Sally Struthers: Gloria Bunker-Stivic

Quotes 

• Edith Bunker : [Archie is trying to be tender, but Edith is tense]  What are you gonna do?

  Archie Bunker : [tenderly pulls her close]  I'm just gonna do this here with my arm...

  [puts his arm around her] 

  Archie Bunker : ... And this here with my kisser.

  [kisses her tenderly. Edith stiffens at first, then returns the kiss and holds him close, Archie breaks away and smiles at her cautiously] 

  Archie Bunker : Well, wasn't that nice?

  Edith Bunker : [nods, looking both immensely relieved and frightened]  Do you... still love me?

  Archie Bunker : [baffled]  DO I STILL LOVE YOU? What are you talkin' about? Why do you think I'm tryin' all this here... whaddaya call it..."LTD" on ya?

  [meant to say "TLC", for Tender Loving Care] 

  Edith Bunker : ...What's that?

  Archie Bunker : It's uh... uh uh..."Lovin' Til Daylight"... or something.

  [meekly] 

  Archie Bunker : Look, here, I'm doin' the best I can. Lemme try again, huh?

  Archie Bunker : [tries to kiss her again, but Edith reacts frightfully]  What did I do?

  Edith Bunker : I'm still scared.

  Archie Bunker : Aw, Edith, don't be scared no more.

  [hugs her tight] 

  Edith Bunker : I... I can't forget that man.

  Archie Bunker : Aw, Edith...

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : [barges in the bedroom door]  Ma...

  Archie Bunker : Learn to knock, learn to knock, LEARN TO KNOCK!

• Gloria Bunker-Stivic : Daddy, we have to call the police!

  Archie Bunker : No.

  Edith Bunker : DON'T!

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : MOM! Remember when it happened to me 3 years ago? That's the first thing we did.

  Archie Bunker : And what the first thing the cop told you when he come over to the house? He said it would never go into court, they'd ask you questions they turn around and make it look like you were ask for it there! That's why we dropped the whole thing, remember that, huh? And what you want to do, put your mother and me through the same kind of shame there?

• Archie : Little girl, something bad has befell the family.

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : Did a relative die?

  Archie : No, I said something bad.

• Gloria Bunker-Stivic : Ma, look at ya! You haven't been out of this house in two weeks!

  Edith Bunker : No, please, Gloria, I don't care! I don't wanna look at that man again.

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : Ma, don't you see? The criminal's supposed to be in jail, not the victim!

• Gloria Bunker-Stivic : [instructing Archie on how to be tender with Edith]  I want you to hold her hand, put your arm around her, give her a kiss.

  [gives him a little kiss] 

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : [forcefully]  Now do that!

  Archie Bunker : But if I do that after what happened here, she'll think I'm trying to attack her.

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : No, no, no, you're wrong. See, what happened to ma had nothing to do with sex, it was an act of violence. And if you're not attentive, she's gonna think something's wrong with her. So go on up there daddy, I know she's thinking that right now. Be affectionate to her, come on. And I'll get your dinner started.

  Archie Bunker : [reluctantly]  Yeah, yeah, but Gloria. I, I... I can't do it!

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : [chasing him up the stairs]  Get up there!

• Edith Bunker : [refusing to identify her attacker]  No, I ain't gonna leave this house!

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : You're gonna let him do what he did to you to God knows how many other women? I can't believe it! I'm ashamed of you. The mother I know would never refuse, my mother always helped other people! You know what? You are selfish! YOU'RE NOT MY MOTHER ANYMORE!

  Edith Bunker : [Edith slaps Gloria, then immediately realizes what she's done]  Oh, Gloria... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : It's okay, Ma. It's okay. I understand.

  Edith Bunker : [Edith looks at her daughter tenderly, then her expression changes, and she knows what she needs to do]  Come on, Archie.

• Archie : I ain't never gonna go to that supermarket again there, I hate it. It's two weeks I'm doing all the shopping in this house 'cuz your mother's scared to go outside of the place. If I ever get my hands on that raperer, I'm gonna turn him into a unique.

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : Well you blew your chance, Daddy, cuz with no one around to identify him the police had to let him go. But you just go get him, huh?

  Archie : Death's too good for them guys, they ought to sentence them to 30 years in the supermarket.

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : Daddy, don't pounds on the front door like that anymore. When you do, it scares Ma and she runs upstairs and hide.

  Archie : Ah geez, she's getting loonier every day! Washing and ironing the same things over and over. You know at night she sleeps with the lights on up there? I gotta hide myself under the covers, it ain't good for you you know. You ain't supposed to breathe the same air that your toes is in.

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : Well, Daddy, you just better get used to this because it might go on for a long time.

• Archie : This thing happened to you a couple years ago, didn't take *you* forever to get overs.

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : How do you know? Ever since it happened I haven't been able to walk down 47th Avenue, and I'll tell you something else, Michael was wonderful through all of it, he helped me through the worst of it, he wasn't like you, he was so patient.

  Archie : Ah geez.

  Gloria Bunker-Stivic : Yes! He went out of his way to be sweet and kind and gentle.

  Archie : Well he'd have to go out of his way to be sweet and gentle, comes natural to me.

  [Gloria looks at him] 

  Archie : I'll SMACK that look off your face!