Hal Quote #887
Quote from Hal in Stevie in the Hospital
Malcolm: I hope this kid shows up soon. I was planning on visiting Stevie today.
Hal: Well, you just saw him yesterday, didn't you?
Malcolm: Not exactly.
Hal: But you did see him over the weekend, right?
Malcolm: No.
Hal: Wait. How many times have you seen Stevie?
Malcolm: If you add them all up... none.
Hal: None? Malcolm, I can't believe what I'm hearing. Your best friend is in the hospital, and you're here helping me stalk a ten-year-old.
Malcolm: I'm trying, but visiting someone in the hospital isn't as easy as you might think.
Hal: Malcolm, don't you see what you're doing? You're just avoiding an unpleasant situation.
Malcolm: I know. It's just that Stevie and I have never really talked seriously about his illnesses. We've kind of had this unspoken agreement that he was just a regular kid. If I had to see him lying in his hospital bed, hooked up to God knows what, it's kind of hard to pretend like nothing's wrong. I just don't know what to say.
Hal: Son, don't think about it. Sometimes all you have to say is hello.
Malcolm: That's a great way to put it. So simple.
Hal: I got it off that bus bench over there. It's an ad for a long-distance company. You get yourself down to that hospital and show Stevie that you give a damn.
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]