Reese Quote #664
Quote from Reese in Stevie in the Hospital
Lyle: [on phone] There just doesn't seem like there's any reason to go on living. I'm overweight, I don't have any friends. I just- Look, look, this is pointless. I'm just gonna hang up now. No one cares about me.
Reese: Listen, Lyle. I'm as lost as you are. I mean I may not even graduate high school. I'm completely broke. If I disappeared, who would notice? But now I've got a purpose. Maybe you and I were meant to talk today.
Lyle: You mean like like fate?
Reese: Exactly. Maybe life is like a roller coaster, and you only go down so you can have fun coming back up.
Lyle: Maybe. Well, I... I actually feel a little better.
Reese: Now, this is what I want you to do. I want you to walk to the bathroom, and I want to hear you flush those pills down the toilet.
Lyle: [flushing sound] They're gone. I- I did it. [Reese's colleagues cheer] I don't know what to say. Thank you, Reese. Thank you.
Reese: Don't thank me, Lyle. This is all you. You should feel good about yourself for what you did today. You should treat yourself to something really nice. Why don't you take out your credit card and buy a dozen air purifiers.
Lyle: Well, that... That sounds a little expensive.
Reese: I just saved your life and now you're questioning me?!
Lyle: Look, I'm- I'm sorry. I was just saying-
Reese: Every minute I'm talking to you, the price is going up! I want those numbers now, do you hear me?
Lyle: Let me find my wallet.
Carl: [to the supervisor] Just give him the damn TV.
Malcolm in the Middle Quotes
‘Stevie in the Hospital’ Quotes
Quote from Reese
Reese: I know I'm the new guy, but you've been on the phone for a half hour and you haven't closed this deal? Remember your ABCs. Always Be Selling.
Quote from Hal
Hal: What do you say, Reese? You want to take the new boat out this afternoon? Maiden voyage. Just you and me. Father and son slicing through the waves, wind in our hair. And look, I re-did the aft bathroom.
Reese: Sorry, Dad, I start my new job today.
Hal: Oh, come on! You don't actually do any work the first day. You're just filling out forms and deciding on a nemesis.
Quote from Lois
Lois: All right, Dewey, I know what's going on. [starts looking around her room] I know it's you. If it were Reese, he'd be bragging to everyone about it. Malcolm doesn't have the patience. So, that leaves you, Dewey. If I had any proof, we'd be having this conversation while I was walling you up inside your bedroom closet. [sighs] This is about the volcano, isn't it? All right, I acknowledge that perhaps I was a little inconsiderate of your needs, but that in no way justifies these petty attacks. Still, we have to move on. So, here's the deal: In the future, I promise to be more attentive and aware of your feelings, not that being the loving mother I am, I wouldn't be doing that anyway. Ah-ha! [sighs] And in return, you will promise to stop this stupid campaign to drive me crazy. Just give me a little sign that we understand each other. [two taps] Good.
[When Lois leaves her bedroom, a tree branch is repeatedly tapping against her window]