Gail Leery

Dawson's Creek

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Mary-Margaret Humes
Born in Florida in 1954, a former Miss Florida & 3rd runner-up to Miss USA 1975, she was encouraged ...

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Gail Leery Quotes

Season 1 / Episode 12: - Beauty Contest

Gail Leery: Honey, fair and beauty pageants aren't exactly synonymous.

Season 1 / Episode 5: - Hurricane

Mitch Leery: So... why did you do it? Why did you cheat on me?
Gail Leery: Get ready Mitch, if you think it can't get worse, it can. My reason why I was unfaithful is preposterous. I have no reason. I woke up one day a few months ago and I realized that my life was perfect. Everything I've ever wanted from the time I was six, has been realized. I've discovered that perfection obtained is a discomforting state. And I got restless. What do you do when everything in your life is right? When everything is just what you wanted it to be? I have the perfect home, career, the most gifted child, a husband who stimulates me mind, body, and soul every day of my life. I wanted more for nothing. And I guess that made me feel empty not wanting. I justed wanted to "want" again. So, I set out to achive it. And, boy oh boy, did I succeed. Because what I want now, I want back everything I've lost. Mitch, I'm so sorry. It was...
Mitch Leery: Shhh. Let's just sit here. I don't want to talk anymore.

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