Liz's Truth Bomb
from Motherland
Written by Holly Walsh, Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Helen Linehan
A starving Julia attempts to secretly eat leftovers off a child's plate during a somber conversation about a stroke, only to be caught and shamed by the passive-aggressive Amanda. The tension escalates until Liz intervenes with a brutally honest and confrontational monologue that shuts down the social posturing of the group.
ANNE: They think it was a small stroke.
SUNITA: Oh, no!
JULIA: Oh, no!
JULIA: Sorry, I heard 'small stroke'. I don't know who had one but that's terrible, whoever it was.
ANNE: My husband.
JULIA: Oh, that's... God. Yes. That must have been just a terrible... How did it happen?
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