Cloud 9 Power Quotes

When Victoria presses Lin to express gratitude for her former husband, Lin is only grateful for the fact he didn't hit her harder than he did. Lin is totally sick of letting her husband push her around. It's time to live life totally on her own terms, which is why she has decided to raise Cathy without a man in her life.

Even though Lin has been the victim of physical abuse, that doesn't stop her from threatening her own kid with a smack whenever Cathy starts bugging her too much. There might be a little hypocrisy going on there, but only because Churchill wants to hammer the point home that power is synonymous with violence.

Edward and Gerry have a messy relationship: Gerry holds all the power and totally treats Edward like garbage. When Eddy expresses concern about where Gerry's been spending his nights, Gerry simply warns Edward to stop asking him so many questions. In other words, he's telling Edward, "I'm going to do what I want and you're going to keep your mouth shut." Unfortunately, Edward is so passive he actually accepts this… for the time being.