Thirtysomething (TV Series)

Be a Good Girl (1989)

Polly Draper: Ellyn Warren

Quotes 

• Melissa Steadman : [going through some old clothes with Ellyn]  I can't throw anything out.

  Ellyn Warren : You gotta be ruthless. Not everything old has value, Melissa. Some things are just old. You and I, for example, are old and have value. These cookies... 'Good until June of '87'? Are merely old.

• Ellyn Warren : [considering Melissa's suit and buttoning up the coat]  Great. Uh, do you have jury duty or something?

  Melissa Steadman : No, I have to go to my grandmother's store. I told her I'd work there for a few days till she gets back on her feet.

  Ellyn Warren : Oh, that's nice. Is she okay?

  Melissa Steadman : Oh, yeah. She's fine. I'm completely wiped out.

  Ellyn Warren : [checking Melissa's 'look' and deciding to unbutton the jacket again]  No...

  Melissa Steadman : I was up with her all last night because I was over there.

  Ellyn Warren : Oh, God.

  Melissa Steadman : [standing back, about the jacket]  Open?

  Ellyn Warren : [looking her over, approving]  Open.

• Melissa Steadman : Ellyn, listen. Uhm. A lot of stuff's been coming up for me lately.

  Ellyn Warren : Oh, I know. It must be really hard with your family and all, huh?

  Melissa Steadman : Well, you know, it really has to do with your project.

  Ellyn Warren : Oh, that's okay. Just show me what you did the other day.

  Melissa Steadman : Well, see, it's about the prints, I didn't have time to print.

  Ellyn Warren : [clearly displeased]  Oh. Okay.

  Melissa Steadman : Well, I told you about last night, right?

  Ellyn Warren : No, no. I know, I know, I know.

  Melissa Steadman : It's not about last night...

  Ellyn Warren : [a bit gruffly]  Well, do you have time to do it now?

  Melissa Steadman : [pacing nervously]  No. Uhm. It's just that, well, they moved the magazine's deadline up. You know, the piece I was doing? So I had to prep the shoot, do the shoot, get the proofs done, turn them in... so I haven't had time to print, but I called Russel to see if he could do it.

  Ellyn Warren : When can he do it?

  Melissa Steadman : Well, he can do it next week, if that's not too late. I mean, if that's all right.

  Ellyn Warren : Uhm. I just have to think.

  Melissa Steadman : And if it's not, just say the world, and I'll...

  Ellyn Warren : No, I just have to think...

  Ellyn Warren : [after a clear moment of stress, looking up and smiling]  Yeah. It's all right. Because, uh, this is exactly what I've been trying to work on in my therapy. This is the kind of thing that would get me into trouble before, you know? Not being able to 'roll with the punches' as it were?

  Melissa Steadman : Well, if it's not, you know, I can come home tonight. I can do it tonight, you know? I could stay up late and do it.

  Ellyn Warren : No, no, it's really... Melissa... well... why didn't you just say 'no'?

  Melissa Steadman : I don't know.

  Melissa Steadman : [thinking about it]  You're my friend. I didn't want to let you down.