My Family (TV Series)

Return of the Prodigal Prat (2003)

Zoë Wanamaker: Susan Harper

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Quotes 

• Ben : How did a day of TLC suddenly turn into a weekend of DIY?

  Susan : PMT.

• Susan : The baby will need a place to stay when Janey comes to visit.

  Ben : What's wrong with the laundry basket?

• Susan : Well, I have a surprise for you.

  Ben : Is it a good surprise or a bad surprise?

  Susan : Yes.

• [first lines] 

  Susan : Don't forget. Next weekend's the Thomas's dinner party.

  Ben : Yeah, you've been reminding me for a month.

  Susan : Because I don't want you to wriggle out of it.

  Ben : What's the point in living if you can't wriggle?

• Ben : Maybe the newspaper was right. Maybe I am dead and nothing I do affects the physical world.

  Susan : That explains Thursday night.

  Ben : I wasn't dead then; I was just tired.

  Susan : Whatever.

• Susan : Nick, it was your idea to move out.

  Nick : No, it was mine. Credit where credit's due, Susan.

• Michael Harper : Mum?

  Susan : Hmm?

  Michael Harper : Erm... what do you reckon Dad's best quality is?

  Susan : Me.

  Michael Harper : Other than you.

  Susan : No. That's it.

• Susan : [about Mr Gleeson]  He just said he would be glad to help with any chores around the house now that you're gone.

  Ben : What? You did tell him I'm alive?

  Susan : I'm keeping my options open.

• Nick : Mum! Look, I'm sorry, but I just want my room back the way it was: with me in it.

  Susan : Nick, you've got your own place now.

  Nick : Yeah, but it's not the same. I'm paying for it!