Mike & Molly (TV Series)
What Ever Happened to Baby Peggy (2015)
Melissa McCarthy: Molly Flynn
Quotes
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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]
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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.
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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?