Thirtysomething (TV Series)

Legacy (1989)

Mel Harris: Hope Murdoch Steadman

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• Hope Murdoch Steadman : [trying to find a suitable guardian for Janey in case they die]  How about your brother?

  Michael Steadman : Hope, I just made up my mind I wouldn't leave him the Volvo. Now you want me to leave him Janey? Hmm, what about our parents?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Yeah, that'd be great if we died right now, but they're getting older every minute.

  Michael Steadman : So are we.

  [Hope flips through a photo album] 

  Michael Steadman : Oh. Well, see? Who's that in the Marine uniform?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : My cousin Paul.

  Michael Steadman : Oh? He looks stable.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Yeah, that was before the surgery. Now he's a cocktail waitress in Seattle.

  Michael Steadman : Oh. Well, a warm, loving mother who's been through Paris Island? Sounds like a bargain.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : [closing it]  This is not the way to pick a guardian. This is like shopping in a catalog. We need somebody that we know and who knows us and knows Janey.

  Michael Steadman : Mm. Well, if we want to stick to family, there's Melissa.

• Lucy : It's at times like this that makes me glad I'm in media. This is a remarkable piece, Hope.

  Kit : Lucy and I were talking about it all morning.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : I'm glad you liked the article.

  Lucy : With a little work, we think it'll make a powerful article.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Uh, it already is an article.

  Kit : We mean an article for us. An article for the new "Synergy".

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Mm-hmm.

  Lucy : You see, one of the things we're very anxious to do is address the problem of digestibility.

  Kit : For a consumer magazine to succeed in reaching out to the public, it must be scannable. It has to present itself in a quick, visual, high-impact way that's readily absorbable and instantly useable.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : Are we talking about an article or an antiperspirant?

• Hope Murdoch Steadman : I met the, uh, people who bought the magazine today. They don't look old enough to be bagging groceries at the A&P. They want me on the staff. They dangled an office and an assistant in front of me the way you dangle your keys in front of Janey.