The Miracle Worker2000

[Annie has pulled Helen out of the dining room]

Aunt Ev:
You let her speak to you like that, Arthur?

Captain Keller:
[His pride is challenged] No. I don't! [He rises from his chair and strides to the door]

James Keller:
Let her go!

Captain Keller:
What?

James Keller:
Let her go. She's right. She's right, and Kate's right. If we drive Miss Sullivan away from here, then we're lost. No: Helen is lost.

Kate Keller:
Captain, please.

[the Captain returns to his seat at the table. He is putting on a show for Aunt Ev, but he looks secretly relieved not to have to confront Annie Sullivan]

Captain Keller:
Jimmy?

[Jimmy looks at him resentfully]

Captain Keller:
Thank you.

[Jimmy stares, then smiles. Clearly, this is the first kind word from his father in ages]