A character in Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Played by Kate Jackson
Scarecrow and Mrs. King · 230 quotes
Most-quoted character in Scarecrow and Mrs. King: in 176 of its 230 quotes
Most scenes with: Lee Stetson (116), Dotty (22), Francine Desmond (17)
He’s lying.
AmandaSure was it’s pretty obvious, wasn’t it?
Oh, you noticed the nervous hand movements, the avoidance of eye contact, the slightly higher pitched voice?
AmandaNo, I just noticed this is the first time he didn’t know every little thing about Saltzburg.
AmandaYou do understand what I’m saying don’t you Mr Melrose?
I understand you nearly all the time Amanda, it bothers me a little but I do understand.
Hey, whoever promised you fair?
AmandaNobody. I just keep expecting it.
AmandaThe only German word I know is Edelweiss.
Okay, okay.
AmandaAnd I learned that from The Sound of Music. I saw it seven times.
AmandaA sex scandal?
Forget it ok it’s not your fault, I mean nobody who knows you is going to believe you’re in the middle of a sex scandal, all you have to do is take one look to know it’s ridiculous.
AmandaWhy?
Why what?
AmandaWhy is it ridiculous?
Amanda.
AmandaJust because it isn’t true doesn’t make it ridiculous.
Look why are we having this ridiculous conversation?
AmandaI think we’re having this ridiculous conversation because you said it was ridiculous...
Alright, alright... you’re sleeping with Lord Bromfield, how’s that?
AmandaRidiculous.
Alright this should be a very important lesson for each and every one of you in order to survive in this business one should always expect the unexpected. If this had been a real assault Mrs King you would be dead right now.
AmandaWell, I guess you learn something new every day.
AmandaThis is exciting isn’t it, you and me a team?
Yeah, Laurel and Hardy never had it so good.
AmandaAh, what am I doing wrong?
Almost everything.
AmandaHow about telling me what you’re doing here?
I need you.
AmandaYou need me?
I need you, I came to ask you out.
AmandaYou mean on...?
A date? Yeah well sort of.
AmandaOh sort of, you mean it’s business, it’s not you know pleasure?
No, now that’s where your wrong it’s pleasure, for you it will be pleasure, for me...I may have to work just a little bit, but for you it’s just straight out pleasure.
AmandaOh, well if it’s gonna be such a lot of fun why don’t you just take the girl that your seeing now, who is it, Margo? She’s the current one isn’t she?
Margo and I aren’t seeing each other any more.
AmandaOh well, you do go through them.
What are your plans for the next few days?
AmandaYou mean this weekend?
This weekend, maybe a little longer.
AmandaAh Mother and I have some shopping to do.
You can do that anytime.
AmandaNo, no we really can’t because Mother needs to get a new coat, there’s a sale and she has to buy a coat. And there’s my friend Cindy Holcombe from college, I haven’t seen her in ten years and she’s gonna be in town and we’re gonna have lunch on Saturday.
Ten years?
AmandaYeah, yeah ten years, but we write every Christmas and she’s gonna bring pictures of her little girl this time.
Hmm I can see why you wouldn’t want to miss that, a Cruise ship isn’t in the same league.
AmandaA cruise ship?
Yeah.
AmandaShe’s gonna be here a couple weeks.
A luxury liner, I need somebody as part of my cover on a trip to the Caribbean.
AmandaWell you know she actually said next weekend would be better for her than this weekend.
Calypso bands, warm tropical breezes.
AmandaLee, do you really need me?
I need you.
AmandaWell then that’s it, I’m there.
That’s why you’re here it’s part of my cover, we have to be engaged because it’s a special cruise.
AmandaWhat kind of a special cruise?
Ah it’s a wedding cruise, nothing but engaged couples so in two days we dock in St Angelo in the Caribbean.
AmandaYeah?
And we all get married.
AmandaThat’s asking too much.
How long have you been engaged?
Three Months.
AmandaSix Months.
Ah officially three months, I asked her six months ago...
AmandaIt took me a little while to make up my mind.
You mean you nearly gave a catch like him a chance to throw the hook?
AmandaWell... he was pretty firmly hooked.
Ah Amanda, I know what you thinking but … ta da... adjoining rooms
AmandaHmm.
That’s not what you’re thinking?
AmandaNo it isn’t, it really isn’t, what I was thinking was that you had plenty of time to tell me all the details about our assignment. You could have told me in the supermarket, you could have told me in the car on the way to the airport, you could have even told me in the airplane.
Alright maybe I should have said something.
AmandaMaybe you should have said something? Lee, on a need to know basis, I think maybe this time I had a need to knowǃ
AmandaOh, well, how can I get into any trouble walking around the deck?
If anyone can manage it, you can.
Now where were you between November of ’82 and mid January of ’83?
AmandaAre you Perry Mason? Am I supposed to crack under the pressure, or something?
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