Kristin Kreuk Quotes
Joanna: You're honor, I request a recess.
Judge: On what grounds?
Joanna: I'm pregnant.
Judge: Relevance?
Joanna: I have to pee.
Woman: And why should we trust you? Someone who isn't even a mother?
Joanna: Another excellent question. Why should you trust someone who isn't a mother? (laughs).
Woman: This is funny to you?
Joanna: No. No, this isn't funny at all. It's just I'm pregnant. I don't know if I can be one. A mother. I don't even know if I want to be one. I am standing in a room full of reasons not to be, and that terrifies me. But this isn't about me, although I've kind of turned things that way. I'm sorry. This isn't how I intended to do this. Any of this. I cannot imagine how difficult it must be to be a parent. And I know that you didn't do what they said you did. So let's make this about getting you justice and bringing your children home.
Kodie: You tell me to stay strong and be brave but I'm here all alone.
Joanna: You aren't alone in this Kodie. So many other mothers have gone through this and it's time for us to bring them into this fight. We are gonna force the courts to hear us because we'll be too loud for them not to. We're gonna certify as a class action.
Billy: Speaking of fatherhood ... Look, I just wanna know how I can support you on this.
Joanna: (Phone Rings) Joanna Chang.
Billy: It's like you plan these.
Joanna: Doctor, I just have one more question. Do you think that I should proceed with this pregnancy?
Doctor: Well, what do you want?
Joanna: I want to get back to work.
Joanna: How long can a person work in this condition?
Doctor: It's a pregnancy. We haven't called it a condition since the fifties, but, it really depends.
Joanna: Depends on what?
Doctor: Depends on the pregnancy and the person. There's a lot of personal hereditary factors.
Joanna: Do any of those hereditary factors include mental illness?
Doctor: Yes. Some.
Joanna: What about sociopathic tendencies? Yeah, that's just my side. His side's riddled with mental illness, garden variety addiction. So, we're pretty much screwed, right?
Billy: I am never having kids.
Joanna: I'm pregnant.
Luna: You sent me to Millwood Police Station, where I was falsely arrested.
Joanna: You think I was being insensitive. You think I was only thinking about the case. I knew how hard it would be for you to ever come back here. That you wouldn't do it without a push. You are one of the strongest people I know Luna. I knew you could do it. If I didn't believe in you I wouldn't waste my time.
Luna: Thank you.
Joanna; And now you know you can come home.
Luna: So you're saying you did this for me and not for the case? Maybe both?
Joanna: You can head back if you want. But do you remember what you said to me when you found out we were sisters? It was stay. You asked me to stay.
Kodie: Right, so how do I fight someone who's above the law?
Joanna: I think you've been trying to tell me. The system isn't broken. It's working exactly as it was intended. So we don't need to fix the system we need to break it. We sue Cleardon Labs, we break a chain in that system. Then we take the decision back to family court, and we prove that family services stole your kids. This is my arena Kodie. I can see a way through this now. This is how we win.
Joanna: If you wanna sink our case, go ahead, take a sip.
Kodie: House arrest is hell.
Joanne: Where did you even get that?
Kodie: Worst day of my life happened here. Everyone keeps asking 'what can I do to help?' as long as they don't have to actually do anything.
Joanna: You should, uh, tell Owen how you feel.
Diane: That's not important right now.
Joanna: If you don't say anything, and he does something stupid its contributory negligence.
Diane: I have tried to talk to him, believe me. It's like I'm not even here.
Joanna: You ever feel like being with someone is a game of Russian roulette.
Diane: Whatever you're feeling right now, is okay.
Joanna: What?
Diane: It's positive. You're pregnant.
Joanna: Freezing. How did I fail the other pregnancy test? I have never failed a test in my life.
Diane: Don't tell my students this, but sometimes it's not the answers that are wrong. It's the test itself.
Joanna: Oh my god!
Diane: What?
Joanna: What if Kodie didn't fail that test? What if the test itself is broken?
Joanna: You always keep pregnancy tests lying around?
Diane: I was a guidance counselor in Millwood for ten years. These and condoms were the bulk of my business.
