Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

Bringeth It On (2003)

Mary Steenburgen: Helen Girardi

Quotes 

• Helen Girardi : There'd be a list of "bad girls" circulating around the school!

  Will : We'd never have let that out.

  Helen Girardi : The CIA couldn't keep a list like that from getting out in a high school!

• Helen Girardi : Am I the only one noticing there's a meal about to be served here?

  Will : Grazzie bella.

  Helen Girardi : [to Kevin, Luke, and Joan, respectively]  You can miss some of the game, the park will will be open in half an hour, and you are going to defy convention and be a girl who eats. Now, everybody sit!

  Will : I love it when you do that.

• Joan : Okay, now who took my phone?

  Luke Girardi : Yeah, see? She's the one with the communication devices. Ask her.

  Joan : Ask me what?

  Kevin Girardi : Which girl at school got knocked up and left her baby in a dumpster.

  Helen Girardi : Kevin.

  Joan : And what makes you think I would know who it is?

  Will : We're not saying that you do.

  Helen Girardi : But if you heard anything at school...

  Luke Girardi : Shouldn't there have been some sort of visual clue?

  Kevin Girardi : Not if she's a fat chick.

  Helen Girardi : Who are you people?

• Joan : I don't tell you about cheerleading, therefore I must be pregnant?

  Helen Girardi : Nobody said anything...

  Luke Girardi : Cheerleading?

  Kevin Girardi : Who-who's pregnant?

  Helen Girardi : No one's pregnant. Right?

  Joan : [in disgust]  Mom!

  Kevin Girardi : Is Joan having sex?

  Will : Could we get off this line of questioning, please?

  Joan : This is why I don't tell you anything.

• Helen Girardi : Brianna's boyfriend is Rex Doherty.

  Will : So?

  Helen Girardi : Son of Councilman Max Doherty.

  Will : [realizing why Fellowes dropped the case]  And you never found that worth mentioning?

  Helen Girardi : Nobody ever asked about the father.

• Will : I think I just alienated our daughter for good.

  Helen Girardi : I wouldn't be too hard on myself if I were you. I'm sure me being the school snitch helped a little.

  Will : She's facing stuff we never dreamed of. How's she gonna survive?

  Helen Girardi : She's got a good dad.