The Jeffersons (TV Series)
A Friend in Need (1975)
Roxie Roker: Helen Willis
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Florence Johnston : But there's just one thing. You folks mind if I ask you something?
Louise Jefferson : No, go right ahead.
Florence Johnston : You live in this apartment, right?
Louise Jefferson : Uh-huh.
Florence Johnston : [to Helen] And you got an apartment in this building, too?
Helen Willis : Yes, that's right.
Florence Johnston : Well, how come we overcame and nobody told me?
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Louise Jefferson : George, why do we have to fight so much? If we have a problem, why can't we just talk it through like Tom and Helen? They don't fight.
George Jefferson : They don't fight, 'cause they're scared to fight.
Helen Willis : What's that supposed to mean?
George Jefferson : You know damn well what it means! If you two ever really started going at each other, inside of five minutes, he'd be calling you...
Helen Willis : Don't say it!
George Jefferson : Nigger!
Helen Willis : He said it!
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Tom Willis : Now, you listen to me! We've had lots of fights, and it's never happened!
George Jefferson : Oh, and don't tell me it's never crossed your mind!
Helen Willis : No more than it's ever crossed my mind to say the word "honky" to Tom.
George Jefferson : Ha! Well, how come you said it just then?