Thirtysomething (TV Series)

Business as Usual (1988)

Barbara Rhoades: Linda Steadman

Quotes 

• Michael Steadman : I had a pile of papers right here. Did you move 'em or something?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : What kind of papers?

  Michael Steadman : My father's papers. They were right here.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Um, they weren't on the counter this morning.

  Michael Steadman : I put 'em right here.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Did you look in the sunroom?

  Michael Steadman : Honey, I didn't put them in the sunroom, I put 'em right here.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Well, honey, if they were there, I would have seen them.

  Linda Steadman : What are you looking for?

  Michael Steadman : My father's V.A. papers. They were right here.

  Linda Steadman : I don't understand. You got the papers from the V.A.?

  Michael Steadman : Yes, I got the papers from the V.A. What did you think you were signing the other night, a down payment on a new car? I got the papers and if we don't find them, we're gonna be out a few thousand dollars. Can you understand that or am I going too fast for you?

• Michael Steadman : I'm sorry about last night. I didn't mean to... I just didn't know what I was saying.

  Linda Steadman : Oh, yes, you did. Last night was no different than the last 11 years. You just said it out loud, that's all.

  Michael Steadman : Wa... I-I don't think that about you. It's just... look, it's hard. That's all. I mean, you and Dad.

  Linda Steadman : Look, just for the record, when I met you, I was maybe a little bit older than you are now. I was totally scared and intimidated. All I heard was how brilliant you and Brad were. I made the cardinal mistake, only because I didn't know what else to do, of daring to act the teeniest bit like a mother to you. I remember the moment. Asked you what time you were coming home that night. Christmas vacation. You haven't given me the time of day since. You know what? I could care less about being your mother. I wasn't a very good mother to my own kids. I would have settled for just being the smallest possible kind of a friend.