Sharon Gless credited as playing...
Madeline Westen
- Michael Westen: I know that, uh, it wasn't easy while I was away.
- Madeline Westen: Having you gone is something I've gotten used to. You know what was hard? Having an FBI agent in my house telling me that you're a monster. I still don't know what's going on.
- Michael Westen: I was chasing a man named Simon. He started off, years ago, as someone who did what I did. Something happened, he changed and he hurt people and a lot of things he did got blamed on me.
- Madeline Westen: Now, how is that possible, Michael? If you weren't there?
- Michael Westen: I spent my entire career officially being nowhere, so it's not hard to pin things on someone whose job is to never have an alibi.
- Madeline Westen: Well, there other things that he said, you blew up a bridge? You shot at police? You didn't do that?
- Michael Westen: Yeah, I did. I had to get Simon. He was going to hurt more people if I didn't stop him. So, I broke the law. I worked with bad people. I did it because I had to.
- Madeline Westen: That's it? It's as simple as that?
- Michael Westen: ...I don't know.
- [starts to cry]
- Michael Westen: He laughed. When I caught Simon, he laughed. He said it was just a matter of time before I was just like him.
- Madeline Westen: [hugs him] He's wrong, honey. That isn't the son I raised.
- [Michael comes home. Madeline is mildly startled when he closes the door]
- Michael Westen: Mom.
- Madeline Westen: [gets up] Welcome home, Michael.
- [they hug]
- Madeline Westen: [short laugh] When I got the call that you were coming back, they guy on the phone was a little vague. I wasn't sure they weren't shipping pieces of you back in a cardboard box.
- Michael Westen: I think I'm all here.
- [Michael sighs, then slowly sits down with a groan]
- Madeline Westen: It's good to have you home. Want a tunafish sandwich?
- Michael Westen: Maybe later. Have you heard from Fi?
- Madeline Westen: Um, I left a message... that you were coming home, but no, we haven't talked. I think she's probably just talking some time...
- Madeline Westen: [flicks lighter] to herself to...
- Madeline Westen: [lights cigarette] sort through all this, you know? You should go see her, Michael.
- Michael Westen: I'm sorry, Mom. About everything.
- Madeline Westen: [softly] Go. We'll talk later.
- [Madeline walks off. Michael gets up quickly and goes out the door]