It's important to know when to be helpful and how to be helpful. When you don't know either one, it's important to be harmless.
What?
Lead, follow or get out of the way.
S2 E10Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way
I finished my sermon.
I knew you would.
Gosh, you know... I've been dreading tomorrow all week, and now I can't wait.
S2 E11Rush to Judgment
RMs. Russell
Why did you think it was not just a hug?
I don't know... something just didn't seem right. I got a bad feeling about it... but I'm sorry. That's just the way I felt... I must've been wrong. I was wrong, I mean obviously.
RMs. Russell
Are you sure you were wrong, Lucy?
Off course I'm wrong, I'm always wrong. But how was I supposed to know about that mile record thing?
RMs. Russell
I'm going to have to talk to one of your parents.
At least you know the number.
S2 E12Stuck in the Middle with You
[to Lucy] How are either of them going to call you if you are on the phone?
They're not, I'm playing hard to reach until I can make up my mind which one I want.
It's just that I always thought we'd be buried in upstate New York in the Camden family graveyard on the Colonel's property. Camden's have been buried there for hundreds of years.
A hundred years!
It's just a hole in the ground, so what difference does it make anyway, right?
Right, unless by that you don't want to be in the ground next to my mother and father.
S2 E13Red Tape
[angry because the store owner won't let her return a poor quality sweater without a receipt] I'm just trying to return a sweater.
SOStore Owner
You're just trying to create a disturbance.
A disturbance? You want a disturbance? I'll give you a disturbance! What ever happened to common decency? What ever happened to service and a simple thank you for shopping here? What ever happened to the store standing behind the merchandise that it sells? What ever happened to truth, justice, and the American store taking returns?
SOStore Owner
I'll tell you what happened. People started shoplifting and then returning things for cash, or buying things, wearing them, and returning them for no reason! Profits started coming down, and insurance rates started going up, so shop owners had to start looking for merchandise with a higher mark-up. What do you want from a twelve dollar sweater? What ever happened to "You get what you pay for"? If the manufacturer doesn't stand up for the merchandise, then why should I get stuck? I've got kids to feed too, you know! That's what happened to this American store taking returns!
S2 E14Homecoming
[to Mary] Well, if you run away from everything that scares you, you're gonna miss out on some great stuff in life.
SSuzanne
I wish we had dates to the dance, though.
Me, too. I know it sounds shallow, but just once in my life I'd like to walk into a gym with a really cool guy. Somebody tall, handsome and not my dad!
S2 E15It Takes a Village
What do you want to tell me that you're not telling me?
Nothing. Oh, I did speak to Morgan last night. He was thinking that maybe instead of the whole family outing thing that you and Patricia could take the kids and let us have a guys' night out. Just the two of us, just hard-working minister guys just getting away from it all, shooting a little pool.
What are you two really up to?
Such a suspicious mind for such a pretty lady.
Flattery. Nice choice.
Thank you.
PPatricia
If I saw one of my daughters in a theatre making out like these two, I send her to a convent.
I mean, this is a kid's movie for goodness sake.
Ah, ah, you can run, but you can't hide.
I'll take hiding for now. But you know, Mom, technically aside from making out, I really didn't do anything wrong.
Annie': Oh, well this may sound harsh to you. To start with, you're on house probation for three months. Now if you an stay out of trouble for that long, I might consider letting you out the house before you turn 21. But if you so much as cross the line once, I'm going to have you lo-jacked, got it? Good!
S2 E16Nothing Endures But Change
[at a support group] My friend was killed in a car accident. Her sister was with her. She was injured, and now I don't know what to say to my friend's sister.
CCounselor
What did people say to you that was comforting?
Actually, we talk a lot about what people say that doesn't comfort you at all.
G1Girl #1
"You'll see her again when you die".
G1Guy #1
"He's resting now". I was seven. I thought it meant that when my dad rested enough, he'd come back. It totally spooked me.
G2Girl #2
"It was meant to be". That's my favorite.
G2Guy #2
"Meant to be". I mean, what is that? My brother was meant to get shot?
Is there anything anybody can say?
Maybe the truth. Things like "This totally sucks".
G2Guy #2
That's what I wanted to say out loud at the funeral, but I couldn't because nobody would have understood! That and "I'm glad it wasn't me". It sounds selfish, but I'm glad to be alive. I've got a lot of things I want to do with my life.
There's been an accident.
Tell me it's not Lucy.
No. But the girl does go to Lucy's high school. Their car smashed into a telephone pole. One girl was killed instantly. The other one survived, but she's not in good shape. Evidently, they were trying to dodge a kid who ran in the middle of the street.
Which one?
Sarah. Just fourteen years old. This is gonna be a tough call to make, Rev. I was hoping you'd go with me.
[Matt and Simon are in the latter's new room with rock music playing on the radio]
[rushes in and turns off the music] You guys are bothering Lucy.
So?
So? What's wrong with you? Her friend died.
Yeah, I know.
[to Matt] Are you still mad at her?
[to Simon] What are you talking about? [Matt stares at Mary] Get out.
This is my room now. You can't tell me to get out. [Mary gives Simon a sincere stare. Simon then exits the room]
You're mad at Lucy? Mad about what?
I think she was going to run off with those girls. They weren't going to get a pizza.
You don't know that.
Yeah, I do. It was written all over her face when I dropped her off, but I didn't press her on it. She was trying to trick me. How do you think I would have felt if she had been in that car? She could have been killed, too!
[walks in crying] You think I don't know that? You think I don't know that if they hadn't been on their way to pick me up, Sarah would still be alive and she wouldn't have died?
Sarah died because she was driving the car and the kid ran out in front of her!
I know that! And that's my fault too; it's all my fault!
Luc, don't!
Stay away from me!
[rushing in with Eric] What's going on?
I knew that Jen let Sarah drive the car and I didn't tell anyone. It's my fault I didn't tell anyone.
[whispering] Lucy.
If I had told someone, she might still be alive. If I hadn't told them to pick me up, she might still be alive.
Luc, no. Don't blame yourself―
[pushes Annie away] No! Leave me alone!
We can't! We can't leave you alone! This is not your fault! It's not your fault!
It is my fault! It's all my fault! Nothing will ever be the same again! Nothing! [Annie attempts to hug Lucy, but Lucy again pushes her away and then kneels to the ground and begins crying]
Luce, the accident.
It wasn't them. Tell me it wasn't them Mom, please?!
I'm sorry. Sarah was killed Luce, and Jen's in the hospital in serious condition! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Oh, I'm just glad it wasn't you! [they both begin to cry]
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