My Family (TV Series)

Fitting Punishment (2003)

Zoë Wanamaker: Susan Harper

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Ben : Hello.

  Susan : Hello.

  Ben : What are you doing?

  Susan : Choosing some wool.

  Ben : Good. What for?

  Susan : A cardigan for Janey's baby.

  Ben : Mm, good. Hang on, you can't knit.

  Susan : Are you saying I'll make a bad grandmother?

  Ben : No, I'm saying you'll make a bad cardigan.

• Susan : What's wrong?

  Ben : I've had some bad news, I'm afraid. Mr Beamish died.

  Susan : Oh, I'm sorry.

  Ben : Yeah, I know. I know. I kind of miss him.

  Susan : Yes. Who's Mr Beamish?

  Ben : The chap who had the surgery upstairs.

  Susan : I didn't know there was anyone upstairs.

  Ben : That's why I'm going to miss him.

• Michael Harper : I need to borrow the washing line tonight.

  Susan : Certainly, dear. What for?

  Michael Harper : Tying people up.

  Susan : You know, I really think the cadet force is making a man of him.

  Ben : Yeah. Unfortunately, that man is Benito Mussolini.

• Susan : What I'd thought we'd do is install a heated towel rail so the toilet will be toasty warm when Janey and the baby come to visit.

  Ben : So, let me get this straight. You want to install a heated towel rail on the off chance that an unborn baby of a child who never visits the house might be cold in a room that nobody uses.

  Susan : Is that a yes, then?

  Ben : It's a 'my wife's insane!'.

• Susan : Michael's learning new skills.

  Michael Harper : Yep. I've got the training. I've got the equipment. All I need now is the collapse of Western civilisation.

  Ben : Oh, kids today! They want everything now!

• Susan : Don't you think you owe it to Roger's father to treat his son like your own?

  Ben : Susan, I've got enough sons! I'm not taking another man's cast-offs!