Roxy LeBlanc quotes from Army Wives

Roxy

A good time? I'm up to my neck in other people's good times. Getting drunk and losing control, that's not "good times". [raises her voice] And you know what the problem is? It's never your fault! What about the people who have to pick up the tab for that, huh? What about their good times? You don't even care about the people whom you leave in your path!

Roxy

What are y'all lookin' at?! [storms off]

Roland

How are you feeling?

Roxy

I've a cold.

Roland

No kidding. Hey, Rox. What happened at the bar––

Roxy

I know. I was over the top.

Roland

People who grow up with addictions, they develop their own addictions. It's called enabling.

Roxy

You know, I was hoping the first five addicts I hooked up with were just a coincidence. Trevor was different. I was sure I'd broken the cycle.

Roland

Trevor is different. This is situational. But the way in which you're handling it is not. Glossing over problems, taking on more than you can do, not admitting defeat. That's the pattern.

Trevor

I only knew my wife a couple of weeks before I married her. A lot of people would call that irresponsible but I just knew. I knew she was the one.

Roxy

I made one impulsive choice after another because that's all I saw the people around me do. But for some reason, choosing Trevor was the right thing. It led me to sanity and I can't forget that. I can't run away at the first sign of trouble but I also can't deny what's all around me either. I owe it to him and to our children... [fades off]

Trevor

It's like, it's like there's something bigger, you know, like this small voice that we can barely hear trying to tell us what we need to do.

Roxy

The truth is in the middle, in the quiet.

Trevor

You just have to listen.

Roxy

I'm learning to be still.

Trevor

Thanks for letting me share.

Roxy

Thank you for letting me share.

Roland

You would not believe this. These are Joan's nanny requirements.

Denise

Oooh. I can't wait.

Roland

[reading off paper] Great parental instincts, infant CPR certificate, clean driving record, stable family background, advanced college degree or experience as a pediatric nurse.

Claudia Joy

Is that all?

Roland

She calls me every hour with another addition.

Pamela

So Mary Poppins need not apply?

Roland

I barely qualify.

Roxy

How's the mom thing going?

Roland

It's like she and Joan have this secret club. They look at me, then they look at each other and then they laugh.

Roland

[awkwardly] Right, it's kinda like that.

Roxy

Ok bones. Make it rain. [throws dice] Yes! This is so fun!!

Roland

It's always fun when you win.

Chase

[bored] I don't understand craps.

Pamela

Yeah, me either.

Marda

I'm not drinking now. The past is over.

Roxy

[sarcastically] For you, maybe.

Hey, we didn't come here to fight.

Trevor

Jerry's right. Maybe we should all just take a deep breath and not say something we're gonna regret.

Roxy

Are you talking to me or to her, Trevor?

Trevor

Baby, I'm just trying to keep the peace, ok?

Trevor

That was an adventure.

Roxy

You didn't seem to mind her too much.

Trevor

[chuckles] Oh please. Don't be ridiculous.

Roxy

Why are you always defending her?

Trevor

[looks at Roxy] I'm not. [Roxy is silent] Look, Rox, I know Marda isn't perfect.

Roxy

Yeah. By a long shot.

Trevor

Ok, by a long shot. But at least you've got a mother who loves you and is trying to make things better. You don't know what I'd give to know who my real mother was.

Roxy

So you're still here.

Marda

I broke up with Jerry. Sent him packing.

Roxy

Broke up till you get home or kicked him into orbit?

Marda

[laughs] Take a look at the moon tonight. He'll be circling it!

Roxy

[smiles] That, I'd like to see.

Trevor

So did this guy say what he expected us to do with...[points at urn]...Betty?

Roxy

Nope. He just walked in and dropped her off. You know, maybe we should spread Betty's ashes over the ocean. She always loved the water.

Trevor

Or a brewery. She always loved her beer too.

Roxy

Trevor.

Trevor

[laughs] Come on, you know if those ashes could speak, Betty would agree with me.

Roxy

All these people are leaving our lives, you know.

Trevor

That's why I've been thinking about a baby.

Roxy

[looks at Trevor] We will have our kid. Honestly, I'd think about it now if things weren't so hectic at work.

Trevor

It's just that with my shoulder better and knowing that I'm redeploying...I think about things.

Roxy

What things?

Trevor

Well, if something were ever to happen to me.

Roxy

Trevor...

Trevor

I know it sounds crazy but I would hate it if there was never a little boy or girl running around that people would stop and go, hey look there's Roxy and Trevor's kid and he's got our eyes.

Roxy

First of all, nothing is gonna happen to you. Second of all, we will have our baby. Just not right now. And I really hope he or she has your eyes.

Roxy

How about if I cut my hair like this?

Trevor

Like what?

Roxy

Shorter. Like this. [folds hair up] That's sexier right?

Trevor

[amused] It's not possible to have anymore sexiness in one woman. Can't be done.

Roxy

Trevor, I'm serious.

Trevor

Seriously? [Roxy nods] I like your hair the way it is.

Roxy

Really?

Trevor

Is this one of those trick questions like, "Do I look fat?"

Roxy

Now I look fat?

Trevor

No, no no. Ok, Rox, I love your hair the way it is and you do not look fat. Now I'm going to the live firing range where things are a lot safer. [leaves room to go to work]

Trevor

[from outside] Don't cut your hair!

Trevor

It was amazing. Colonel Burton said I should start studying to make Sergeant.

Roxy

Trevor! I am so proud of you.

Trevor

There's a promotion board I gotta study for, a Warrior Leader Course, but it is so worth it. [notices the "edible underwear" on Roxy's dresser] What's this? [picks it up] It's a....[sniffs] It smells like fruit or something.

Roxy

Apricot.

Trevor

[sniffs] Yeah, that's it. It's apricot. [looks at it] What is it?

Roxy

You mean, what was it.

Trevor

Ok, what was it?

Roxy

[pauses] It's edible underpants.

Trevor

[speechless] What?

Roxy

Yeah, but Lucky got to it before you came home.

Trevor

[raises eyebrows] I see.

Trevor

Roxy! Knock it off!

Roxy

What??

Trevor

Roxy! Do you mind?

We're studying.

Roxy

Blame the dang dog. He's the one who dragged in all the dirt. [to Trevor] You want me to fix you a snack while you're studying for your finals?

Trevor

This isn't high school, Rox. It's the promotion board. I gotta earn enough points to make Sergeant.

Roxy

[picks up a tattered sock chewed off by Lucky] Thought you already had a whole heap of points.

Trevor

Still gotta ace the board.

TJ

What's the board?

Trevor

A bunch of NCOs lock me in the room and grill me with questions, that's what. [looks at Roxy] I'd better know the answers.

[gets up] I'll quiz you!

Roxy

No, you won't.

But we need to make Dad's brain Army strong.

Roxy

We need to make your brain Army strong.

Roxy

How long have you had this?

I dunno.

Roxy

What is it about?

I dunno.

Roxy

[irritated] You don't know?

I think Miss Hayley says I have a listening problem.

Roxy

Yeah. Well, I think you have a remembering problem. Were you ever gonna give this to me?

I dunno.

Trevor

[to Finn] Hey, what you meant to say was "I'm sorry Mom. It will never happen again".

[smiles at Roxy] What Dad said!

Roxy

Get back to work.

Claudia Joy

Where are you going?

Denise

No idea. Some place special, Frank said. He wants to continue our conversation from last night.

Claudia Joy

What happened last night?

Denise

I told him he was "old-fashioned".

Roxy

Oops.

Denise

Yeah. I meant it as a compliment.

Claudia Joy

[cringes] Errr, no man likes to be called "old"-anything.

Pamela

Men are such babies. He'll get over it. Just ask him to open a jar or something.

Frank

[takes off his helmet] Afternoon, ladies.

Denise

[shocked] Frank???

Frank

Hey, baby. Wanna go for a ride?

Denise

You bet! [walks to Frank and gets on his bike]

Roxy

Is that really Frank??

Roxy

I will be so glad when Trevor gets back from sergeant school.

Pamela

Speaking of school, what's up with our little genius?

Roxy

I'm in the application process to three private schools. It's a friggin' nightmare. "Tell us about your child". How am I supposed to answer that? Erm, he eats dog biscuits, sleeps in a Batman costume and has a higher IQ than both of his parents combined.

[walks over] Hey, what are y'all celebrating?

[points to Trevor] This man just made Sergeant.

[flirtatiously] Ooooh. Well, does the sergeant speak for himself? [reaches hand out] Hi, I'm Lindsay. What's your name?

Trevor

[shakes hand] I'm Trevor.

Tell me more, Sergeant Trevor, I'm very interested.

Roxy

[cuts in while Trevor drinks from his bottle, smiles at Lindsay] He's very married! [jokingly to Trevor] You're in big trouble, Mister!

[to Lindsay] Hey, I'm not married.

Oh yeah? What are you?

Private First Class Brian Day, at your service.

Private? [scoffs] As if!

Guess the lady knows dog meat when she smells it.

Roland

[in amazement] The Hump is officially banned!

TJ

How do you spell "Holden"?

H-O-L-D-E-N.

TJ

I was asking Mom. [turns to Roxy] Mom!

Roxy

He's right.

See?

TJ

[mutters] Know-it-all.

Mom, are we poor?

Roxy

[looks up in surprise] What? Where did you get that idea?

Byron's got a trampoline, a swimming pool and a wooden fort bigger than the one at school

Roxy

He does?

He even has a computer and a TV in his room.

Roxy

Wow. That's a lot of stuff

Yeah.

Roxy

But you know, stuff doesn't really make a person rich or poor.

It doesn't?

Roxy

Heck no. I mean, we may not have a lot of stuff but we've got plenty of things that other people don't have.

Like Lucky?

Roxy

[smiles] Yeah. Like Lucky. But also, like a roof over our heads and clothes on our back and food in our bellies. A lot of people don't even have that.

They don't?

Roxy

No. But more importantly we have each other, right? Like your dad and TJ and all of our friends.

So we're not poor.

Roxy

Do you feel poor?

[thinks] No. But I wish we had a pool.

Roxy

Yeah, well, me too. Come here. [gives Finn a hug]