My Family (TV Series)

The Lost Weekend (2002)

Gabriel Thomson: Michael Harper

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Susan : I can't believe it. My own little boy going off on his first higher maths fun weekend.

  Michael : Mum, I'm fifteen.

  Ben : Ah, fifteen, the square root of a hundred and thirty-five.

  Michael : Two hundred and twenty-five, actually, Dad.

  Ben : Ah yeah. Higher maths fun weekend. Four words I never expected to hear in the same sentence.

  Michael : Actually, Dad, that's not a sentence, it's a phrase.

  Ben : Here's another phrase: Shut up!

  Michael : Nice work, Dad. I'm nearly laughing.

• [last lines] 

  Susan : Tell you what, Michael, since you must be at a loose end now, why don't I take you to the Tate Modern?

  Michael : Because I won't enjoy it.

  Susan : Not good enough.

  Ben : Yes, you will, Michael. You're going to love it.

  Michael : No, I won't.

  Ben : You will, because there's Gilbert *and* George.

  Susan : Bye, dear.

  Ben : Bye. Nice time.

  [shuts door behind them] 

  Ben : Yes!

• Susan : Now remember, dear, while you're away, if anybody suggests something or offers you something you think is wrong...

  Ben : Correct their calculations and hand it back!

  Michael : One of these days, dad, I'm going to be big enough to hit you!