Leslie and Rue in “Unfinished Business”

Leslie

You broke me. Completely broke me. I give up. Hey... you wanna kill yourself doing drugs? Go ahead. I'm not gonna stand in your way.

Rue

So I can do drugs?

Leslie

Yeah.

Rue

Anything I want?

Leslie

The world's your oyster.

Rue

Mom, are you fucking with me right now?

Leslie

No. If you wanna fry every last brain cell in your head, go ahead. [pause; Rue laughs] What?

Rue

What?

Leslie

That's exciting to you, huh?

Rue

What?

Leslie

Being a crackhead.

Rue

I just feel like there's a catch here.

Leslie

I can't convince you that your life is important. You're gonna have to make that decision on your own. You'll be 18 soon... and outta my house. And you're gonna make whatever decisions you're gonna make. I'm taking you off my plate.

Rue

Okay.

Leslie

I'm gonna focus on Gia.

Rue

Yeah, but she's fine, though.

Leslie

She's been getting D's in math.

Rue

Yeah...

Leslie

She's been in detention three times in the past two weeks. And every morning, when I go into her room to make sure she's awake, she already up... on the phone. And I know she's not getting any sleep. But if you say she's fine... I'll just take your word for it.

Rue

I didn't know any of that.

Leslie

Why would you? You only ever think about yourself.

Rue

That's not true, Mom.

Leslie

If I have to choose between losing one daughter or two, I'mma fight to save her.

Rue

[thinks for a moment] No, that's fair.