Thirtysomething (TV Series)

We'll Meet Again (1988)

Ken Olin: Michael Steadman

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• Michael Steadman : Elliot, we need an idea. Because if we don't get an idea, we don't get any money. And if we don't get any money, we don't get new guns, which is supply-side economics, Elliot, which is what made this country great. So, Elliot, please. Please, Elliot, get an idea!

  Elliot Weston : How can I have an idea? I'm separated!

  Michael Steadman : How is Nancy, anyway?

  Elliot Weston : Shrewlike, vindictive. I miss her.

  Michael Steadman : Women. Can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em.

  Elliot Weston : What'd she do now?

  Michael Steadman : Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing. It's just, last night we were in bed together...

  Elliot Weston : Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Is this gonna be one of those hot sex stories? 'Cause if it is, I can't handle it.

• Michael Steadman : [about the new temp they hired]  I got here early, Elliot. She was unhooking our paperclip chain.

  Elliot Weston : W-W-Wait a minute. We spent two years on that.

  Michael Steadman : I know.

  Elliot Weston : I can't believe it. What sh... hey, where's the rest of the pens? The felt-tips?

  Michael Steadman : She threw them away.

  Elliot Weston : She what?

  Michael Steadman : They were dried up, Elliot.

  Elliot Weston : No, you're never supposed to do that, Michael. What, did she do the mouth test first?

  Michael Steadman : Shh. Shh. Shh. She's watching us.

• Michael Steadman : Someone sent us fruit? What have we got to feel good about?

  Elliot Weston : It's from Jeanine, from L.A. She called.

  Michael Steadman : When's she coming in?

  Elliot Weston : She had a great vacation. She saw Susan Dey jogging. She went on a game show. She won some stuff.

  Michael Steadman : Really?

  Elliot Weston : Yeah, yeah. A microwave, a bedroom set, $109,000. Then she quit.

  Michael Steadman : At 109?

  Elliot Weston : No, us. She quit us.

  Michael Steadman : She quit.

  Elliot Weston : She quit.

  Michael Steadman : So she's not coming in, then.

  Elliot Weston : Uh-uh. Which is really okay. I mean, it's not a problem, 'cause I called a temp agency.

  Michael Steadman : Jeanine quit. We didn't even get a chance to fire her. Jeanine quit.

  Elliot Weston : Jeanine who?

  Michael Steadman : I can't deal with this.

• Hope Murdoch Steadman : [after finding old pictures of their house's previous owners]  That's Roy, Sally, and her mother. And this was her house.

  Michael Steadman : Mm. What's this?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Ooh, don't look. It's the garden. You'll be depressed. Remember the unfaded piece of wallpaper?

  Michael Steadman : Yeah. In the dining room?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, it was the radio. One of those big, old-fashioned kind with this picture on top.

  Michael Steadman : Oh. They have kids?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : They just got married. Give them time.

  Michael Steadman : I don't know. This house seems like it was made for a lot of kids.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : We'll never know.

  [he takes one of the photographs] 

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Michael!

  Michael Steadman : Admit it, babe. You're hot for the uniform.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Oh, you're just jealous 'cause you don't even have a uniform.

  Michael Steadman : Oh, yes, I do. I have a Cub Scout uniform.

• Michael Steadman : I need an opinion, okay? Floor wax. I have to come up with an idea...

  Gary Shepherd : Free elections. Let the people decide.

  Michael Steadman : Not Nicaragua, Gary. Floor wax. Spread and Shine floor wax. Shut up. Give me an idea, okay? Free associate.

  Gary Shepherd : Yeah. Free associate. Free floor wax. Let the people decide.

  Michael Steadman : [sarcastic]  Thank you, Gary. Why do I like you?

  Gary Shepherd : You have to. I'm tall.