Family (TV Series)
'Tis the Season (1979)
Gary Frank: Willie Lawrence
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Quotes
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Doug Lawrence : [at an office Christmas party] Willie, did you get the rum for the eggnog?
Doug Lawrence : No, but I'll get it tomorrow morning.
Willie Lawrence : Well, why not, today?
Willie Lawrence : I had other things to take care of.
Doug Lawrence : You know, Willie, you got to get yourself organized.
Willie Lawrence : [chuckles] Come on, Dad.
Doug Lawrence : No, I'm serious.
Willie Lawrence : What, are we gonna argue over a bottle of rum?
Doug Lawrence : No, I'm not talking about a bottle of rum! I'm talking about responsibility! If people are gonna depend on you, you can't just put things off.
Willie Lawrence : Just relax, okay, Dad?
Doug Lawrence : If I thought you were on top of things, maybe I would.
Willie Lawrence : I will get as much done as I can, before I have to leave.
Doug Lawrence : [worried] Leave?
Willie Lawrence : [sighs] Rachel and I are going to Mexico for Christmas and we're leaving tomorrow night.
Doug Lawrence : It's Christmas Eve? Well, that's out of the question.
Willie Lawrence : Look, can we talk in your office?
Doug Lawrence : See, this is just what I'm talking about! You have no sense of responsibility!
Willie Lawrence : I'm just taking a vacation. I'm not abandoning the family.
Doug Lawrence : That's not the way it looks to me!
Willie Lawrence : All right, all right. We'll talk tomorrow. Excuse me.
Doug Lawrence : [firmly shoves Willie, who tries to get through] No! No, we won't talk tomorrow! You do not have permission to take this trip!
Willie Lawrence : I'm sorry, I guess you don't know, but I don't need your permission anymore for anything!
[he exits the party]
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Doug Lawrence : [sees Willie decorating a tree he already bought] Oh, you bought the tree without me?
Willie Lawrence : Dad, I don't have much time.
Doug Lawrence : Well, none of us do. That's why I think it's important for us to be together over the holiday, the whole family.
Willie Lawrence : Dad, please.
Doug Lawrence : [trying to be calm] I don't want to fight, Willie.
Willie Lawrence : Neither do I.
Doug Lawrence : I'm asking you to stay here.
Willie Lawrence : And I'm asking you to please understand I have a 6:00 plane to catch.
Doug Lawrence : [frustrated] Are you doing all this just to spite me?
Willie Lawrence : [sighs] I'm doing this because Rachel and I want to be alone together.
Doug Lawrence : And all it matters is what YOU want?
Willie Lawrence : Like father, like son.
Doug Lawrence : Willie, I have reasons for wanting you here.
Willie Lawrence : Yes, I'll bet you do.
Doug Lawrence : Go away, next Christmas. This year, be here with us!
Willie Lawrence : This Christmas, next Christmas. What's the difference? It always going to be the same with you, Dad.
Doug Lawrence : [angrily] Listen to me, damn it, when I tell you to do something--
[He falls to his knees and clutches his chest to Willie's shock]