My Family (TV Series)

Loco Parentis (2003)

Gabriel Thomson: Michael Harper

Quotes 

• Michael : [to Ben and Susan]  For God's sake, it's 1:30! How am I supposed to push against my boundaries if I don't have any? Where's the challenge? It's like I'm Steve McQueen in 'The Great Escape', except, except the Germans have let me out, given me a motorbike and an A-Z of Hamburg!

• Michael : The fact is, that now that Mum is "hands-off", it's like there's two Bens, and one of you has to go.

  Ben : What?

  Michael : You're expendable.

  Ben : Erm, I'm what... expendable?

  Michael : That's another thing. You're very slow on the uptake.

  Ben : Michael, are you firing me?

  Michael : Very, very slow.

  Ben : I don't believe this. You can't fire me. I quit years ago.