Scarecrow and Mrs. King quotes

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.

Billy

All right, Francine, they sifted through the ashes and you can relax; there’s no signs of human remains... And stand upǃ

Francine

Yes sir, that’s good news

Billy

The last of it - all my other news is bad.

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.

Amanda

You don’t remember anything Sir?

Billy

Just a bunch of mixed up images, Bears...

Bears, a symbol of courage and strength, what else, skeletal remains… personification of death, I think there’s something sexual there as well, I’ll look it up.

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?

Francine

I must say it is a naughty little skeleton for the housewife of the year to have in her broom closet.

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.