My So-Called Life (1994–1995)

Tom Irwin: Graham Chase

Quotes 

• Graham : Prison's not that bad and, and I'll wait for you.

• Jordan : Oh.

  Graham : Oh, back at you.

  Jordan : Is Angela here?

  Graham : Are you Jordan?

  Jordan : Yeah. Are you her dad?

  Graham : Yeah. So you guys are going to a party?

  Jordan : Is that what Angela said?

  Graham : You mean you're not?

  Jordan : No, we are.

  Brad : So, do you have a major?

  Jordan : I don't think so.

  Hallie Lowenthal : Oh, you'd probably know if you did.

  Jordan : Yeah. I probably would have gotten, like, a letter or something.

• Sharon Cherski : [inner monologues]  I resolve to never again have sex with Kyle, or anyone, ever again unless I really love and respect them.

  Kyle Vinnovich : To spend more time with the dog and Sharon.

  Brian : I resolve to stop obsessing over Angela Chase.

  Danielle Chase : To badger mom into letting me wear makeup.

  Enrique (Rickie) Vasquez : To find someplace where I, like, really belong.

  Angela : But, what if not thinking turns me into this really shallow person? I better rethink this becoming less introspective thing.

  Rayanne : To stop drinking. But this time, like, really stop.

  Patty : I resolve to be less judgmental. Less critical. To lighten up. And, above all, to be more supportive and less suspicious not matter how much it seems like he's hiding something.

  Graham : To tell Hallie Lowenthal once and for all that I'm not going into the restaurant business with her. And to stop all those long talks with her after class.

  Jordan : Wait a second. Isn't tonight New Years Eve?

  Angela : Okay, so I'll stay introspective. But I do resolve to stop doing Jordan Catalano's homework.

• Vic Racine : What's that word? Don't look at the window. What's the word?

  Jordan : Um...

  Vic Racine : What's the sound? Okay. Finish the chapter and the next 10 poems tonight.

  Jordan : What? Are you crazy?

  Vic Racine : Yeah, good question. Look this is haiku poetry. Haiku poetry only contains 17 syllables per poem. That ain't a lot of syllables. Don't skip any. Get out of my sight!

  [Jordan storms out of the classroom] 

  Graham : Um... my daughter is in your class. I mean, in the class that you're substituting for. My wife and I, we run a small printing shop. Well, actually she runs it. Anyway, I've come by for the submissions for the Lit. Angela forgot to mention that they have to be at the shop by the morning.

  Vic Racine : [slams desk]  That kid who just left here. That extremely smart kid. It seems that nobody ever bothered to notice he never quite learned how to read! I mean, it pisses me off.

• Patty : I can't believe that Jordan Catalano was here and I missed him!

  Hallie Lowenthal : Oh honey, we're talking gorgeous.

  Patty : I can't believe it! I missed everything. What is he like?

  Graham : Oh, you know.

  Patty : No! I don't know! That's why I'm asking.

  Graham : Well, I don't know. He's a kid.

  Hallie Lowenthal : You're asking a man to describe someone when I'm sitting here? He was just like, fairly out of it. Not unintelligent. Sort of like, stray puppy. You know the type you just want to ease their pain? He might even be, like, a halfway decent person. But let me tell you, trouble! Way too gorgeous.

  Patty : Thank you.

• Graham : If only he'd come into our lives when the girls were still young and impressionable.

  Patty : Rickie? He's incredible! You know that he re-organized the linen closet? He can't use a dish without washing it. He's like my mother only... mature.

  Graham : We should adopt him.

  Patty : If only it were that easy. God, he's such a great kid. I mean, what is going on? Why haven't we heard from his aunt and uncle? He's been here a week.

  Graham : I don't know. I've tried asking him about it.

  Patty : I know! He just changes the subject. I mean, don't they care? Do they even know where he is?

  Graham : You think I should talk to him again?

  Patty : We have to try and contact his family, or he has to. I mean, he can't just stay here forever.

• Patty : Were we wrong down there about Rickie?

  Graham : No, we weren't wrong.

  Patty : I mean, what do we really know about that boy? You know?

  Graham : Virtually nothing.

  Patty : We've never met his family. How on Earth are we supposed to know what the situation is?

  Graham : I know. Except, I do think he does make you kind of uncomfortable.

  Patty : What do you mean? Because he wears makeup?

  Graham : No, I'm just saying. What if that was Brian Krakow with bruises on his face? Well? That would be a different story, wouldn't it?

  Patty : Graham, you can't compare them. I mean, I've known Brian Krakow since he was five years old.

  Graham : I know, so have I! All I'm asking is, should that make a difference?

  Patty : Well, maybe not. But it does.

  Graham : I know.

• Patty : I don't think this was such a terrible evening.

  Graham : I never said it was.

  Patty : Yeah, but you're sitting there thinking it.

  Graham : You don't know what I'm thinking.

  Patty : Oh, shut up! How could you say that about my hair?

  Graham : What did I say?

  Patty : That it shows my ears more! What kind of a thing is that to say? You think I felt like tangoing with you after that?

  Graham : I didn't know what to say. All of a sudden there's this... this pressure to, you know... um, compliment you and lead.

  Patty : There is something wrong here. Am I right? We're drifting apart from seeing each other too much. We have become like furniture to each other, or something. I mean have we become incompatible? Because, we are terrible. We are terrible dancers!

  Graham : So what?

  Patty : So how can we have been together for so long and not be able to dance together?

  Graham : Because! Because we have been together for so long!

• Patty : Oh, sweetheart! Are you okay?

  Sharon Cherski : I guess. It's just that my boyfriend is, like, missing.

  Patty : He's going to be fine, your dad. Angela sends her love, by the way.

  Sharon Cherski : Okay.

  Patty : Camille, how can we help? Please, let us help. Let us take Sharon home with us.

  Sharon Cherski : What?

  Camille Cherski : Oh!

  Graham : It's not a bad idea if your mom's gonna stay here.

  Sharon Cherski : Uh, mom. Can I talk to you for a second? I can stay home alone by myself.

  Camille Cherski : You know what? Why don't you let them take you home. They're just trying to help. I'm going to be fine here. You know that, right? Are you okay?

  Sharon Cherski : Oh, yeah. No. Yes, I'm fine.

  Camille Cherski : I'll talk to you later, sweetie.

  Sharon Cherski : Great.

• Patty : I could have died. I did die! I mean, this woman knows and I don't know. She's not even a woman. She's like this 40-year old girl. She's gorgeous and she's telling me about my daughter's sex life, which apparently she now has, and I don't even know about it.

  Graham : Look, the girl talked to her mother. We don't know if it's true.

  Patty : Things are always true. Of course it's true.

  Graham : Here, taste this.

  Patty : I can't taste anything. Guns are going off at school, Angela's sleeping with someone.

  Graham : You don't know that!

  Patty : And even if she isn't, which I pray is true, she obviously has some kind of secret life which is completely apart from us. So what do we do? Do we confront her?

  Graham : Oh God, no. I don't want to know if it's true.

  Patty : What sort of attitude are we supposed to have? Are we supposed to have an attitude? I already have an attitude. It may be my mother's attitude. I don't want to get hysterical about this, but why not? Why shouldn't I be hysterical? She's fifteen! I should be hysterical.

• Graham : So, you enrolled me?

  Patty : I mean, I know you've had your hands full with the wallpaper and everything, so... Graham, I just have this feeling that you're really going to enjoy this.

  Graham : You signed me up.

  Patty : Yeah. I know that sometimes it's hard for you to

  Graham : [interrupts]  What?

  Patty : Focus. Look, I just thought... I mean, I know you like to cook.

  Graham : It's not that I like to cook. It's this thing I can just do. The one thing I can do.

  Patty : Well, that's just the point, sweetheart.