‘It's a Miserable Life’
Season 2, Episode 4 - Aired November 1, 1986
When the girls make a petition to save an old oak tree in the neighborhood, they go up against their miserable, bitter neighbor, Mrs. Claxton.
Quote from Dorothy
Blanche: Girls, I'm tired of sitting here. Let's go.
Rose: I can't believe it. There was an announcement in the paper. Her friends must have realized she died. Why didn't they come?
Dorothy: They were too busy celebrating.
Quote from Rose
Rose: I guess you were all right. Frieda Claxton didn't have a friend in the world. She didn't make any difference to anybody. She might as well never even have existed.
Blanche: Oh, Rose, honey.
Sophia: Let her be by herself.
Quote from Dorothy
Dorothy: Well, at least we can feel good we've done the right thing. Mrs. Claxton is in somebody else's hands now.
Mr. Pfeiffer: Well, I'm afraid for the moment she's in mine.
Blanche: What?
Mr. Pfeiffer: Well, it seems there was a little mix-up out back and Mrs. Claxton was cremated by mistake. We never should have hired a high-school student.
Dorothy: Oh, well, whatever.
Mr. Pfeiffer: Uh, ladies, you're forgetting something.
Blanche: What?
Mr. Pfeiffer: Mrs. Claxton. We can't keep her.
Quote from Rose
Rose: Mrs. Claxton, we want you to know we all appreciate you helping us to save the tree.
Mrs. Claxton: I'm not. I'm here to make sure they tear it down. I hate trees. I hate people.
Blanche: Well, Mrs. Claxton, Rose told us you said you were going to help us.
Mrs. Claxton: That's right.
Dorothy: And now you're not?
Mrs. Claxton: That's right.
Rose: Well, why did you lie?
Mrs. Claxton: To get the Danish.