Party of Five (TV Series)

Thanksgiving (1994)

Richard McGonagle: Emmett

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• Bailey Salinger : [about Walter Alcott]  He was in jail for only nine months. Nine months out of an 18-month sentence. That's four-in-a-half months for each one of my parents that he killed! And released for good behavior? What is that about. What did he do? Cure cancer? I want him to pay for what he did and if it can't be with more jail time, then I want to pay out of his own pocket.

  Emmett : You want to sue him?

  Bailey Salinger : Can we?

  Emmett : Well, yes... technically you do have the grounds. You could file a civil suit against him for compenatory damages...

  Bailey Salinger : Then let's do it! Right now! Let's sue the bastard for every cent he's got!

  Emmett : And you think a lawsuit only going to make his life more miserable? What about yours? You know how long these things can take? What with depositions, continuances, and appeals... it could drag on for years, Bailey.

  Bailey Salinger : I don't care!

  Emmett : You don't care? Well, what about the others? What about Claudia or Owen? What about Owen, Bailey? Because by the time this whole thing is over, he's going to be old enough to understand.

  Bailey Salinger : Yeah, well at least he'll see me doing something.

  Emmett : Doing what? Let's say you lose. What was it all for?

  Bailey Salinger : Let's say we win.

  Emmett : Okay, let's say that. Let's say in the slim chance that you do win in a lawsuit against Alcott. What has it changed? Exactly what have you won? You take something like this on, and it becomes your life. You'll never be able to put this behind you and move on. Is this really what you want? Do you really want to spend the rest of your life hating Walter Alcott and trying to make him suffer for your parents death?

  Bailey Salinger : This is my life.