Mike & Molly (TV Series)

What Ever Happened to Baby Peggy (2015)

Melissa McCarthy: Molly Flynn

Quotes 

• Peggy : [Referring to her mother]  After Daddy went to bed, she'd sneak out on the porch, smoke her pipe and just cry.

  Molly Flynn : Why was she crying?

  Peggy : I told you. It was on that farm. We barely scraped by.

  [Her voice gets quieter] 

  Peggy : And when things get really bad, Daddy got angry.

  Molly Flynn : Angry, how?

  Peggy : He started hitting. The walls. The dog.

  Molly Flynn : You?

  Peggy : He tried, but Momma wouldn't let him. So, he turned it all on her.

  Molly Flynn : [Sadly, softly]  Peggy, I had no idea.

  Peggy : How could you? No one knew. First chance I had, I lit outta there and never looked back.

  Molly Flynn : Well, of course, I mean what choice did you have?

  Peggy : [Fighting tears, disappointed in herself]  I left her there. She protected me all those years, and I just abandoned her.

  Molly Flynn : I- I'm sure that all your mother ever really wanted was for you to be safe.

  Peggy : Who was keeping her safe?

  Molly Flynn : Well, you were a kid. There was nothing you could do about that.

  Peggy : I could have stayed.

  Molly Flynn : [Both of them fighting tears now]  Then you wouldn't have lived the life that you were supposed to live. And I never would have met the strongest woman that I've ever known. Or my amazing husband.

  Peggy : [Taking a deep breath]  It's always about you.

  [They both laugh through their tears] 

  Peggy : Guess that's why I hold onto Mikey so tight. I don't want to- abandon anyone ever again.

  Molly Flynn : He knows you're not going anywhere. We've both come to terms with that.

  [They laugh and Peggy hugs her close] 

• Mike Biggs : [reading the story of Peggy's life that Molly wrote and visibly touched]  I had no idea. I thought she was just born mean.

  Molly Flynn : Did you read the part where she was trembling under the stairs clutching her doll?

  Mike Biggs : Yes, I did. Very descriptive.

  [gets up and grabs his coat] 

  Molly Flynn : Where are you going?

  Mike Biggs : I'm going to go hug my mom.

• Peggy : My father sent me this trunk just after my mother died.

  Molly Flynn : Oh, that's sweet.

  [Stops Peggy from opening it] 

  Molly Flynn : She's not in here, is she?