Thirtysomething (TV Series)

Accounts Receivable (1988)

Ken Olin: Michael Steadman

Quotes 

• Michael Steadman : [going over the finances of his father's company]  Birdie, there's a balloon payment due in 90 days. Did he know that?

  Birdie Kravitz : He was a very sick man, Michael. He knew enough. The rest, he didn't ask. And there were other things in his life, what with a woman...

  Michael Steadman : Linda.

  Birdie Kravitz : And maybe I could have told him more, but what was the point?

  Michael Steadman : The point is, what do we do now?

  Birdie Kravitz : Sell. Sell everything. You'll go home maybe with a little more than you came in with.

  Michael Steadman : [indicating the factory workers]  And what... what about...

  Birdie Kravitz : Michael, the books don't lie. A business... a business has a lifespan. I mean, the world has changed. Piece goods, now they come pre-cut from the Philippines. Or they job 'em out to Taiwan. And your brother... no matter how hard he's been killing himself, the books don't lie.

• Hope Murdoch Steadman : How was it?

  Michael Steadman : How was it? It was great. Not only did I get Dad on a supersaver to Chicago, but I'm getting the credit for the mileage club. Is it bedtime yet?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Michael, I was just asking.

  Michael Steadman : I know, I'm sorry. It's just... whose Porsche is that in the driveway?

  Frank the Plumber : Sorry, I, uh, don't like to leave it on the street.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Um, th-this is Frank. Frank, this is my husband, Michael. I was just trying to deal with some of the pipe stuff so that you wouldn't have to worry about it.

  Michael Steadman : Can we deal with it? Are we dealing with it?

  Frank the Plumber : No problem.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Please don't lie to us.

  Michael Steadman : Why should he lie, honey? He has a Porsche.

• Hope Murdoch Steadman : Gary called. The plumber gave us an estimate.

  Michael Steadman : Yeah?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : [holding up ten fingers one hand at a time]  Thousand.

  Michael Steadman : Where is that gonna come from?