Miranda: Sure, yeah, I’d love the ex-Congressman. Because that is famously everyone’s favorite Christmas gift. A fruitcake.
(Elsewhere)
Cybele (thinking): My nose is twitching . . . somebody must be talking bad about the boss.
Miranda: . . . Are you serious about giving me the Being research division?
Cohen: Ah, sure. Whythehell not? Gonna blow off college, you gotta have somethin’ to do. Between foolin’ around with whatsisface. Hey, is whatsisface inna school?
Miranda: W-what? Of course Poe’s in school. And so am I!
Cohen: Don’t gimme that!
I may be old and Jewish, but I can still look this stuff up on th’ Interwebs. Classes are back on. You oughta be in Arizona — or Alabama –wherever it was — but here y’are.
You’re plenty smart. Got two smart parents. Usedta get good grades, even! So what happened? Your mom —
— would be so ashamed —
That is a low blow, but Miranda AKA the brat deserved it
Truth in drunkenness. But Cohen isn’t finished. I wonder if he’s going add Jessica would be disappointed in him too.
I hope so. As part of a sober, serious talk, something more like “you know your mother wanted you to live up to your potential” or “you know how much your mother valued education” or whatever might be appropriate, but in this context Cohen just messed up bad and that’s the only way I can see to save this conversation.
Actually, rereading the line, that may be how he’s going to finish that sentence. “Your mother would be so ashamed” is a complete sentence that would by English language conventions be understood to refer to Miranda. But the hyphenation may indicate he’s not done talking and may finish the sentence with “Your mother would be so ashamed of me for how I’ve failed you” or whatever. So he may not be referring to Miranda’s mom being ashamed of her at all.
Him adding that “she’d be disappointed in me, too” is probably the only line that would save this conversation. I’ve seen families implode for decades on situations like this…
Funny thing about the rabbit’s nose twitching: rabbits constantly move their nose while awake. Only when they sleep does it relax.