Thirtysomething (TV Series)
Another Country (1990)
Timothy Busfield: Elliot Weston
Quotes
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Nancy Krieger Weston : I saw Doctor Silverman today.
Elliot Weston : Yeah, she give you The Pill?
Nancy Krieger Weston : She gave me The Pill.
Elliot Weston : Greeeat.
Nancy Krieger Weston : And she also took this picture, with the ultra sound thing, you know, like when I was pregnant...
[Elliot looks up from his bowl of ice-cream in immediate alarm]
Nancy Krieger Weston : ...only I'm not, and uhm, she's found this little thing.
Elliot Weston : [looking up at her again] What thing?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Well, she thought, but she was wrong, that it was some kind of early fibroid.
Elliot Weston : Wait, wait, wait. Fibroid? What's that?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Nothing. I mean, it's something, but it doesn't really matter because it wasn't the thing, the fibroid thing, so she was wrong about that.
Ethan Weston : [from his room] Mom!
Nancy Krieger Weston : Just a minute, honey!
[to Elliot]
Nancy Krieger Weston : Uhm, so it was nothing.
Elliot Weston : Well, that's good.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Right. I know. it's just uhm, it's just that my ovary, either my right one or my left one has dropped behind my uterus, and she just, you know, wants to do a test.
Elliot Weston : A test? You said it was nothing.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Well, it is basically. I mean that's what Doctor Silverman said. She just wants to look inside with this periscope...
Elliot Weston : Wait a - what, a periscope? What is - what is that? What is this periscope?
Nancy Krieger Weston : It's called a laperoscomy. I mean, I've got a pamphlet. Wait, wait, let me show you.
Elliot Weston : [grabbing her arm] Nance, whoa, whoa, wait wait wait. When are you going to do this periscope thing?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Whenever.
Elliot Weston : When?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Friday.
Elliot Weston : Friday? This Friday? Like day-after-tomorrow Friday?
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Michael Steadman : You're amazing! You're amazing. I mean, we aced that meeting.
Elliot Weston : You think so?
Michael Steadman : Are you kidding me? Did you see the client? He was drooling. I mean, he could practically smell the money.
Elliot Weston : You think so?
Michael Steadman : Tonight? We're celebrating tonight. The four of us. Hey, Katherine? Katherine! Would you get my wife on the phone?
[to Elliot]
Michael Steadman : Where do you want to go?
Elliot Weston : Mike, I don't know.
Michael Steadman : C'mon, name it. It's on me.
Elliot Weston : Mike, I don't know. I don't know. You pick it.
Katherine : [beeping on intercom] Hope's on five-seven-three-eight.
Michael Steadman : [on phone with Hope] Hi, honey. Good. Listen, do you think there's any way we can get a sitter for tonight? Really? Oh, that's good. Okay, would you try to call her? Yeah? Good. I have a little surprise. Yeah. Okay. I'll call - no, you call me back. Okay. Good. I miss you too. Okay. Bye, sweetie.
Michael Steadman : [to Elliot] Le Bec Fin. Hope loves Le Bec Fin. Katherine? Hey, Katherine! Katherine, would you, uhm, see about getting reservations for tonight?
Elliot Weston : [realizing, changing his mind] Michael...
Michael Steadman : Wait a second. Four for tonight at Le Bec Fin? Eight o'clock? Thank you.
Elliot Weston : Mike. About tonight...
Katherine : [beeping] Hope's on the line. She says she can get a sitter and what's the surprise?
Michael Steadman : Uh, just tell her to hold on a second?
[to Elliot]
Michael Steadman : Do you want us to pick you up? Seven thirty?
Elliot Weston : [reluctantly] No, Mike. Michael, I don't think tonight is going to be good for us. For Nancy.
Michael Steadman : Oh. Uh, tomorrow?
Elliot Weston : [very reluctantly] I don't know about tomorrow. You see... uhm... Nancy's... she's sick. Nancy's uhm...
Michael Steadman : [not getting it] She's sick?
Elliot Weston : Yeah. Yeah, she's sick, Mike. She's got cancer.
[Michael pales as the news hits home with him]
Elliot Weston : So I'm sorry, okay?
Michael Steadman : [quietly] Okay.
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Elliot Weston : Nancy...
Nancy Krieger Weston : Just leave me alone. I don't even want to look at you. Just leave me alone.
Elliot Weston : No. Honey, you're not going through this alone. You can't go through this alone!
Nancy Krieger Weston : Don't touch me.
Elliot Weston : Nancy.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [beginning to break down] Stay away from me.
Elliot Weston : Nancy, no. I'm right here. You need me and I'm right here and I'm not going away. I'm not going anywhere.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [slapping Elliot's hands away and then slapping at him repeatedly] You son of a bitch! I hate you!
Elliot Weston : Easy, easy, easy! Nancy, stop! No, honey, stop! Stop! It's okay! You're going to be okay!
Nancy Krieger Weston : No, it is not okay!
Elliot Weston : [tackling her onto the bed] You're going to be okay!
Nancy Krieger Weston : It is not okay! I have cancer.
Elliot Weston : Stop.
Nancy Krieger Weston : It's not okay.
Elliot Weston : Stop.
Nancy Krieger Weston : I can't fight this.
Elliot Weston : [insistent] Yes, we can.
Nancy Krieger Weston : I'm going to die.
Elliot Weston : Nancy, no, you're not. We're going to fight this. We're going to fight this together.
Nancy Krieger Weston : I don't know if I can do this...
Nancy Krieger Weston : [looking around, feeling hopeless, looking at Elliot above her, realizing, and suddenly clinging to him desperately] Make love to me, Elliot. Make love to me, please! Please make love to me!
Elliot Weston : Shhhhh...
Nancy Krieger Weston : Please...
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Nancy Krieger Weston : [looking up in the bathroom mirror and turning to face a rather spooky pair of twin girls] Hi.
Twin : This is for kids in here.
Nancy Krieger Weston : I know. I just wasn't feeling so good, so...
Twin : What's wrong with you?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Nothing. I was just feeling a little sick. I'm okay.
Twin : [looking at her sister] She vomited.
Twin : I know.
Twin : Are you a mother?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Yes, I am. I'm a mother. I'm Ethan's mother? Ethan Weston?
Twin : [after exchanging a knowing glance] Does Ethan have any fish at home?
Nancy Krieger Weston : [later, telling Elliot before bed] So I said, 'Yes, he has fish.' And then they looked at each other, really suspicious, and one of them looks at me and says, 'Well, that's interesting, because some of ours just happen to be missing.'
Elliot Weston : [laughing] What are you telling me, Ethan's a fish thief?
Nancy Krieger Weston : No, I mean the whole thing, it was like suddenly being caught in a Diane Arbus picture. Do you ever get that feeling?
Elliot Weston : Hourly.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [laughing] Me too.
Elliot Weston : You know, we never should have had her take our wedding pictures.
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Elliot Weston : Wait a sec, wait a sec, wait a sec, Nancy.
Nancy Krieger Weston : It's just a test, Elliot. That's all it is.
Elliot Weston : Fine, fine! I just want to know more about it.
Elliot Weston : [turning to see Ethan standing in the doorway] Hey, pal.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Hey, Ethan.
Ethan Weston : Mom, if you leave turtles on the radiator, do they fry and get dead?
Nancy Krieger Weston : [puzzled, thinking about it] Well, it depends, why?
Ethan Weston : Just curious.
[Ethan walks away to leave Nancy and Elliot to look at one another, confounded]
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Michael Steadman : [seeing Elliot's expression just as Elliot's phone beeps] You okay?
Elliot Weston : Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
[the phone continues to beep as he struggles with something to say]
Elliot Weston : Michael...
[phone beeps again insistently]
Michael Steadman : What?
Elliot's Secretary : [finally over intercom] Mister Drentell on line 5104.
Elliot Weston : [changing his mind and deciding to pick up the phone] Uh, nothing. Nothing. Hi.
[Michael listens to Elliot's conversation with Miles for a moment before heading out, tapping Elliot and waving. Elliot waves back]
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Nancy Krieger Weston : Elliot? Eli?
Elliot Weston : [waking abruptly on the couch where he was snoozing] Huh? Are you all right?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Yeah, I'm all right.
Elliot Weston : Can I get you something? Some water or something?
Nancy Krieger Weston : No. I just want to talk.
Elliot Weston : [trying to rouse himself] Okay, great.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [still a little out of it from the procedure earlier that day] Can you take Ethan to basketball tomorrow?
Elliot Weston : Sure.
Nancy Krieger Weston : And about some other things. I need to talk about some other things.
Elliot Weston : Okay.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Like the kids.
Elliot Weston : The kids?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Because if something would happen to me, we need to talk. About if something would happen to me. Like their education...
[the two look at one another and slowly realize]
Nancy Krieger Weston : ...so you'll take him to basketball tomorrow?
Elliot Weston : Okay.
Nancy Krieger Weston : And Elliot?
Elliot Weston : Mmm-hmm?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Nobody knows.
Elliot Weston : What?
Nancy Krieger Weston : About this. This is just us. Understand?
Elliot Weston : I understand.
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[Elliot and Nancy look up as Dr. Silverman comes into her office and closes the door]
Dr. Silverman : [seating herself and clearing her throat somberly] Nancy.
Nancy Krieger Weston : [realizing the news is not going to be good] Okay.
[turning to Elliot and taking his hand]
Nancy Krieger Weston : I love you.
Elliot Weston : [terrified, his voice shaking] I love you.
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Elliot Weston : We're not waiting till Saturday.
Nancy Krieger Weston : What?
Elliot Weston : I think you should do this now.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Now?
Elliot Weston : Now. Like tomorrow. Now.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Elliot, I just went over all this. I can't do it tomorrow.
Elliot Weston : Nancy,I want you to just do it. I think you should just do it. I don't want one more cell of that stuff to grow! Nancy, I want you to just do it.
Nancy Krieger Weston : I'm going to do it!
Elliot Weston : Soon.
Nancy Krieger Weston : Okay, soon!
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Elliot Weston : You're sitting alone in the dark. You okay?
Nancy Krieger Weston : I don't know.
Elliot Weston : [cautiously] What's wrong? Nance? What's wrong?
Nancy Krieger Weston : Hope knows. She knows because Michael told her.
Elliot Weston : [realizing] Nancy...
Nancy Krieger Weston : You told him, even though this was just us. We had agreed this was just us.
Elliot Weston : Nancy, I'm so sorry.
Nancy Krieger Weston : And now it's out.
Elliot Weston : It's not out.
Nancy Krieger Weston : It is out, Elliot. And everybody knows because your friend can't keep anything to himself and you had to feel good about yourself for two minutes and that was worth anything in the whole world to you.