Party of Five (TV Series)

Change Partners... and Dance (1995)

Paula Devicq: Kirsten Bennett

Quotes 

• [after a shower, Kirsten tells Charlie about the reading with the psychic] 

  Charlie Salinger : Rob. You don't even know any Robs.

  Kirsten Bennett : I did once. This guy on my floor, freshman year. Rob Strapplemeyer.

  Charlie Salinger : Sounds like a sausage brand.

  [he starts reading a magazine] 

  Kirsten Bennett : I dated him for a month. Total pig. No neck.

  [she brushes her hair] 

  Charlie Salinger : Nice.

  Kirsten Bennett : Of all the guys I've ever known, he's the last person I'd think of marrying. Weird, huh?

  Charlie Salinger : Trippy.

  Kirsten Bennett : You know, Charlie, I had a thought. About the wedding? Well, I was thinking about the dancing, because, you know, you and I, we don't really dance together. And so my thought was...

  [she sees his look] 

  Kirsten Bennett : Please don't hate me.

  Charlie Salinger : I hate you.

  Kirsten Bennett : Come on. It'll be fun. It'll get us out of the house. I'll pay.

  Charlie Salinger : You're really gonna make me take dancing classes?

  Kirsten Bennett : No, I'm not gonna make you take them. I'm gonna ask you. And you're gonna say yes.

• [Charlie and Kirsten are struggling in the dancing lessons and the teacher comes to check on them] 

  Kirsten Bennett : If your foot was where it was supposed to be...

  Thomas : How are we going?

  Charlie Salinger : [to Kirsten]  Why don't you find somebody else if I'm such a bad partner?

  Thomas : Kirsten? We feeling a little "My way or the highway" here?

  Kirsten Bennett : Do you mind?

  [the teacher leaves] 

  Kirsten Bennett : Charlie, don't be an idiot. I don't want somebody else.

  Charlie Salinger : How about Rob? He was probably a great dancer.

  Kirsten Bennett : Who?

  Charlie Salinger : Rob. The guy you were supposed to marry... Rob... Sausage.

  Kirsten Bennett : Rob Strapplemeyer is a total pig. I haven't seen him in four years.

  Charlie Salinger : Well, maybe he's not such a pig anymore. Maybe now he's got a good job and a fat bank account and friends with taste and

  Kirsten Bennett : Rythm?

  Charlie Salinger : You know, I got a lot of work to do at the restaurant.

  [he leaves the ballroom while she stays upset] 

• [Julia, Claudia and Kirsten are sitting on a table and while the band keeps playing, Charlie approaches them] 

  Charlie Salinger : This band cost me 500 bucks. Someone's gotta dance to it.

  Claudia Salinger : I'm not in the mood.

  Kirsten Bennett : In the mood, but are you sure?

  [he nods and takes her hand, Julia smiles and watches them dance while the band starts playing Jumping Jack] 

  Kirsten Bennett : I'm feeling a little "Don't you dare try and tell me I can't dance, you so-and-so," aren't I?

  Charlie Salinger : Yeah, well, I decided to make a few changes in my life. Ever since I had my cereal read.

  Kirsten Bennett : Your what?

  Charlie Salinger : My breakfast cereal. It's the new wave in fortunetelling, you know, reading the gooshy gunk at the bottom of your cereal bowl.

  Kirsten Bennett : I hadn't heard.

  Charlie Salinger : Yeah. Very scientific. I got some clear images. One of good ol' Rob sitting there in his athleisure wear with his beer gut pressing the remote control.

  [she laughs] 

  Kirsten Bennett : [chuckles]  Ewww... .

  Charlie Salinger : I know, I'm so sorry.

  [both laugh] 

  Charlie Salinger : And then I saw another image, this one at the wedding. You look beautiful. I look not half-bad too. Everyone around is watching us dance and they're saying "Look at them. They're perfect together. I bet they live happily ever after."

  Kirsten Bennett : I thought you didn't believe in all that mumbo jumbo.

  Charlie Salinger : Gotta believe in something, right?

  Kirsten Bennett : Right.

  Charlie Salinger : Try a spin?

  [he tries but accidentally his arm collide with her head] 

  Charlie Salinger : Jesus! I'm sorry!

  [both laugh] 

  Bailey Salinger : [to Claudia]  You wanna dance?

  Claudia Salinger : I'm not in the mood.

  Bailey Salinger : You know what? Neither am I.

  [he takes her hand and they start dancing, while Charlie and Kirsten keep dancing next to them, laughing and smiling]