Brandi Shannon quotes from In Plain Sight

Brandi

[Mary has asked Brandi to get a set of plans out of the backseat of her car that are underneath a model bridge. Brandi thinks Mary is joking about the bridge until she opens Mary's trunk] I'll be damned. It's a bridge.

Jinx

That first week after he left, you were so distraught. You thought it was your fault. That you had done something to make him go away. I just wanted to make you feel better. I made up this story about how you were daddy's favorite. How he loved you the most, and you had this special bond that couldn't be broken no matter how far away he was. The truth is, he loved you like he loved the rest of us. No more, no less. I'm sorry we were lying to you then, and I'm sorry about having to tell you the truth now. But I thought you would eventually realize what a fairytale this all was.

Mary

Oh, mom. That must have been so hard for you. Wait. I want to share something with you. Stay there. [Leaves the room]

Jinx

[To Brandi] I needed to do that. It was necessary.

Brandi

I think it's good that she heard it.

Mary

Sorry, you don't get to rewrite history. [Puts wooden box on the table]

Brandi

What's that?

Mary

Open it.

Jinx

What are these?

Mary

Letters I've received from daddy over the last twenty years or so. How many has he sent you guys?

Mary

The world has alcohol in it. This weekend is about her learning to live with it.

Brandi

This weekend is about us being supportive and reconnecting with her.

Mary

God, this weekend is gonna blow.

Jinx

[to Brandi, regarding her date with Peter] Where's he taking you?

Brandi

Um, I don't know, I think it's a football game. The Governer's Bowl?

Jinx

The Governor's Ball?

Brandi

[shrugs] Maybe.

Jinx

Monkey! Monkey, the Governor's Ball is the biggest social event of the season!

Brandi

What?! Get out!

Mary

And it's all happening here at Barbie's Dream House!

Peter

Look, before I got sober, my life was a series of self implosions. Every time I got within sight of something I really wanted, I'd throw a landmine in my own path to make sure I never achieved it. And I just think that you need someone to help you avoid your own landmines, to help you believe you deserve some of those things that you really want.

Brandi

Oh and you think you are one of those things that I really want, Mr. Conceited?

Peter

Why wouldn't I be? I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm quite a catch.

Brandi

Scott invited me to come to his Gamblers Anonymous meeting. You want to come with?

Mary

No, I'm running late, and shoot me first.

Brandi

Mary, you're never tempted to, you know, look for him? I mean, with your job and everything?

Mary

Brandi, the man is an FBI fugitive. The day I'd find him I'd cuff him at hello.

Brandi

I know, but it's been so long, and Peter was saying something about a statute of limitations.

Mary

Look, guys like dad don't change. The picture you're going to find is of a guy who held up banks, ditched me and mom and a baby in a crib, and then got a new family and bailed on them, too. I mean, are you sensing a pattern here?

Brandi

You never know. Peter says it takes some people a long time to grow into their authentic selves.

Mary

Okay, first of all, don't say authentic selves. Second, you're getting married, so you're all overflowing with perspective and forgiveness. Forgiveness is for people who deserve it, and dad is still out there doing God knows what, so he's not one of those people, you know. He's just the guy in the picture.

Brandi

What's up? You get some bad news?

Mary

No, I just...Cancelled my meeting with the Templetons. It's the adoptive family.

Brandi

What does that mean, "cancelled"?

Mary

I don't know. I just...Well, all I know is I don't need to know tonight.