Family (TV Series)

Point of Departure (1976)

Gary Frank: Willie Lawrence

Quotes 

• Sgt. Pierce : That's if your stuff can be found.

  [yawns] 

  Willie Lawrence : Gee, I hope we're not keeping you up.

  Sgt. Pierce : Sonny, why don't you cal Lt. Kojak? Lt. Kojak can find your stuff in less than an hour.

• Doug Lawrence : [after a robbery in at the Lawrence house, Doug notices the hatch on the back door was unlocked and locks it in place]  This door was left open. Who would have done that?

  Willie Lawrence : [notices he is guilty]  I came back to get the car. I think it was me.

  Doug Lawrence : [seething]  You think it was you? Since when did you starting thinking again?

  Willie Lawrence : Dad...

  Kate Lawrence : Willie, how could you?

  Doug Lawrence : [angrily]  For months, you've been acting like an INCOMPETENT CHILD and this is the result!

  [Willie, in utter frustration, throws a cookie, he was eating, down onto the floor as Kate and Buddy look on nervously] 

• Willie Lawrence : [after an argument with Willie in the car during dinner, Buddy hops into the backseat]  What are you doing?

  Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : Take me home.

  Willie Lawrence : Oh, come on, Buddy. Let's go play some miniature golf. We got time.

  Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : Take me home.

  Willie Lawrence : [firmly]  Buddy, come up here and stop acting like that!

  Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : I prefer to sit back here alone. That's what you want me to be, isn't it?

  Willie Lawrence : [annoyed]  Buddy, please!

  Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : You stink.

• Willie Lawrence : [sitting in Doug's chair in his office at the law firm, Willie notices him coming in]  Oh, Dad.

  Doug Lawrence : Terry Wallace said to say "hello'.

  Willie Lawrence : Terry Wallace?

  Doug Lawrence : Yeah, he was there when I was speaking to your... the senior class.

  Willie Lawrence : [sighs]  I forgot that was today. How'd it go?

  Doug Lawrence : Bright kids. Asked a lot of good questions. They wouldn't accept any casual answers. They wore me out.

  Willie Lawrence : And I don't help, do I?

  [gets up from the chair] 

  Doug Lawrence : [tiresome]  I don't want to get into a hassle, Willie.

  Willie Lawrence : [as Doug sits down]  Yeah, okay. Well, the reason I'm here is I came to try to explain things to you better than I have.

  Doug Lawrence : Fine. You look good sitting in this chair.

  Willie Lawrence : [chuckles dryly]  Dad, I mean, that's not fair.

  Doug Lawrence : I guess it isn't.

  Willie Lawrence : [as he sits down on a chair near the desk]  But that's what I wanted to talk to you about. When I quit high school, it was because I knew I was never gonna go into law.

  Doug Lawrence : There are plenty of careers open to you, besides law.

  Willie Lawrence : I want to write.

  Doug Lawrence : [tersely]  You don't know what you want. You're not prepared to do anything, so you say you're a writer. That's a good title to hide behind.

  Willie Lawrence : Do you think Falter and Fitzgerald were hiding?

  Doug Lawrence : [impatient]  No, but before you include yourself in that group, please consider that they were both highly educated men.

  Willie Lawrence : I am not including myself anywhere. That's why I want to go away, to take the time to find out where I do belong.

  Doug Lawrence : The answer is no.

  Willie Lawrence : [frustrated]  You know, I just don't get it.

  [stands up] 

  Willie Lawrence : When I was twelve years old, it was always "Look what Willie made", "Look what Willie wrote." You and Mom were proud of me, at least, you said you were.

  Doug Lawrence : We were.

  Willie Lawrence : Then, why is it when the time has come for me to find out that I do have any talent, it's "Forget it, Willie."?

  Doug Lawrence : You're not twelve anymore. You're not prepared to do anything in the real world. You can't get a job running an elevator without a high school diploma.

  Willie Lawrence : [angrily]  That's the point! That's not what I have in mind, but what bothers me is that you and Mom don't trust me enough to find out what I need to know!

  [Doug, outraged by Willie's statement, firmly stands up, but Willie gathers his motorcycle helmet and storms out the door]