Party of Five, Season 1

Bailey:
[about Walter Alcott] He's got his life back. I mean, he's working. I don't know. He can go to dinner, or see a movie, or take his family somewhere.

Emmett:
You really think that, Bay? I don't.

Bailey:
Well, I don't want to take the chance. I mean, he was in jail for nine months. Nine months! That's four and a half months for each of my parents! And good behavior. What is that about, huh? What did he do? Cure cancer? I want him to pay for what he did, and if it can't be with more jail time, then I want him to pay out of his own pocket!

Emmett:
You want to sue?

Bailey:
Can we?

Emmett:
Well, yes, technically. You could file a civil suit against him.

Bailey:
Then let's, then let's do it. Let's sue the bastard for every cent he's got.

Emmett:
And you think that a lawsuit's only gonna make his life miserable? What about yours? You know how long these things can take? What with depositions and continuances and appeals...it's years, Bailey.

Bailey:
I don't care.

Emmett:
You don't care, but what about the others? What about Claudia or Owen? What about Owen, Bailey? Because by the time this thing is over, he's gonna be old enough to understand.

Bailey:
Yeah, well, at least he'll see me doing something.

Emmett:
But doing what? Let's say you lose. What was it all for?

Bailey:
Well, let's say we win.

Emmett:
Fine, let's say that. You win. What has it changed? Exactly what have you won? You take something on like this, and it becomes your life.

Bailey:
It is my life.