Thirtysomething (TV Series)

Michael Writes a Story (1989)

Mel Harris: Hope Murdoch Steadman

Quotes 

• Hope Murdoch Steadman : Hi.

  Michael Steadman : Hi.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : What's cooking?

  Michael Steadman : Chicken Ohmygosh. It used to be Chicken Paprikosh but then I realized we don't have any paprika.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Pretty damned sneaky of you being nice to me when I'm angry at you.

  Michael Steadman : Yeah. Is it working?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Not yet.

  Michael Steadman : I don't want this to come as a shock to you or anything, but, uhm, sometimes I can be pretty thoughtless.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : I wish it was a shock.

  Michael Steadman : Look. I didn't want you to see me crawl to Drentell. I didn't want you to see me turn into somebody other than the man that you married.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : It wouldn't have made any difference to me.

  Michael Steadman : Oh. Well, maybe that's part of what was bothering me. I made promises to you. I don't want you to let me off the hook. I don't want you to... to settle for ten cents on the dollar.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : [distracted, looking through work papers]  My husband, the Blue Light Special.

  Michael Steadman : I'm going in to talk to Miles tomorrow.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Is that something you want to do?

  Michael Steadman : Yes, I want to do it. Because it's time I do it.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : [turning to him]  And what about the writing?

  Michael Steadman : The writing. I could take workshops from now till Doomsday. I could wear down enough pencils to make a forest. But I could never make a sentence that means half as much to me as you do.

• Hope Murdoch Steadman : Why would he call, if it wasn't about a job?

  Michael Steadman : Probably just to taunt us. You don't know this man, Hope.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Yeah, but if he called... I mean it indicates interest and it could mean a job.

  Michael Steadman : Listen. Speculation is pointless with Miles Drentell. The guy is like a bear, you know? You can never tell what he's thinking.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : [wistfully]  Oh, a job. I can stop playing leapfrog with the Visa cash advances. Oh, and I can stop worrying about them taking the baby to pay for the delivery room.

  Michael Steadman : Here it is. Yeah, I should probably read this, huh?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Is the workshop going to interfere with the job at DAA?

  Michael Steadman : Read my lips: there is no job at DAA.