Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

Friday Night (2004)

Mary Steenburgen: Helen Girardi

Quotes 

• Joan Girardi : I'm gonna ask you something, but you're not my mother, okay? You're just some random old lady.

  Helen Girardi : No, I'm not old.

  Joan Girardi : Fine. Elderly. Okay, look. Your first date. You know, your very first real one, where a guy took you out and he paid for you and, um, you know, you had to look really nice and everything. Do you remember that?

  Helen Girardi : Oh, sweetheart.

  Joan Girardi : No mother stuff!

  Helen Girardi : Yes, I remember. My memory is still quite good for an elderly person.

  Joan Girardi : What was that like? Because Adam's gonna take me out tomorrow night, and you know how you have this whole fantasy about how it's gonna be all romantic, where you look at each other and you both know that this night was meant to be and you say all the right things, and he looks at you like you're the only person in the whole world, and all the other couples are totally jealous because they're just pure leftovers next to you, and when he takes you home, he gives you that kiss, that kiss that never leaves you, was it like that?

  Helen Girardi : [blankly]  Sure.

  Joan Girardi : Oh, my god. You're totally lying.