Party of Five (TV Series)

Spring Breaks: Part 1 (1996)

Tom Mason: Joe Mangus

Quotes 

• [Joe has just bailed Charlie out of jail] 

  Joe Mangus : You want to tell me what the hell's going on with you?

  Charlie Salinger : Not now, Joe.

  Joe Mangus : [angrily grabs Charlie]  Yeah, now Charlie! You owe me considering I just spent $2,500 of my own money to bail you out of jail, not to mention arrange your court date for this!

  Charlie Salinger : [desperate]  Look, this whole thing is not my fault! Okay? Only... nobody seems to be listening to me... not even you. When I broke up with Kathleen, I had no idea that she was gonna do this to get back at me! I had no idea that she would turn into such a psychotic and vindictive bitch! Yet, everyone is thinking that this is all my fault for...

  Joe Mangus : [rudely cutting him off]  First of all, I don't give a damn who's fault it is! The fact is that it happened and you gotta deal with it! You dated that woman, you led her on, you dumped her, and now she's trying get back at you by buying and closing down the restaurant. You're the manager and owner of the restaurant, and it's your responsibility for what happens to it... so actually this does make it all your fault! I mean look at you! Look at yourself! Is this how you deal with things? Is this your way of handling a crisis? You go out to a bar, you get drunk, and you start punching people? What are you? Sixteen?

  Charlie Salinger : I'm sorry you got dragged into this, Joe. What do you want me to say? I'm sorry that I ever met Kathleen. I'm sorry that I dumped her. I'm sorry that I got arrested. I'm sorry about all this! I handled it badly! Can we just go? Can you just take me home? I really don't want to talk about this anymore.

  Joe Mangus : Charlie, I don't get you. You've got a lot going for you. You know that. Yet, you're either too stupid or too insecure or too immature to see it. You're raising the kids. They're doing great. You did a beautiful job running the restaurant. You had Kirsten, an incredible woman. And yet... what do you do every time? Anything good comes along, you always find a way to screw it up!

  Charlie Salinger : [beat]  Thanks again for bailing me out. I'll pay you back for this, I promise.

  Joe Mangus : [still angry]  Yeah... I know you will. Just get in the car and shut up! I don't want to talk to you anymore or even look at you either!

• [first lines] 

  [Charlie is working in the restaurant early and Joe comes to visit] 

  Joe Mangus : Hey, hey, hey. Working hard, I see.

  Charlie Salinger : [surprised]  Joe! God, Joe! Joe, you're back.

  Joe Mangus : Yeah, I'm back. Wow! Will you look at this place? Holy cow!

  Charlie Salinger : Thanks. What are you doing back?

  Joe Mangus : Charlie, where's your head? I gave you my schedule. I told you I was gonna be here for a couple of weeks. It's a good thing too because I think we might have a little problem.

  Charlie Salinger : Certified mail?

  Joe Mangus : It's nothing to panic about, but that bastard Montgomery, he's finally decided to sell the building.

  Charlie Salinger : Oh, right. Right. He, uh, he mentioned something about that.

  Joe Mangus : Yeah? Did he tell you about the buyer, this Isley Financial Group?

  Charlie Salinger : Not really. Uh, he pretty much just said he was gonna accept the offer.

  Joe Mangus : Charlie, our lease is up in June, so we gotta figure out what their plans are.

  Charlie Salinger : I... I don't know.

  Joe Mangus : Ah, you know, they probably just want to jack up the rent and gouge us for whatever they can get away with, but hey, we can handle it, right? Huh? I mean, it wouldn't make sense for them to boot us now. Look what you have done with this place. Your old man would be proud.

  [Charlie pretends not to be nervous]