Dennis Quaid credited as playing...
Nick Parker
- Nick Parker: What's going on?
- Meredith Blake: Here's what's going on, buddy: the day we get married is the day I ship those brats off to Switzerland, get the picture? It's me, or them. Take your pick.
- Nick Parker: Them.
- [Hallie and Annie stare at each other excitedly]
- Meredith Blake: Excuse me?
- Nick Parker: T-H-E-M, them.
- [staring into Meredith's face]
- Nick Parker: Get the picture?
- Nick Parker: I told Hallie.
- Meredith Blake: You did? And?
- Nick Parker: She went ballistic. She started yelling in French. I didn't even know she spoke French.
- Nick Parker: Hal, come here. We have to talk.
- Annie as Hallie: Okay, shoot.
- Nick Parker: Okay, honey... I want to know what you *think* about making Meredith part of the family?
- Annie as Hallie: Part of *our* family?
- Nick Parker: Yeah.
- Annie as Hallie: I think - it's an awesome idea. Inspired. Brilliant really.
- Nick Parker: You do? Really? You do?
- Annie as Hallie: Totally, it's like a dream come true. I've always wanted a big sister.
- Nick Parker: Oh... um... Honey, I'm think you're kind of missing the point.
- Annie as Hallie: No, I'm not. You're going to adopt Meredith. That is so sweet, Dad.
- Nick Parker: No, I'm not going to adopt her. I'm going to marry her.
- Annie as Hallie: [leaps from her seat] Marry her? That's insane! How can you marry a woman young enough to be my big sister?
- [she begins to rant, accidentally yelling in French]
- Annie as Hallie: Mais tu plaisantes, j'espère. Meredith, ce n'est pas une fille pour toi. Mais c'est pas possible, je rêve. Qu'est-ce qui...
- Nick Parker: Hal, Hal, Hal. Calm down, Hal!
- [realizes]
- Nick Parker: Were you speaking French?
- Annie as Hallie: I... I learned it at camp.
- [takes a breath]
- Annie as Hallie: Ok, I'm sorry. Let's discuss this calmly. Calmly and rationally.
- Nick Parker: Yeah, and in English if you don't mind, right?
- Annie as Hallie: Okay.
- Nick Parker: Sweetheart what has gotten into you?
- Annie as Hallie: Nothing, nothing, just... just... Dad, you can't get married; it'll totally ruin completely everything!
- [she runs from the house]
- Nick Parker: Hal! Hal! Hallie!
- [he looks to Chessy, who appears at a window]
- Chessy, the Parker's Maid: Don't look at me. I don't know a thing.
- [she closes the windows]
- Elizabeth James: [thinking she is talking to her father, who has a newspaper up between them] Hey stranger...
- Hallie: [puts down newspaper. then] Hey Mom, did you know that the Concorde gets you here in half the time?
- Elizabeth James: [flustered] Yes, I, I've heard that...
- Annie: [after Hallie surprises Elizabeth and Annie by arriving in London and showing up at their home before Elizabeth and Annie do] What are you doing here?
- Hallie: It took us abound 30 seconds after you guys left for us to realize we didn't want to lose you two again.
- Elizabeth James: We?
- Nick Parker: [walking in from another room] We. I made the mistake of not coming after you once, Lizzie. I'm not going to do that again no matter how brave you are.
- Elizabeth James: And I suppose you just expect me to go weak at the knees, and fall into your arms, and cry hysterically. And say we'll just figure this whole thing out. A bi-continental relationship with our daughters being raised here and there. And. And, you and I just picking up where we left off and growing old together. And... and... c'mon, Nick, what do you expect? To live happily ever after?
- Nick Parker: Yes. To all of the above. Except you don't have to cry hysterically.
- Elizabeth James: [With tears in her eyes] Oh, yes I do.
- [he kisses her]
- Meredith Blake: You know, from the way your father talked about you, I expected a little girl, but you are so grown-up.
- Annie as Hallie: I'll be twelve soon. How old are you?
- Meredith Blake: [chuckling] Twenty-six.
- Annie as Hallie: Only fifteen years older than me! How old are you again, Dad?
- Nick Parker: Wow, suddenly you're so interested in math!
- Nick Parker: You know, I may never be alone with you again. So about that day you packed, why'd you do it?
- Elizabeth James: Oh, Nick. We were so young. We both had tempers, we said stupid things so I packed. Got on my very first 747, and you didn't come after me.
- Nick Parker: I didn't know that you wanted me to.
- Elizabeth James: Well, that really doesn't matter anymore. So, let's put on a good face for the girls and get the show on the road, huh?
- Nick Parker: Yeah, sure. Let's get the show on the road.
- Elizabeth James: [after the limo pulls up to the end of an empty pier and everyone gets out] Where are we?
- Nick Parker: This is where we're eating?
- Hallie: [Pointing to a 100+ foot yacht] No. Actually, *that's* where we're eating.
- Annie: She's ours for the night.
- Nick Parker: Wow. So, how exactly are we paying for this?
- Annie: Well, we pooled our allowances.
- Nick Parker: Yeah. Right. Annie?
- Annie: Okay. Grandfather chipped in a bit.
- Elizabeth James: Annie!
- Annie: Okay. He chipped in a lot.
- Nick Parker: [about Meredith on the camping trip] I'm not marrying her because she's Annie Oakley.
- Hallie: Who's Annie Oakley?
- Nick Parker: [after explaining to Elizabeth why they returned early from the camping trip] So, where's Chessie? I'm starving.
- Elizabeth James: Well, she and Martin went off to a picnic around noon. Yesterday.
- Nick Parker: [Impersonating Cary Grant] Really. Who would have thought. My nanny, your butler.
- Nick Parker: [Driving Hallie home after picking her up at the airport] Still biting those nails, I see.
- Hallie as Annie: [Proudly] Dad, you noticed!
- Nick Parker: What do you mean notice? You've been biting them since you could chew.
- Nick Parker: [after falling down into the swimming pool, Nick has a wound on his eyebrow. He dries himself with a rag] I don't believe this. Seeing them together? Seeing you? Ow!
- Elizabeth James: Ooh, let me help you with that
- [Asks for a first aid kit]
- Nick Parker: [hiking] I'm going to take the lead. You two help Meredith.
- Meredith Blake: [looks at the girls] Sure you'll help me. Right over a cliff you'll help me.
- Hallie: [whispering to Annie] Not a bad idea.
- Annie: Yeah, see any cliffs?
- Nick Parker: You know, sometime if we're ever really alone maybe we could talk about what happened between us. You know it's all a bit hazy to me now. It ended so fast.
- Elizabeth James: You mean it started so fast.
- Nick Parker: Well, that part I remember perfectly.
- Annie as Hallie: [steps off the airplane and see's her dad] Oh gosh, it's him!
- Nick Parker: Hey, Hal!
- [Annie]
- Nick Parker: Welcome home kiddo!
- [she runs to her dad]
- Nick Parker: Get into these arms, you little punk.
- Annie as Hallie: Dad - finally!
- [gives him a big hug]
- Hallie: [seeing Meredith before they leave for their camping trip] Dad, what's Meredith doing here?
- Nick Parker: Your mother invited her.
- Annie: What?
- Nick Parker: Be nice.
- Nick Parker: [At camp, Nick is looking at Meredith's bug killer spray] You're going to attract mosquito in the state with this stuff. It's sugar and water. Where did you get it?
- Nick Parker: Honey, did I ever mention to you that Hallie was a twin?
- Meredith Blake: No, I'm afraid you forgot that little detail
- Hallie Parker: Don't feel bad, Mer. He never mentioned it to me, either.
- Nick Parker: I told Hallie.
- Meredith Blake: You did? And?
- Nick Parker: She went ballistic. She started yelling in French. I didn't even know she *spoke* French! I don't know what's gotten into her.
- Meredith Blake: Wait, I don't understand. How did you two meet, and, Nicky, why are you all wet?
- Nick Parker: You're making my fiancée's wedding gown?
- Elizabeth James: I didn't know she was your fiancée.
- Nick Parker: How did *we* meet? How did *you two* meet?
- Meredith Blake: Am I missing something here?
- Nick Parker: You know what? This is one small world.
- Meredith Blake: How small?