Maude (TV Series)

Maude's Dilemma: Part 2 (1972)

Bea Arthur: Maude Findlay

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• Walter Findlay : Maude. I think it would be wrong to have a child at our age.

  Maude Findlay : [Tearing up]  Oh, so do I, Walter.

  [Hugging him] 

  Maude Findlay : Oh, so do I.

• Maude Findlay : Just tell me, Walter, that I'm doing the right thing not having the baby.

  Walter Findlay : For you, Maude. For me. In the privacy of our own lives. You're doing the right thing.

• Maude Findlay : I keep forgetting. Is black coffee good or bad for a woman in my condition?

  Carol Traynor : Well, it keeps you awake.

  Maude Findlay : Bad. That's what GOT me in this condition.

• Carol Traynor : Mother, you don't have to have the baby. I told you before, there's no reason to feel guilty and there's certainly no reason to be afraid.

  [Maude doesn't reply] 

  Carol Traynor : [Frustrated]  You're like talking to a stone wall!

  Maude Findlay : A PREGNANT stone wall!

• Maude Findlay : [to Carol, about Walter]  Last night, in his sleep, he said: Maude, I want to have this baby.

  Carol Traynor : [With a sigh of relief]  Well why didn't you tell me that before?

  Maude Findlay : Because it's not true. Look, Carol, I just want to get you OFF MY BACK!

• Maude Findlay : Listen, honey, would you like a pickle?

  Walter Findlay : No, thanks.

  Maude Findlay : They probably go better with pregnancies than with vasectomies.