Mom (TV Series)

Sword Fights and a Dominican Shortstop (2016)

Mimi Kennedy: Marjorie Armstrong

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• Marjorie : [telling Christy to pray for guidance about her job]  God wouldn't save you from drowning just to kick your ass on the beach.

• Bonnie : By the way, we're late because of Christy.

  Marjorie : Oh, well that's okay.

  Bonnie : Why is that okay?

  Marjorie : Because she's working 2 jobs, going to school and taking care of her kids.

  Bonnie : What about what I do?

  Marjorie : What *do* you do?

  Christy : I am SO glad I came tonight.

• Marjorie : So, Jeanine, how long have you been sober?

  Jeanine : Eight years.

  Marjorie : Long time.

  Jeanine : How about you?

  Marjorie : Oh... 34.

  Jeanine : You sponsor anybody?

  Marjorie : Oh, I've sponsored... 12 people.

  Jeanine : 16.

• Christy : What if I spend thousands on going to college, thousands more going to law school, and by the time I become a lawyer, there aren't any jobs?

  Marjorie : What if there's a huge earthquake and California just slides into the ocean?

  Christy : So you think I shouldn't go into real estate?

  Marjorie : No, my point is none of us knows what the future holds, we can only base our decisions on what we know right now.

  Christy : Well I know I don't want to be tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debts.

• Marjorie : I can't tell you what to do, Christy.

  Christy : Sure you can, just pick one.

  Marjorie : I can tell you how to stay sober, I can't tell you how to run your life.

  Christy : [sighs]  Great, then I folded these chairs for nothing.

• Marjorie : You haven't had a drink or used drugs in four years, the same higher power that got you through that can help you with this.

  Christy : I don't know... I'm starting to think my higher power might be getting sick of me.