Waiting for God (TV Series)

Welcome to Bayview (1990)

Graham Crowden: Tom

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Geoffrey : You're going to love it here, Dad.

  Marion : It looks really super, Tom.

  Geoffrey : Doesn't it, Dad?

  [long pause] 

  Geoffrey : Dad?

  Tom : Oh, yes, it's lovely. Very well kept. I'm sure it will be a great new adventure.

  Geoffrey : That's the spirit.

• Tom : [about the horrible food]  Well, doesn't anyone complain?

  Diana : Not often. We're British. Bad food is a way of life. They serve dead dog, they'd complain to the R.S.P.C.A. before the chef.

• [last lines] 

  Diana : D'you play Scrabble?

  Tom : I'm a bullfighter.

  Diana : You're a crackpot.

  Tom : Well, at least I'm prettier than you.

• Harvey Bains : Dan.

  Tom : Harry.

  Harvey Bains : Sorry?

  Tom : Harry!

  Harvey Bains : No, it's not Harry, Dan, it's Harvey.

  Tom : My apologies. One should always try and get a person's name right or they might think you don't care for them.

  Harvey Bains : Right.

• Tom : [of his daughter-in-law:]  Ghastly creature. Should have been strangled at birth.

  Diana : You talking to me?

  Tom : To you, no. About you, possibly.

• Geoffrey : Dad, if you don't like it here, we'll forget the whole thing and go home.

  Tom : Thank you, Geoffrey, but I don't think so. If I stayed there one more night, poor Marion would probably strangle her psychiatrist.

  Geoffrey : No, no, she's just a bit, you know... highly strung.

  Tom : And so she should be.