Party of Five (TV Series)

The Shortest Distance (1999)

Jeremy London: Griffin Holbrook

Quotes 

• [Will and Griffin enter the station where Bailey is checking the map of the country] 

  Griffin Holbrook : Look, we were talking, and... We're thinking that...

  Will McCorkle : We changed our minds. We wanna keep going.

  Griffin Holbrook : Hit the big apple with you.

  Will McCorkle : Go the distance, all right?

  Bailey Salinger : You guys know how far we still have to go? Through, like... Eight or nine more states. We've just been through three, and already... We've broken down... Fighting... We've had all these problems, and there's... That still leaves eight. Sarah is so far away. She's so far away.

• [first lines] 

  [Claudia, Julia and Griffin are having breakfast in the dinning room] 

  Claudia Salinger : I know that they were having problems, but to do it over the phone... It seems kind of cold.

  Griffin Holbrook : Hey, you mind if I grab one of these muffins? Everything in my refrigerator at home tastes like beer.

  Julia Salinger : [to Griffin]  Go for it.

  [to Claudia] 

  Julia Salinger : I just don't know if we should judge her, Claud.

  Griffin Holbrook : Judge who?

  Julia Salinger : Sarah's staying in New York.

  Griffin Holbrook : What, for how long? Couple more weeks?

  Claudia Salinger : Indefinitely. I mean, she might not be coming home.

  Griffin Holbrook : So that's it, she's just gone?

  Will McCorkle : [Will enters the room]  Hey, blueberry muffins. Anybody mind? My parents charge me for breakfast now. Somebody say somebody's gone? Who's gone?

  Julia Salinger : Sarah's staying in New York. She's not coming back.

  Will McCorkle : What? You mean like permanently?

  Julia Salinger : Could be.

  Will McCorkle : Oh, man. Is Bailey freaking?

  Claudia Salinger : Hard to tell. He's been up in his room ever since he told us... Packing Sarah's stuff.