My Family (TV Series)

Imperfect Strangers (2002)

Robert Lindsay: Ben Harper

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Ben Harper : [Susan has taken a spoonful of Ben's cereal]  What are you doing?

  Susan Harper : I just wanted a taste.

  Ben Harper : Tastes like cornflakes, doesn't it? Haven't changed in fifty years.

• Susan Harper : [knocks on door]  Janey!

  [knocks on door] 

  Susan Harper : Janey!

  Ben Harper : Susan, I honestly think she's all right.

  Janey Harper : Bloody hell! What are you doing here?

  Ben Harper : See, she's fine.

  Susan Harper : We've just come to see how you are.

  Janey Harper : Why?

  Ben Harper : Your mother was worried about the phone call.

  Susan Harper : I thought you were going to... do something stupid.

  Janey Harper : God, Mum, I only said I was suicidal. I didn't say I was going to kill myself.

  Ben Harper : Suicidal. Is that all? Ah, your mother said you were coming home.

  Janey Harper : Well, I'm not. Good-bye.

• [last lines] 

  Ben Harper : Hello!

  Susan Harper : Anyone home?

  Michael Harper : [tied up on kitchen chair]  Hi,Mum. Hi, Dad. Nice weekend?

  Ben Harper : [nods at Susan's roses]  Shall we put these in water?

  Susan Harper : Yes.

• Ben : If we leave now, we could be home by midnight.

  Susan : Ben, are you serious? This is the weekend. We're free, away from home, in an exotic, vibrant metropolis.

  Ben : It's Manchester!

• [Ben and Susan meet in an hotel in Manchester, trying to create the fantasy of a one night stand with a perfect stranger. Ben goes too fast, to Susan's dislike] 

  Susan : You have to play me. Like a violin.

  Ben : Play your cards right, and I might snap your g-string.