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Selfish Dick

‘Selfish Dick’

Season 1, Episode 19 -  Aired May 14, 1996

Dick schemes to get Mary back after she moves into her own office. Meanwhile, Sally is taken to the hospital after fainting at the sight of blood.

Quote from Sally

Sally: Look at all the new people! Hello, precious. Hello!
Harry: Wow!
Tommy: That one right there looks just like Winston Churchill.
Sally: So does that one.
Harry: Hey, this one looks like black Winston Churchill.
[Security guards remove Tommy and Harry]
Sally: It's amazing, isn't it? An entire ward of pure distilled life. I guess people don't just come here to get repaired. Aw! Shh! Don't cry, sweetheart. This part's easy. Just wait till you have to choose a long distance carrier. I wish I could have started from scratch like you guys-- knowing, but not knowing. Seeing, and then all at once forgetting. Enjoy it. Time here moves really fast.
[A security guard removes Sally]

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Quote from Dick

Tommy: This came for you from the hospital.
Sally: Oh, those people are so nice. It's probably a "get well" card.
Dick: It's a bill for $3,500. Oh, but look. It's says, "Thank you for your prompt payment." Did you pay them?
Sally: No.
Harry: I didn't pay 'em.
Tommy: Wasn't me.
Dick: Well, somebody must have paid them. [rips up bill]

Quote from Mary

Mary: I have the best news! Professor Fuscoe has been hired by Princeton.
Dick: I didn't know the two of you were so close.
Mary: Oh, I think he's a moron, but I get his office!
Nina: The big office with the bay window and the view of the apple tree?
Mary: Yes! Nina, you would have been so proud of me. As soon as I heard it was available, I went to that overly friendly woman who handles these things.
Nina: Yeah. What is her problem?
Mary: Oh, who cares? It was between me and Professor Suter, and I said, "Mr. Suter is a very nice old man, but he seems very content in his broom closet. Why disturb him?" And she bought it! [both squeal]
Dick: Oh, this is wonderful! My funny signs will look just great in the new office.
Nina: I'll leave the two of you alone now.

Quote from Harry

Harry: She looks just like Snow White. Snow White with dried spittle on her chin.

Quote from Dick

Dick: Professor Suter, a terrible injustice has been done.
Professor Suter: What?
Dick: [shouts] I said, a terrible injustice has been done!
Professor Suter: I heard you. What's the big injustice?
Dick: Somebody has taken something that rightfully belongs to you.
Professor Suter: What?
Dick: [shouts] Somebody has taken something that rightfully belongs to you! Are you okay? Professor Suter? Are you okay?!

Quote from Mary

Mary: [on the phone] Yes, the one with the bay window and the apple tree. How long has it been since we talked? Seven years? Well, you be good. Bye-bye.

Quote from Dick

Professor Suter: Dr. Solomon told me about your good fortune. I wanted to say congratulations.
Mary: Thank you.
Professor Suter: I used to have an eye out for this office. [Dick clears his throat] Ah, the bay window! And the apple tree. My wife and I used to picnic under it all the time. She's dead now. Mary, you have better eyes than I.
Do you see anything carved on the trunk out there?
Mary: No.
Dick: Oh, I see it. It's a heart. A heart, Mary.
Professor Suter: I carved it on the day I proposed, right before I went out to fight the Germans.
Dick: Oh. You must have loved her very much.
Professor Suter: You'll never know. Mary, I have a very special favor to ask of you.
Mary: What?
Professor Suter: Could you some afternoon help me gather apple blossoms and then take them with me to my wife's grave?
Mary: 'Kay.
Professor Suter: Bless you, Mary.
Dick: Come on, Professor Suter. Let me walk you down to your tiny office. I think Dr. Albright wants to be alone with her thoughts.

Quote from Nina

Nina: Don't you let him manipulate you. This is your office. I'm not just saying that because I finally got a window. I'm being objective.
Mary: I know you are, but I'm starting to feel bad.
Nina: You listen to me, woman. Keep the dream alive.

Quote from Sally

Harry: It just never ends.
Tommy: And what if it did?
Sally: Let's just pray that day never comes. Let's go.

Quote from Dick

Dick: I'm in a great mood.
Sally: Did Dr. Albright move back in with you?
Dick: Not yet. But today I realized it's not about getting Mary back and getting what I want. It's about getting justice for Professor Suter... and getting what I want. So I called up the Dean, and I told him it was a travesty to keep a 75-year-old man locked away in the basement. Now I'm ready to par-tay.
Sally: So what are we celebrating, brotha?
Dick: My ruthless commitment to myself.
Harry: Wow. You're not just the High Commander, you're presidential material.

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