The Handmaid's Tale (TV Series)
Postpartum (2018)
Bradley Whitford: Joseph Lawrence
Quotes
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Emily Malek : Is she okay?
Joseph Lawrence : Life didn't turn out the way she wanted. She was an art professor; she wanted everything to be beautiful.
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Joseph Lawrence : What are you lookin' at?
Emily Malek : I'm sorry, Commander Lawrence.
Joseph Lawrence : You know the penalty for reading nowadays? Feel free to answer at any time.
Emily Malek : A finger. For the first offense.
Joseph Lawrence : Think that's fair?
Emily Malek : [long pause] It's the law.
Joseph Lawrence : Used to be a hand. Back in the... good old days.
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Aunt Lydia Clements : Shall we wait for Mrs. Lawrence?
Joseph Lawrence : She won't be coming down, she's not feeling well. We're good here.
Aunt Lydia Clements : Blessed be the fruit.
Joseph Lawrence : Glory be.
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Joseph Lawrence : Do you miss the classroom?
Emily Malek : God has called me to a higher purpose.
Joseph Lawrence : You don't believe that. You had an affair with a martha. You stole a car, you ran over a guardian. How'd that feel?
Emily Malek : [finally takes a sip of the beer he has placed before her]
Joseph Lawrence : You had a wife and a son?
Emily Malek : Yes, sir.
Joseph Lawrence : You must miss them. Losing a child... is like losing a... a limb. Part of your body. But you know what that's like too, right?
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Joseph Lawrence : Where you from?
Emily Malek : Here.
Joseph Lawrence : No, you're not, you're from Montana.
[pause]
Joseph Lawrence : What did you teach?
Emily Malek : Cellular biology.
Joseph Lawrence : I don't remember any science professors who looked like you. Those college boys must have been hot for teacher. Or... college girls, in... your case.