The Cosby Show (TV Series)
I'm 'In' with the 'In' Crowd (1989)
Phylicia Rashad: Clair Huxtable
Quotes
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Clair Hanks Huxtable : When do you feel this pressure?
Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable : Every now and then.
Clair Hanks Huxtable : This is not about pressure. Vanessa got drunk because she and her friends were bored, although they had television, VCR, video cassettes, audio cassettes, books...
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : And each other.
Clair Hanks Huxtable : Thank you.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : That they call on the phone every five minutes when they're away, yet somehow they were bored together.
Clair Hanks Huxtable : So you see, Vanessa wasn't feeling any pressure from us. The only pressure she felt was from the people she was with.
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Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable : Because of what you two have accomplished, the world expects a lot more from us than from other kids.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : And that's our fault?
Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable : Think about it, you're a doctor, Mom's a lawyer, that's a lot of pressure.
Clair Hanks Huxtable : Theo, we never said become a doctor, become a lawyer, we say go to school, we say study, we say become something.
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[last lines]
Vanessa Huxtable : [takes the shot glass up to her mouth, scrunches up her face, and drinks. she expects to taste bourbon, but...]
[as her face relaxes]
Vanessa Huxtable : this is tea...
Rudy Huxtable , Clair Hanks Huxtable , Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Gotcha!
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Clair Hanks Huxtable : Cliff, Angela Hennings just called to say that, while she and her husband were out, her daughter and her friends - our daughter included - decided to play the Alphabet Game while chug-a-lugging bourbon and it seems that Vanessa was very drunk when she left.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : She must have lost.