Party of Five (TV Series)

Dearly Beloved (1995)

Lacey Chabert: Claudia Salinger

Quotes 

• [Claudia is reading Charlie and Kirsten's note saying they eloped to Reno] 

  Claudia Salinger : This is a joke. Right?

  Julia Salinger : We found it on the fridge this morning. I guess none of us heard them leave.

  Bailey Salinger : What was their big hurry? Huh? I mean, it's not like she wouldn't sleep with him until they were married.

  [he takes the note and throws it to garbage] 

  Bailey Salinger : To hell with you, Charlie. To hell with both of you.

  Julia Salinger : How could they do this to us? It's like they couldn't even bother to stop to think that maybe this matters to us. This is... I mean, it's not like, Hey, we're going grocery shopping. Wanna come with us? This is our brother's wedding.

  Bailey Salinger : And you'd think at least, at the very least, they would be honest with us.

  Claudia Salinger : See if I ever talk to them again.

  Julia Salinger : Claud?

  Claudia Salinger : [saddened]  Forget it. I'm not. I wanted to be there. I wanted to watch them say all that mushy stuff. And I wanted to play the wedding march and for us to throw rice, and maybe you'd catch the bouquet. I wanted to watch them dance. I wanted to dance. It's always sad stuff. We're always together for the sad stuff. Just once... why couldn't we be together for something happy?

• [Charlie and Kirsten are confronted by the siblings after they eloped to Reno] 

  Bailey Salinger : What, did you think we wouldn't mind?

  Claudia Salinger : I don't care what you have to say.

  Kirsten Bennett : Claudia, please.

  [she stops Claudia and Julia from leaving] 

  Kirsten Bennett : We need you too.

  Claudia Salinger : Okay, I think I speak for the group here. Kirsten and Charlie, oh, and take this in the spirit of which it's intended. You guys are major creeps!

  Bailey Salinger : You run off. You leave us a note?

  Claudia Salinger : Yeah, I mean, you ruined all our plans.

  Charlie Salinger : Guys, we didn't do it.

  Kirsten Bennett : We didn't get married.

  Bailey Salinger : What?

  Claudia Salinger : It was a joke?

  Kirsten Bennett : No. We were going to. We got all the way to Reno.

  Charlie Salinger : We found a 24-hour chapel, and, uh, we waited. And then it was our turn. So we, uh, we walked up this ratty aisle. And this justice of the peace... Man, he looked like somebody right out of Mayberry. And he starts off the way they usually do, "Dearly beloved." And we looked around, and there was nobody there. Just some guys in polyester tuxes and women in shiny dresses waiting for their turn. And it's like... I never even thought about that expression until that second. "Dearly beloved." That's you. Only you weren't there. That's really, I mean... So we couldn't. So we didn't.

  Kirsten Bennett : So we left. I hope you're still free the third weekend in November.

  Claudia Salinger : [smiling]  I think we can clear our schedules.

  Dudley : [Dudley appears and says to the couple]  You wimps. I knew you couldn't go through with it. Jeez, now I gotta go spring for another present. Come on. Get your butts outside, there's a party goin' on.