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Cate Hennessy

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Katey SagalKatey Sagal
An extremely gifted and versatile performer adept at both comedy and drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal ...

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Cate S. Hennessy, Portrayed by Katey Sagal, a wife, mother, nurse and easily the most sane and composed person in the family, who is made a widow by Paul's death. She takes a nursing job at the kids' school so that she can work standard hours and spend more time with the kids. Cate starts dating her kids' High School Principal, Ed Gibb, towards the end of Season 3. At first, the rest of the family, especially the kids, do not take this well, claiming the potential relationship was "wrong on a million different levels". However, they grudgingly came to accept it. She received her middle name "Stinky" as a result of her father promising his best friend he would name one of his children after him after accidentally stabbing him with a bayonet while they were drunk in Korea; to hide this, she claims that the S stands for "Stacy."



Episode Screenshots

02x23 - Finale Part Un (1)
Season 2, Episode 23
01x19 - Cool Parent
Season 1, Episode 19
02x08 - The First Thanksgiving
Season 2, Episode 08
03x13 - The Sub
Season 3, Episode 13
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Cate Hennessy Quotes

02x21 - Mother's Day Season 2 / Episode 21: - Mother's Day

C.J. Barnes: [Bad French Accent] Hello, Cate.
Cate Hennessy: [Noticing C. J. sitting there, drinking a cup of tea] How long ahve you been sitting there?
C.J. Barnes: [Accent] Bridget, Kerry, Kerry, Bridget. What do they covet most, Cate?
Cate Hennessy: Boys?
C.J. Barnes: [Accent] Hm, yes. Many, many boys.
Cate Hennessy: Well, I was just in their room...
C.J. Barnes: [Accent] Snooping, Clarice?
Cate Hennessy: I was cleaning! Anyway, i found my suitcase, and a bunch of websites about hotels.
C.J. Barnes: [Accent] Bridget and Kerry, hotel, boys. One banana, two banana, three banana, four.
02x21 - Mother's Day Season 2 / Episode 21: - Mother's Day

C.J. Barnes: [Bad French Accent] What we have here, Cate, is a Trash & Dash.
Cate Hennessy: What's that?
C.J. Barnes: [Bad French Accent] The coolest kids in school throw a party. They rent a fancy hotel room, trash the place, then dash out the door without paying. Trash & Dash.
Cate Hennessy: You used to do that?
C.J. Barnes: I said the cool kids! I asked all my friends about it, they're like "no! It's a myth!"
Cate Hennessy: You know, that actually makes sense. The hotels, the beauty salon, the cool kids didn't invite you. Thanks, C. J.
C.J. Barnes: [Bad French Accent] You have to admit, Cate, the world's a much more interesting place with me around.
Cate Hennessy: C. J., why are you talking like that?
C.J. Barnes: I don't know.
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