Gail Green quotes from Jericho

Gail

[to townsfolk about evicting the refugees] You can’t let them go out there. A woman died on Main Street today. I didn’t even know her name. Did you? Think of our neighbors who didn’t make it back yet. That’s who they are! Now my family can feed two people. Who else here is willing to share their rations?

Johnston

Gail, who is in charge here? You or me?

Gail

You do not want to play that game.

Gail

You know I keep thinking about when we were kids and how they used to make us practice hiding under our desks in case of an atomic bomb.

Johnston

Yeah and duck for cover.

Gail

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw that mushroom cloud. Did they have enough time to hide under their desks? It's pretty stupid, huh?

Johnston

I can’t just sit around here all day. We’ve got to find the sheriff and his men; we’ve got to get the power back on.

Gail

Okay, now you’re going to stay here as long as it takes. Now, don’t make me take your pants with me.

Johnston

I can run this town without my pants.

Gail

It wouldn’t be the first time.

Jake

There's a story I don't want to hear.

Jake

You were always good at blocking out the bad. Dad, not so much.

Gail

He’s had more to block out. When you left, you left quite a mess. You have no idea the lengths your father went to try to square things.

Jake

Then why didn’t he talk to me?

Gail

Because he knew you’d resent it. And there’s a stubborn streak that runs in the family. Honey….I think you owe him the truth.

Jake

You want me to tell him about my…about my time away?

Gail

This house is too small for big secrets.

Eric

Well, if we’re sending missiles they must have figured out who attacked us.

God Bless America.

Jake

Could have just decided to take out one of the usual suspects.

Johnston

Which means there could be more missiles headed in our direction.

Gail

Well, is this the federal response we’ve all been waiting for?

Gail

What are you doing?

Johnston

What?

Gail

You were cooling your thermometer in that glass of water. Weren't you?

Johnston

No I wasn't. Fine, so what if I was, I'm tired of being sick.

Gail

You have a temperature of 350 degrees. You are going to rest. You are going to take the pills that April gave you. You are going to admire this ridiculous pumpkin with me and then we are going to try and eat the pumpkin together because we use every part of the buffalo in this house. Is that understood?

Johnston

Most of it.

Gail

How long can he hold on like this?

April

I can’t say for sure. Maybe 12 hours.

Gail

12 hours?

April

I am so sorry.

Gail

I---I’ve been married to that man for a long time. I refuse to believe this is the way it ends.

Gail

This is nothing like what we went through.

Johnston

I seem to recall when my mother thought your name was ‘the other woman’. And I ignored her, just the way Eric’s ignoring us. Now, if this is so different, I’m not seeing it.

Gail

It’s all from China.

Emily

Are we being invaded?

Johnston

I doubt it. If they wanted to invade they’d send troops.

Emily

So this is charity?

Gail

We’re getting aid from China. Why isn’t our own government helping us, the United Nations or the Red Cross?

Gail

It’s time for some changes, Johnston, starting with your diet.

Mayor Green

[indicates his mostly empty plate] A man can’t live on that.

Gail

He can if he wants to stay married to me.

Johnston

[listening to Gray speak to the town] There’s a way of doing this without scaring the crap out of everybody.

Gail

He was elected. Means he’s gonna do it his way.

Johnston

Ahhh, I’m gonna need a hobby.

Gail

Honey, you look tired, you getting enough sleep?

April

Almost seven hours.

Gail

Where?

April

In my office.

Gail

Sleeping in your office doesn’t count. You’re going to give the baby a crick in its neck.

April

You’re going to make a terrific grandmother.

Gail

I know.

Ma’am, there are empty houses all over Jericho and we sleep in a shelter.

Gail

Those are our neighbors’ homes. They were gone when the bombs went off. They’re coming back!

Well, wherever your neighbors are, I hope nobody’s kicking them out of town in the middle of winter.

Emily

For what it's worth, you and Mary have a lot in common.

Gail

What -- we both love Eric?

Emily

No, I was actually going to say you're both pretty tough broads. You're both a little hard-headed. In a bar fight -- even money.