Thirtysomething (TV Series)
Post-Op (1990)
Tess Harper: Nancy's Sister Deborah
Quotes
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Eleanor Krieger : You look like you've... gained a little weight.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [exchanging a quiet look with Nancy] I wouldn't know. My bathroom scale hasn't worked since Allison tried to weigh her goldfish on it.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [laughing, squirming, pointing at her incision] Oh, don't make me laugh! Don't!
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [taking the pillow Eleanor had just put behind Nancy and putting it across Nancy's stomach] She did! She took the scale up to her bedroom, and she tried to lift the whole aquarium on to it - hold that tight - and of course the whole thing spilled out, all over everything. We're still looking for one of those fish. We can smell it, but we can't find it!
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Nancy's Sister Deborah : [seeing the strange looking bird] What is this?
Eleanor Krieger : Raspberry candies. Want some?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : You ask me if I've gained weight and you offer me candy?
Eleanor Krieger : I didn't mean anything.
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Ellyn Warren : [with exaggerated sympathy] Hi.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Hi.
Ellyn Warren : [with true surprise] Gee, you look great, Nancy! How are you feeling?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Oh, it just hurts from the cut.
Ellyn Warren : Oh, yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah, I bet it does. Ugh.
Ellyn Warren : So, uhm. How are... how are your kids?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Oh, they're great. They can't wait for Nancy to get home.
Ellyn Warren : Oh, I bet.
Ellyn Warren : You know, Nancy. If there's anything that I can do. You know, I'm going downtown, maybe, help you...
Nancy Krieger Weston : No, we have everything. But thanks.
Ellyn Warren : I mean, I could maybe babysit for the kids or something?
Nancy Krieger Weston : [clearly shocked, but recovering quickly] Oh, that's nice. Thanks.
Ellyn Warren : 'Kay. I was so sorry when Hope told me about... you know...
Nancy Krieger Weston : About the cancer?
Ellyn Warren : Yeah, that's such a shock!
Nancy Krieger Weston : [combing through her wet hair a bit roughly] Yeah, I was shocked too.
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Hope Murdoch Steadman : [after a very long, very awkward silence] So, Nancy, how's the book coming?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Well, it's only been in the stores for a week, you guys.
Ellyn Warren : Oh! Your book! I saw it. I saw it! I was going by Wannamaker's and it was just sitting in the window as a - on display!
Nancy's Sister Deborah : My kids were so thrilled they took theirs to school.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : Oh, that is so cute!
Ellyn Warren : Well, uhm, look, I've uhm, got a meeting that I'm twenty minutes late for, so I was just gonna say 'hi'...
Nancy Krieger Weston : [polite] Hi.
Ellyn Warren : ...and drop some banana bread over and just...
Nancy Krieger Weston : [polite] Thanks.
Ellyn Warren : [leaning in to give Nancy a kiss on the cheek, but not quite succeeding] ... I don't know. 'Kay. Uhm, 'bye. Anyway, 'bye.
Nancy Krieger Weston : 'Bye.
Ellyn Warren : [tripping on her way out] Oh! Sorry. 'Bye.
Hope Murdoch Steadman : [looking very embarrassed for Ellyn] 'Bye...
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [after she departs] The Big C really gets 'em, huh?
[Nancy just continues to comb through her wet hair roughly]
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Nancy's Sister Deborah : [coming in from the cold outside] Ugh. Good morning.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Hi. Where were you last night?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : At Mother's. She gave me the key. Don't worry, she'll be over here soon.
Nancy Krieger Weston : I thought you were going to stay here. Why don't you just stay here?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Well, I thought it'd be too much trouble. The chaos, you know.
Nancy Krieger Weston : And you didn't murder her last night? I'm shocked!
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Hmm... Don't be so sure.
Nancy Krieger Weston : So what happened?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [picking up a little] Oh, nothing. She just insinuated that my marriage was a failure, my children were abused, my life is bankrupt... the usual.
Nancy Krieger Weston : She doesn't think that.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Of course she does!
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [from the kitchen] How you feeling this morning?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Pretty good. You know, there's coffee in there!
Nancy's Sister Deborah : You sleep okay?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Yeah, okay.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Any pain?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Not much.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [sitting down with her cup of coffee] Just scared, huh?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Yeah.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Can I have the sugar?
Nancy Krieger Weston : You know, you haven't seen her for two years. You should cut her some slack.
[Deborah just rolls her eyes]
Nancy Krieger Weston : Anyways. Thanks for coming.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Hey! Anything to get away from my kids.
[they laugh]
Nancy's Sister Deborah : That's bull. I'm really scared out of my mind about you.
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Elliot Weston : [Nancy and Deborah turn as the front door opens. It is Elliot] Hey, Jules!
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Hi, Jules.
Elliot Weston : Hey. This is just like a soap opera, right? Two sisters sitting around drinking coffee after their husbands have gone to work? Talking about who's really the father of their children?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Well, never ask, Jules. Never ask.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [seeing the bundle of items in Elliot's hands] What's that?
Elliot Weston : Heidi Geisler made Tuna Divan. And I'm guessing - banana bread.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [rolling her eyes and mouthing] Banana bread.
Elliot Weston : [picking up more dirty dishes] So. How's Eleanor?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : In rare form. She'll be over here soon.
Elliot Weston : [to Deborah] Hey. Don't offer to help or anything.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : I won't.
Elliot Weston : So. Nancy really looks great, doesn't she?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : She does.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [annoyed] Why are you talking about me as if I'm not even here?
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Elliot Weston : So. Tuna Divan a la Heidi for dinner tonight? Plus the rest of the turkey the Brooks brought. And I've arranged for Ethan to go to Nic -
[Elliot tries to pick up Nancy's coffee cup]
Nancy Krieger Weston : [taking it back] That's mine, that's mine!
Elliot Weston : Oh. And I've arranged for Ethan to go to Nicholas's after school today.
[He runs to the phone as it rings]
Nancy Krieger Weston : The machine's on.
Elliot Weston : [running back] Okay. Uhm, Britty? She's gonna go to ballet with Donna's mom, and the rest of the dry cleaning I'm going to pick up on my way home. Okay?
Barbara : [via phone machine] Nancy, it's Barbara. I'm sorry. I just can't stop crying...
Elliot Weston : Listen, if Rose from the insurance company calls, have her call me at the office, okay? And uh, uh, listen. Mrs. Rogers, the cleaning lady? She's going to come tomorrow, so just leave her tomato sauce in the back of the refrigerator and just forget about it.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Elliot...
Elliot Weston : Everything's under control.
Nancy Krieger Weston : I wish the kids would come here after school.
Elliot Weston : Nope. We're going to keep it quiet whether you like it or not.
Elliot Weston : [kissing her on the head and then her sister] hey. I gotta go. I got a meeting.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Well, never fear. Deb's here.
Elliot Weston : Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. Listen, you go back to bed, you hear?
Nancy Krieger Weston : I hear ya.
Elliot Weston : I mean it.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [annoyed] Elliot.
Elliot Weston : [waggling his fingers at them] I gotta go. 'Bye, Jules.
Elliot Weston : 'Bye, Jules.
[Elliot runs out. As soon as he closes the front door the back door opens]
Eleanor Krieger : [calling from the back door] Anybody home?
Nancy Krieger Weston : [looking at Deb, deadpan] It is a soap opera.
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Nancy Krieger Weston : What time is it?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [checking her watch] Mmmm... a quarter to six.
Nancy Krieger Weston : The kids should have come home after school.
Eleanor Krieger : [from the kitchen] Deborah?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Yeah, Ma?
Eleanor Krieger : Please set the table.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [under her breath to Nancy] Takes thirty years off my life.
[louder]
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Okay! You know she asked me if I wanted that hideous sweater she's making? Now that's an intentional insult!
Nancy Krieger Weston : No, no, she started it for me first.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Oh! Well, it's a different intentional insult!
Nancy Krieger Weston : [giggling] Stop!
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [giving Nancy her pillow to put on her stomach again] You think she'd be nice to me if I got cancer?
Nancy Krieger Weston : [still giggling] Stop it! Hey, why don't you stay here tonight?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Should I?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Oh, come on. Please?
Eleanor Krieger : [impatient, from kitchen] Deborah!
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Okay!
[whispering to Nancy]
Nancy's Sister Deborah : It's that ultimate tone. Maternal disapproval. I could never get that. 'Deborah!' 'Deborah!'
Nancy Krieger Weston : [following suit] 'Deborah!'
Nancy's Sister Deborah : 'De-bo-rah!'
Eleanor Krieger : [coming into the room from the kitchen] Deborah!
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [giggling with Nancy like girls and then finally getting up] Okay! God! Jeez.
Eleanor Krieger : Such a slow poke! I called you twice!
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Eleanor Krieger : You're dressed up. Sort of.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Yeah, I'm going to the Art Center. They're mounting a student shut-in, so I said I'd...
Eleanor Krieger : You're not going back to work!
Nancy Krieger Weston : No. I just need to get out of here.
Eleanor Krieger : Please, don't try to do too much.
Nancy Krieger Weston : I won't.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Leave her alone, Ma.
Eleanor Krieger : The doctors said it was important for you to...
Nancy's Sister Deborah : We all know what the doctors said.
Eleanor Krieger : We don't want to second-guess the doctors.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Why not? They're not infallible.
Eleanor Krieger : Please, don't.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : What?
Eleanor Krieger : It's important for Nancy to trust her doctors. She needs to know that...
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Look, I have seen a hundred cases like this. And I know that what you're...
Eleanor Krieger : You're not an MD.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Thanks to you!
Nancy Krieger Weston : [as the doorbell rings] That's my cab.
Eleanor Krieger : Your cab?
Elliot Weston : Honey, I'll give you a ride.
Nancy Krieger Weston : No, that's all right. I'm fine.
Elliot Weston : You need some cash?
Nancy Krieger Weston : [going out the door] Oh, for goodness sakes, I had a hysterectomy not a lobotomy!
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Nancy's Sister Deborah : [once Nancy departs] She's not a baby, Ma.
Eleanor Krieger : Don't tell me she's not a baby.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Well, you're treating her like a child!
Eleanor Krieger : [turning on Deborah] You don't want to see me for two years, fine. I can take it. But I'll tell you what I can't take. I can't take your, your stupid, selfish refusal, either of you! To see that that is my baby there. That is my baby whose body they cut up, who could die, and I can't do anything. Nothing! There's nothing I can do to help her except not let her see that this is killing me too!
[Eleanor storms out to leave Deborah and Elliot there in subdued silence]
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Michael Steadman : So, you like Philadelphia? You've been here before?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Yeah, a few times.
Michael Steadman : Really? That's nice though.
Elliot Weston : [coming in from the Steadman kitchen with a cup of coffee] Hey!
Michael Steadman : [seeing that Elliot has a hangover] Hey. How's the head, Elliot?
Elliot Weston : Hey, c'mon!
Michael Steadman : [waggling his fingers in front of Elliot's eyes] Is everything going WAH WAH WAH?
Elliot Weston : Easy, easy! Are you psychotic? You think that's funny?
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Nancy Krieger Weston : [turning on a light] Hey, Deb.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [abruptly; groaning] I'm up. I'm up.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [going over to sit with her sister on the couch] Hey, later. Maybe we could meet somewhere. Maybe Sue could join us, you know, just the three of us?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Some place with room service and a hot tub.
Eleanor Krieger : [entering from the kitchen] Who wants breakfast?
Nancy Krieger Weston : No, thanks. I promised the kids I'd make 'em waffles.
Eleanor Krieger : Deb? I'm making eggs.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [grimacing] Oh, I couldn't possibly face eggs this morning.
Eleanor Krieger : You should eat something.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [turning back to her, incredulous] Why? 'Looks like you've gained weight, Deborah', that's the first thing you said to me when I got here.
Eleanor Krieger : I didn't mean anything.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Well. You hadn't seen me in two years, the first thing you did was criticize.
Nancy Krieger Weston : She wasn't criticizing. You have gained weight, big deal? What do you want from her anyway?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [pouty, thinking about it] I don't know. Ma? What do I want from you anyway?
Eleanor Krieger : Beats me. Always has.
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Nancy's Sister Deborah : You can call me, you know. If you need any help translating the doctors or anything. Just call me, all right?
Elliot Weston : [getting his chicks in a row] Oh, all right. Okay. All right. Okay. You've been great. Everybody's been great. C'mon. Ethan! Brittany! C'mon. Let's put this stuff in Grandma's car. C'mon.
Eleanor Krieger : I've got the car running.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [handing Ethan a bag] Take this, can you take this for Deb? Okay. Just take it out to the car.
[Nancy closes the door after everybody but before Deborah can leave. She hugs her sister and starts to cry]
Nancy's Sister Deborah : You take care of yourself too, okay?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Who am I going to talk to now?
Nancy's Sister Deborah : Oh, anybody. Talk to Elliot. Make him listen, okay? Make him listen. And you'll call me, and I'll call you. I'm going back to Indiana, I'm not going back to Mars!
Nancy Krieger Weston : [tearful] Okay. 'Kay.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [reassuring] 'Kay. Okay.
Nancy's Sister Deborah : [opening the door] 'Bye 'bye, sweetie.
Nancy Krieger Weston : 'Bye.
[Nancy cries as she looks out the window and watches her sister say goodbye to Elliot and the kids. Deb gets into the car and waves as she and her mother pull away]