Mom (TV Series)

Kreplach and a Tiny Tush (2016)

Linda Lavin: Phyllis

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• Phyllis : Christy, when I came here tonight I had no idea what to expect: drinkers, drug users, Gentiles... but, after seeing you help that tattoo girl and that nutcase in the kitchen, you're a good person, you've done a Mitzvah, a good deed.

  Violet : [later]  Great, she helps people, but why can't she ever help me?

  Phyllis : Violet, what do you need help with? You're beautiful, you're smart, you're going to marry my son and spend 10 wonderful years with him.

  Violet : 10 years?

  Bonnie : I would bet on six.

• Jill : [eating Christy's mock Jewish dinner]  What the hell am I eating?

  Phyllis : I've been asking that question all night.

• Phyllis : So Christy, what made you decide to go back to school?

  Christy : Well I've wanted to be a lawyer ever since I was a little girl. I watched my mom being hauled off to jail several times and I wanted to help her.

  Violet : [dryly]  Great, you couldn't just say you read a book about Lincoln?

  Gregory : Well actually, I got into psychology to help *my* mom... as you can see, it didn't work.