Mom also drinks and smokes like a chimney. While resentful of authority, she lacks the aggressive output of her husband and son towards the world although she doesn’t mind knocking the old man around when he gets out of line. She has a tendency to get sloppy and sentimental once the booze kicks in. During these periods she tries to undermine the work of Dad by playing to Kevin’s feminine/emotional side. Mom has an on-again/off-again romance with Charlie Plunt whenever the old man is in jail. She also has a tendency for getting tanked and having cheap one-night stands. She constantly badgers and cajoles Percy leaving no doubt who wears the pants in the family
Speaks in neat, bureaucratic beats; slips into dry asides and precise phrasing.
