until and unless Lauren forgives you, we're not friends.

  Madison Cooperstein : Okay, well, what if instead of forgiving me, you and Lauren just forget it ever happened. You know, that's what Jesse and I agreed to do, just forget it ever happened.

  Amy Juergens : Yeah, right. Look, you can't be trusted and that's all there is to it.

  Madison Cooperstein : Well, is there a way I could maybe earn back your trust?

  Amy Juergens : How?

  Madison Cooperstein : I don't know. That's what parents say, you know, whenever you lose their trust, that you have to earn it back.

  Amy Juergens : Why does everyone think I'm everyone's parent? I am not your parent and I only want to be a parent to John. I have to get to work and get to John right now. So, goodbye, Madison.

• George Juergens : [to Amy]  Ice cream?

  Amy Juergens : Um, no. No thanks. I'm just going to help you get this stuff cleaned up and then I better get John and get home.

  George Juergens : I swear I didn't know. Morgan called and he said there was a problem between the three of you and he'd love it if we could all get together, and I already cooked 'cause I thought you and Ricky and Nora and me were going to have dinner. I thought this was way better, don't you think? I really had no idea anything was going on with you and Madison and Lauren because someone didn't tell me. Someone waited to text me during dinner.

  Amy Juergens : I didn't know what else to do. Nice poker face, Dad.

• George Juergens : [to Amy about Madison]  She slept with him? What happened to Jack?

  Amy Juergens : I don't know. Jack's always been in love with Grace. I mean, Jack's obsessed with Grace and I think Madison just wanted to be with someone and that someone who was convenient was Jesse.

  George Juergens : Are you really never going to talk to her again?

  Amy Juergens : Well, I talk to her. When I have to, but I don't like her anymore. I mean, I feel sorry for her, but I just don't like her anymore. I don't like that she would do something like that to someone, especially Lauren.

  George Juergens : What about Jesse? Are you speaking to him? Is Lauren speaking to him?

  Amy Juergens : He called Lauren, but she doesn't like him anymore and neither do I. And she doesn't like Madison anymore either.

  George Juergens : Well, that's a shame that that happened, but things like that happen.

  Amy Juergens : Yeah, well this is how that happened. Madison was feeling bad about herself because she and Jack aren't together anymore and she knew that Jesse had been trying to sleep with Lauren, and she knew Lauren didn't wanna sleep with him. And so, maybe it was a mistake, but she had to have thought about it.

  George Juergens : Did you think about it the night you first slept with Ricky? I mean, maybe, like you, she was just making out and then things went farther than she thought they would go.

  Amy Juergens : We're talking about Madison. I hadn't had sex before I slept with Ricky and I didn't know what I was doing. She knew what she was doing.

  George Juergens : Ricky knew what he was doing and you forgave him. Eventually. It seems to me the longer you wait to forgive her and I know you're gonna forgive her, the worse the summer is going to be. It was a dumb thing. People do dumb things. I'm the king of dumb things, but you're gonna get over it, so get over it.

  Amy Juergens : No. I'm not just going to get over it, Dad. My best friend slept with my other best friend's boyfriend. She's not my best friend anymore.

  George Juergens : Are you really in any place to judge anyone? I mean, just because things turned out good for you doesn't make you better than anyone else. Just.. just look at our family.

  [Amy leaves the table] 

  George Juergens : You know, maybe it's family dinners that drive kids to drink and do drugs.