Party of Five (TV Series)

Pilot (1994)

Saraphina Joachim: Waitress

Quotes 

• [Charlie, Bailey, Owen, and Claudia enter the restaurant] 

  Bailey Salinger : All I'm saying is, is there's no way we're going to make the next 15,000 bucks last four months if all of us are writing checks.

  Charlie Salinger : And leasing Jeeps.

  Claudia Salinger : I like the Jeep.

  Bailey Salinger : My point is, is that I could have swung the jeep and the phone bill and the plumber and everything if I'd known what everyone else was spending.

  Waitress : Hi, guys.

  Bailey Salinger : Hi.

  Charlie Salinger : That's not the problem, Bailey.

  Bailey Salinger : Yes, it is.

  Charlie Salinger : No, it's not. The problem is we've got 35 bucks left in our account.

  [they see Joe approaching to them] 

  Joe Mangus : Hey, if it isn't the Salinger clan, right on time Where does the week go?

  Bailey Salinger : Hey, Joe. Is Julia here?

  Joe Mangus : Haven't seen her.

  [to Claudia] 

  Joe Mangus : Claudia, leave room for dessert. I got your dad's mud pie.

  Claudia Salinger : Great.

  [he leaves] 

  Charlie Salinger : Face it, Bay. It's a mistake to hand you guys the next four-month chunk all at once. Not when you don't know how to make it last.

  [they sit on the table] 

  Bailey Salinger : Oh, really, Mr. "Can You Spot Me 20 Till I Get A Job"?

  Claudia Salinger : Where is she?

  Charlie Salinger : Look, I'll go to the bank tomorrow and I'll get 2,500, but that's gotta last you till the end of the month. That's the way we're gonna do it from now on, one month at a time.

  Bailey Salinger : Wait a second. Since when is that your decision?

  Charlie Salinger : As the executor of the estate, Mr. Graham worked it so that I'm the legal guardian.

  Bailey Salinger : Yeah, on paper. You're our legal guardian on paper, Charlie.

  Claudia Salinger : And only because someone had to be.

  Charlie Salinger : The fact of the matter is, is you guys have spent practically every cent you've got. It's true, Bailey. I'm not blaming you. I mean, what do a bunch of kids know about managing money, huh?

  Claudia Salinger : Are we in trouble? Bailey?

  Charlie Salinger : Look, Mr. Graham gives me the check three times a year, so it's up to me to say how the money's doled out. I'm, I'm sorry, guys. That's just the way it is.