The Jeffersons (TV Series)
Florence's Problem (1976)
Isabel Sanford: Louise Jefferson
Photos
Quotes
-
Louise Jefferson : Does this mean you're leaving us?
Florence Johnston : Yes.
George Jefferson : Where're you going?
Florence Johnston : I'm going to God's house, Mr. Jefferson.
George Jefferson : Church? She DOES want to be saved.
Florence Johnston : No, not church, God's house in the sky.
Louise Jefferson : Oh Florence!
Tom Willis : But I thought you said you weren't going to jump.
Florence Johnston : I ain't gonna jump, I'm scared of heights.
Helen Willis : But you WERE going to...
Florence Johnston : I got enough pills saved up to do it peacefully and quietly, I'll just take them when I go to bed tonight.
Tom Willis : Do you realize what you're saying?
Florence Johnston : Sure, when I wake up in the morning, I'll be riding that chariot to the land of glory.
Louise Jefferson : We are NOT going to let you do this, Florence.
-
Louise Jefferson : If we didn't love you, do you think we'd be worried about you like this?
Florence Johnston : Aw you just saying that cuz I said I was gonna kill myself, you don't really mean it.
George Jefferson : Hey wait a minute! You calling my wife a liar?
Florence Johnston : No, I just...
George Jefferson : Do you know how many fights Weezy and I have had because of YOU? You don't know, I'm gonna tell you the truth, a couple of times you made me so mad I was gonna fire you, but Weezy said she wouldn't talk to me if I did. So look, if you want to kill yourself, go right ahead, but if you do, you damn well better realize you gonna be hurting somebody who really cares about you.
-
Florence Johnston : What time is it?
Louise Jefferson : Almost 5, why? Did you have something planned for the rest of the day?
Florence Johnston : Honey, I got plans for the rest of my life. When I leave here, I'm going to do something I've never done before.
Louise Jefferson : What's that?
Florence Johnston : I'm going to the TOP of the Empire State Building.
Louise Jefferson : Really? You know I was born in New York and I've never done that.
Florence Johnston : I got the idea when I was at the movies last night.
Louise Jefferson : What did you see?
Florence Johnston : Lady Sings the Blues.
Louise Jefferson : I thought you'd seen that.
Florence Johnston : Yeah, 3 times, but I just wanted to see it once more. You seen it?
Louise Jefferson : Nope. The last movie we went to was Jaws, and we only saw half of it before George made us leave.
Florence Johnston : How comes?
Louise Jefferson : He hates fish. He says the only thing worse than people eating fish, is fish eating people.
-
Florence Johnston : That reminds me, I found a dirty picture behind your fridge.
Louise Jefferson : What?
[Florence hands her the photo]
Louise Jefferson : This is a picture of Lionel! It's not dirty!
Florence Johnston : It was till I dusted it!
-
Louise Jefferson : Florence, what're you playing at?
Florence Johnston : I'm not playing, I'm cleaning, a good maid always cleans behind the refrigerator.
Louise Jefferson : You never did before.
Florence Johnston : Oh I'm not talking about me, I said a GOOD maid.
-
Louise Jefferson : Florence, taking a cab to work? Isn't that a little extravagant?
Florence Johnston : Well, you only live once.
-
Harry Bentley : I thought cauliflower was very good.
George Jefferson : Cauliflower?
Harry Bentley : Yes, Lassie's favorite vegetable: Collie-flower.
George Jefferson : Cauliflower! I was going to put sauerkraut
Louise Jefferson : Sauerkraut?
Harry Bentley : I thought Lassie was a German shepherd.
-
George Jefferson : [reading Florence's letter] Dear Mrs. Jefferson, thank you for everything. Goodbye. Love, Florence.
Lionel Jefferson : That's strange, it almost sounds like a suicide note.
George Jefferson : Get out of here, everybody knows black folks don't commit suicide.
Louise Jefferson : Suicide!
-
George Jefferson : Will you stop making a mountain of a dumb maid? She said herself she's enjoying life today, took a cab for the first time.
Louise Jefferson : There's something else she was going to do for the first time.
George Jefferson : What's that?
Louise Jefferson : She was going to the top of the Empire State Building.
-
Tom Willis : I think you're being pretty selfish. Don't you care how your friends will feel if you do this?
Florence Johnston : What friends? All I got is floors to scrub and windows to clean.
Helen Willis : We're you're friends.
Florence Johnston : You're my employers.
Louise Jefferson : We're your friends too, Florence, we care about you.
Florence Johnston : About me? I'm only the maid, and I ain't even a good one at that.
George Jefferson : She's right about that, she's a terrible maid.