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Misunderstandings About Charles and a Haircut
Fred
Expecting Charles. Well that's important. I'd better go then. There's just one little problem, Charles isn't coming.
Lizzie
what do you mean?
Fred
I wrote the note. Haven't got a husband, haven't got a husband! Got a stupid haircut!
[laughs]
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Facing Solitude and Acceptance of Departure
Drop Dead Fred
You have to go alone...I can't get back now.
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A Sweet Exchange Between Friends
Young Elizabeth
Sugar?
[carrying a bowl of sugar]
Drop Dead Fred
Yeah.
[Lizzie pours sugar on the mud pie]
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Drop Dead Fred - Dialogue 13
Lizzie
I have some bad news for you.
Janie
More?
Lizzie
Well, remember your house?
Janie
Yeah.
Lizzie
It- It sank.
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Promises of Friendship and Loss
Young Elizabeth
Dear Drop Dead Fred, you were my only friend, but she took you away from me. I know I'll see you again. someday.
[writing a letter to Fred with a green crayon (because green is his favorite color]
Fred
If you come back, I promise, we'll run away together." See that? "Pro-mise." I found that when I was hiding in the stupid garden shed.
Lizzie
That's right, that's where I hid it. But you never answered it. You just disappeared... And when you did, all the... the... life... and, um... the spirit... and... the...
[Fred takes the letter and folds it up delicately, putting it in his pocket; she starts to cry while remembering]
Fred
Fred?
[hesitantly]
Lizzie
Yeah! Fred! It all just went out of me! Oh, I should have never let my mother know how much she could hurt me... Once she knew how, she knew that she could do it all the time... And she did. So I never showed her my real feelings again.
[dabs her eyes with a tissue]
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Debating Morality in Decision Making
Polly
Nigel, do it.
Nigel
No, I won't, I don't want anything to do it! It's not right!
Polly
Alright, I'll do it.
[winding up Fred's prison while Lizzie wipes her tears away after Nigel kisses her and then goes to Polly]
Nigel
It's not RIGHT!
[repeating]
Polly
Now what would you know about raising a child?!
Nigel
Apparently nothing!
[getting his jacket; walks out to the door]
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Cooking with Drop Dead Fred
Nigel
Honey, why do you call him Drop Dead Fred?
[confused for a minute, then pleased to hear about Drop Dead Fred]
Young Elizabeth
Because that's his name, daddy, and Drop Dead Fred is going to teach me how to cook today. I'm going to need flour and sugar and honey and vodka and a pair of your pants. We're making pants pie. Ouch!
[sweetly; this makes Nigel very happy to know about Drop Dead Fred and the cooking as Lizzie continues]
Polly
Vodka and pants pie, huh? God knows what else?
[confused]
Nigel
But she's only a kid, Polly.
Young Elizabeth
Daddy, how about we throw Mommy out the window? It won't hurt her. She will land right in the gladiolas.
[then she gets tickled by Nigel]
Nigel
You shouldn't say things like that about your mother, or she might cut your head off.
[trying not to laugh]
Polly
Very funny, Elizabeth! Sometimes I think I don't love you as much as I used to.
[upset]
Young Elizabeth
But, Mom, Drop Dead Fred does.
Polly
No more Drop Dead Fred! Period!
[angrily]
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The Complexity of Pain and Humanity
Janie
I did this self actualising course this week and basically they taught us that pain is your friend, it's your humanity, pain makes you interesting.
Elizabeth
Janie...
Janie
Look at Elvis.
Elizabeth
Yeah, but didn't Elvis kill himself?
Janie
Yes, but before that he was very, very interesting.
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Drop Dead Fred - Dialogue 7
Young Elizabeth
Dad! Daddy, I have some bad news.
[sobbing, jumping off her chair and running to her father]
Nigel
Lizzie, what's with all this fuss about?
Young Elizabeth
Something's wrong with Drop Dead Fred. He is my friend, but Mom took him away from me.
[sobbing; Nigel gasps]
Nigel
Don't worry, sweetheart, give me a chance. I'm sure he'll be okay.
[hugging her by holding her on his lap, trying to comfort her; Lizzie nods her head even in sobs, hugging her father back]
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Choosing Presence Over Words in Relationships
Lizzie
I heard you, you said "Annabelle".
Charles
If I said "Oh, Annabelle". isn't it better that I said "Oh Annabelle" and was here with you, than to say "Oh, Lizzie" and be somewhere else with Annabelle.
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Drop Dead Fred - Dialogue 4
Lizzie
I'm so sorry, your honour, I lost my money, my car, my husband.
Judge
All in one lunch hour?
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Drop Dead Fred - Tagline
Tagline
Dishes. Relationships. Wind. This guy breaks everything.
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Observation of Cobwebs
Drop Dead Fred
Look, cobwebs!
[looking up Mother's skirt off-screen]
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Drop Dead Fred - Dialogue 3
Lizzie
Charles, this is really important to me.
Charles
Lizzie, Lizzie, let's not go through all this goodbye, I never want to see you again, because we will wanna see each other again. I mean two years, we're not going to throw away two years, are we?
Lizzie
It was three years, in June.
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The Importance of Being Good in Fairytales
Young Elizabeth
Did they live happily ever after?
Mother
Of course, Elizabeth.
Young Elizabeth
How do you know?
Mother
Because, she was a good little girl. If she had been naughty, the prince would have run away.
Young Elizabeth
What a pile of shit.
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Confessions of Infatuation and Regret
Lizzie
Annabelle, is that her name? Oh god, I didn't know that. All I know is what you did with her, on our sofa.
Charles
Oh Lizzie, I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. I've been smitten by Annabelle, I've been bewitched by her. I have been pounded flat on the anvil of love like a piece of veal with a salad on top.
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Drop Dead Fred - Drop Dead Fred
Drop Dead Fred
Hello snotface!! Yuk! What happened to you? Look at you, you're all older, you're even uglier. Euck! I'm sorry, I'm going to have to be sick all over you immediately, lie down.
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Confrontation of Fear and Courage
Lizzie
I'm not afraid of you.
[tonelessly]
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The Role of Imaginary Friends in Fear
Mickey
We were all a little afraid of your mother.
Lizzie
Not Fred, he always stood up for me.
Mickey
Well that's what friends are for - even imaginary ones.
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