James Broderick credited as playing...
Doug Lawrence
- Doug Lawrence: What caused the trouble?
- Dr. Sidney Simon: Emotion, stress, overexertion.
- Kate Lawrence: He's saying you'll have to give up disco lessons.
- Doug Lawrence: [at an office Christmas party] Willie, did you get the rum for the eggnog?
- Doug Lawrence: No, but I'll get it tomorrow morning.
- Willie Lawrence: Well, why not, today?
- Willie Lawrence: I had other things to take care of.
- Doug Lawrence: You know, Willie, you got to get yourself organized.
- Willie Lawrence: [chuckles] Come on, Dad.
- Doug Lawrence: No, I'm serious.
- Willie Lawrence: What, are we gonna argue over a bottle of rum?
- Doug Lawrence: No, I'm not talking about a bottle of rum! I'm talking about responsibility! If people are gonna depend on you, you can't just put things off.
- Willie Lawrence: Just relax, okay, Dad?
- Doug Lawrence: If I thought you were on top of things, maybe I would.
- Willie Lawrence: I will get as much done as I can, before I have to leave.
- Doug Lawrence: [worried] Leave?
- Willie Lawrence: [sighs] Rachel and I are going to Mexico for Christmas and we're leaving tomorrow night.
- Doug Lawrence: It's Christmas Eve? Well, that's out of the question.
- Willie Lawrence: Look, can we talk in your office?
- Doug Lawrence: See, this is just what I'm talking about! You have no sense of responsibility!
- Willie Lawrence: I'm just taking a vacation. I'm not abandoning the family.
- Doug Lawrence: That's not the way it looks to me!
- Willie Lawrence: All right, all right. We'll talk tomorrow. Excuse me.
- Doug Lawrence: [firmly shoves Willie, who tries to get through] No! No, we won't talk tomorrow! You do not have permission to take this trip!
- Willie Lawrence: I'm sorry, I guess you don't know, but I don't need your permission anymore for anything!
- [he exits the party]
- Doug Lawrence: [during a tennis match, Doug starts gasping for air and an alarmed Larry runs over] What is it, Doug?
- Doug Lawrence: I'm okay.
- Larry Berk: The hell you are. Sit down.
- [Doug sits on the floor]
- Doug Lawrence: It's nothing. I think it's gone.
- Larry Berk: What's gone? What's it feel like?
- Doug Lawrence: I just got a pain.
- Larry Berk: In your chest? Your left arm?
- Doug Lawrence: I thought you were a lawyer, not a doctor.
- Larry Berk: My mother has never forgiven me. What about your left arm?
- Doug Lawrence: Oh, maybe I pulled a muscle, but it's all right. Come on, let's go.
- Larry Berk: [helps Doug up] We're gonna see Sid.
- Doug Lawrence: I don't have to see anybody. Who's Sid?
- Larry Berk: Dr. Sidney Simon, my brother-in-law, the heart specialist, whom you're about to meet.
- Doug Lawrence: What, now?
- Larry Berk: No, next year, when they're reading your will.
- Doug Lawrence: [sees Willie decorating a tree he already bought] Oh, you bought the tree without me?
- Willie Lawrence: Dad, I don't have much time.
- Doug Lawrence: Well, none of us do. That's why I think it's important for us to be together over the holiday, the whole family.
- Willie Lawrence: Dad, please.
- Doug Lawrence: [trying to be calm] I don't want to fight, Willie.
- Willie Lawrence: Neither do I.
- Doug Lawrence: I'm asking you to stay here.
- Willie Lawrence: And I'm asking you to please understand I have a 6:00 plane to catch.
- Doug Lawrence: [frustrated] Are you doing all this just to spite me?
- Willie Lawrence: [sighs] I'm doing this because Rachel and I want to be alone together.
- Doug Lawrence: And all it matters is what YOU want?
- Willie Lawrence: Like father, like son.
- Doug Lawrence: Willie, I have reasons for wanting you here.
- Willie Lawrence: Yes, I'll bet you do.
- Doug Lawrence: Go away, next Christmas. This year, be here with us!
- Willie Lawrence: This Christmas, next Christmas. What's the difference? It always going to be the same with you, Dad.
- Doug Lawrence: [angrily] Listen to me, damn it, when I tell you to do something--
- [He falls to his knees and clutches his chest to Willie's shock]