Lee Stetson quotes from Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Billy

Lee, how’d you do the last time you drew to an inside straight?

Lee

How’d you think I got my car?

Lee

I want you to keep this thing quiet Leyland, I don’t want you to trot it out one night at your band society.

You know the crypto motto, the riddle's the same, I can keep my trap shut.

Lee

Then how’d he spot Amanda, we were both supposed to be under contact zero?

Perhaps the cats eye principle.

Lee

What?

In the dark there’s light but you can’t see it until you see it in the cat's eye.

Lee

It’s like an obverse prism.

Hmm... You have a stolidly literal head on your shoulders, don’t you, son? Think inside the puzzle like Adid Birol, he couldn’t see the light until he saw what the cat sees.

Lee

See what?

When a woman is in love she sees with special eyes.

Lee

Yeah sure, sure she yelled out my name at the airport because it was the only way for her to save my life, now if Birol had us under surveillance he might have seen.

There’s always a key.

Dotty

If you’re the termite man we can’t possibly afford what you must charge

Lee

No I’m Lee Stetson, Mrs. West, I work with Amanda.

Dotty

Oh yes, how are you... You look vaguely familiar.

Dotty

Uh hum... why is it that you said you came by?

Lee

I’m sorry I was just thinking.

Dotty

I was just staring, you have no idea how many times I have wondered about you

Lee

Well its mutual... Listen Amanda will be at least another day, she didn’t (the phone rings) ah she didn’t call did she?

Dotty

Well that might be her, she usually calls when she goes out of town, fact is she’s usually with you.

Amanda

How are mother and the boys?

Lee

They don’t even know anything, Billy’s decision was to keep them out of it unless Birol went public or dragged on.

Amanda

Good.

Lee

I went to the house yesterday.

Amanda

You saw Mother?

Lee

Yeah it made me feel closer to you.

Lee

I’m buying us some time Amanda, I’m not gonna let him sell you to the Libyans.

Amanda

I’m not crazy about that part either.

Cough

Billy

What?

It’s a joke Melrose.

Lee

Hey Doc, how’s he doing?

Lousy, he’s got no sense of humor.

Lee

What’s got you so pre-occupied?

Amanda

Oh, Security’s doing another special background on me. I’ve already passed one of those.

Lee

I know it’s an albatross hanging around the neck of every full time agent. They hit me every three or four years, the same old dirt… listen if you had any deep dark secrets I’d have found them by now.

Amanda

I don’t have any secrets.

Lee

Oh I can think of one or two.

Amanda

I’m late for class.

Lee

Shadow shock.

Amanda

Shadow shock?

Lee

Definitely Shadow shock.

Amanda

What’s Shadow shock?

Lee

Just the way Med students come down with every disease they study, new agents become suspicious of everyone and everything... you need a rest and a guy with a healthy sex drive.

Amanda

Not this weekend.

Lee

This is ridiculous, Amanda King burning flags, whipping up riots – c’mon give me a break will ya.

Amanda

When they give you a letter around here what colour is it – scarlet?

Lee

What are you gonna do just sit there?

Amanda

Yes, I’m gonna just sit here, I’ve got a visitors pass and that’s all I can do, is just sit here.

Amanda

It’s alright Lee, Mrs Frampton I went to talk to Mr Perry unofficially because I thought he could clear me, I take full responsibility.

Lee

More precisely, I ordered Mrs King to accompany me as backup, I take responsibility.

Amanda

No.

Billy

Hold it people, I take responsibility around here remember.

Fine I still need an E15 requisition filled out in triplicate and signed by her superiors... she’s suspended, don’t you recall?

Lee

Thursday 10.15am you and Roxanne from accounting in the copier room, the lights off, your tie off and your shoes off.

Lee

Ok, I’ll keep my feet on the ground but for now watch my rear huh?

Amanda

My pleasure.

Lee

Very funny.

Lee

Amanda, I’ve been thinking about what we were talking about earlier and I have decided... No secrets.

Amanda

Good plan, now you’re really on to something.

Lee

Who’s Jim Sironen? Um... Hilton Head 1976?

Amanda

I haven’t got a clue... Ah just wait... Um you know what? I think I’m developing a sort of selective memory or something.

Lee

Yeah, you know I had the same kind of memory with the Petrovich twins.

Amanda

I don’t know what a couple of tumblers from the Moscow Circus have to do with...

Lee

Jim Sironen?

Amanda

Who?

Lee

The Petrovich twins were a little tiny chapter in my past that I would have rather kept secret but no you had to read the report, remember?

Amanda

Ooh God, remember? I... Yes, yes I do remember... Yes I do remember, I’ve got to admit I do remember.

Lee

And since there were no little goodies in your past that usually come up in the line of duty I thought that the Jim Sironen file would make a fair trade.

Amanda

Kind of like trading baseball cards huh? I’ll give you two Mickey Mantles for a Whitey Ford.

Lee

Yeah, we’ll swap secrets you know? Tell everything... Lay it all on the line.

Amanda

I’ll go second.