Jinx Shannon quotes from In Plain Sight

Jinx

[Holding an old photograph of Mary and her father] Look at this one. I think you were four, maybe five here.

Mary

I don't remember this.

Jinx

Your father hit corner at Belmont, went shopping at Berghoff's. Eight dollars for a little girl's dress. I almost killed him. The way he fawned. Isn't that crazy? A mother being jealous of her four-year-old daughter.

Jinx

Mary. Oh, Sweetheart. I didn't know. But... To be fair, you make it impossible for people to know. Y-y-you come home and say y-you're fine... You're just a little tired... Which is pretty much how you come home everynight. How are people supposed to know what you're going through?

Mary

People aren't. Why does everyone have to know what everyone else is going through? It seems intrusive.

Jinx

Sharing the details of our lives... Is how we connect to the world.

Mary

The world is full of assholes. Why would I want to connect with that?

Jinx

Oh, honey... You don't have to open up to the whole world. You just have to open up with someone.

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

Second bottle, mom?

Jinx

For those keeping score.

Mary

[To Marshall] Second bottle is the ironic Jinx. You want to be gone by number three.

Marshall

Say no more, and you go to bed.

Mary

Yeah, yeah. Don't worry, I'm fine.

Marshall

I know, and you need to remember that. Whatever's happening inside your head needs to happen. Now just let it flow. Be the river.

Mary

Don't be a retard. I can't be the river.

Marshall

You can be the river!

Mary

Okay, but not today. Tomorrow I'll be the river.

Marshall

That a girl.

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!