Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series)
Sam's Missing (1985)
Danny Cooksey: Sam McKinney
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Quotes
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Don Brown : Loosen up, boy, now you remember what I told you I'd do if you tried to run away? Or if you talked to anybody, huh? Remember that? I'll kill your parents, Sam.
Sam McKinney : No you wouldn't.
Don Brown : No? I kidnapped you, didn't I?
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Arnold Jackson : Sam, giving up bunk beds is part of growing up.
Sam McKinney : They have them in the army.
Arnold Jackson : So go enlist, they could use a redheaded target!
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Sam McKinney : [on the phone] Hi Arnold, it's me, Sam!
Arnold Jackson : Sam! Where are you?
Sam McKinney : I don't know.
Arnold Jackson : Uh, well are you okay?
Sam McKinney : I'm scared, Arnold, I can't stay on the phone very long.
Arnold Jackson : Alright Sam, just stay calm. Dad! Dad! Sam, listen, what's the number on the phone?
Sam McKinney : Area code 914-555-6411, Arnold I've gotta go!
[hangs up]
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May Brown : [knock on the door] Who is it?
Officer Fernandez : Police, open up we have a warrant to search the premise.
Don Brown : Get away from that door, May.
Officer Fernandez : [busts in] You're all under arrest for the kidnapping of Sam McKinney!
May Brown : [shocked] What? Kidnapping?
Philip Drummond : [Comes in behind them] Sam!
Sam McKinney : [Excited] MR. D! Oh, Mr. D!
[Runs up and hugs him]
Sam McKinney : I knew you'd come and get me! I knew you'd come and get me! I knew you would!
Philip Drummond : We weren't going to give up until we found you.
May Brown : [Freaking out] Donald? Donald, what's happening?
Don Brown : [Yelling at the officer] Leave her alone!
[Calms down]
Don Brown : She had nothing to do with it. My wife and my son had nothing to do with this.
Sam McKinney : It's true.
Detective Harris : We'll have to figure this out later.
May Brown : [Reaches out but is held back] Sam?
Sam McKinney : Sorry, Mrs. Brown
[Waves tearfully]
Sam McKinney : Bye Bobby.
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Sam McKinney : Arnold! Arnold! There's still time to save the bunk beds!
Arnold Jackson : Now Sam, don't start that again. You know Maggie has to redecorate our room too!
Sam McKinney : I know, Arnold, but with your mouth you can talk her into keeping the bunk beds. They're easy, you can jump out of them like paratrooper or climb up them like a fireman, and...
Arnold Jackson : Or when you get out of them, you could step all over my face.
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Sam McKinney : Where are we? We've been driving for over two hours.
Don Brown : It's not important. Now you remember what I told you I'd do to your parents? Don't you forget it.
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Sam McKinney : Bobby, I want to go home!
Bobby Brown : What're you talking about, Sam? You mean you want to go back and live by yourself in a cardboard box?
Sam McKinney : I don't live by myself! I've got Mama and Mr. D, and two brothers and a sister!
Bobby Brown : Must be a pretty big box.
Sam McKinney : We don't live in a box! We live in a huge apartment two stories high, and Mama and Mr. D love me a whole bunch!
Bobby Brown : What're you talking about, Sam? My dad saved you from rotting in a gutter.
Sam McKinney : No he didn't, he just told you that so you wouldn't know he stole me!
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Sam McKinney : He told you that so you wouldn't know he stole me.
Bobby Brown : You're lying, my dad wouldn't do nothing like that, you little punk.
Sam McKinney : Oh yeah? I found this crumpled up in the garbage, your dad didn't want anyone to see it.
[Bobby reads the newspaper article]
Bobby Brown : It's you, isn't it? Dad must've done it because Mom's been so shook up since Tommy died.
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Sam McKinney : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE: The police sweep into the Brown residence, grabbing Don and his family. Sam charges Drummond, who enters behind the cops, and they hug] Hey, Mr. D...! Did you have any trouble finding this place?
Philip Drummond : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] Not after you gave us their number... I hope you didn't think we were gonna give up looking.
Sam McKinney : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] Boy, I'm really glad you could come get me in person; sorry the others couldn't. I'm sure it wasn't for lack of trying...
[They exchange another hug; then, abruptly, Sam looks very unhappy]
Sam McKinney : ... Well, I guess this is where you ask me what we've learned, if nothing else.
Philip Drummond : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] All right, Sam, let's get that out of the way. What *have* we learned, if nothing else?
Sam McKinney : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] That anybody who *really* had a dog missing wouldn't be talking to ME about finding them. They'd be talking to the police - which is what *I* wanna do, instead of going somewhere I've never been with someone I never met before. Heck, I'm better off playing in traffic than doing THAT.
Philip Drummond : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE: Drummond chuckles, getting the point] ... That's good enough for me, Sam.
[They hug each other again]
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Sam McKinney : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE: As Sam is brought home by Drummond, he beamingly greets his siblings and Pearl] ... Guys, who's for dinner and a movie? I'm buying!
[Arnold, Willis, Pearl and Kimberly take turns hugging Sam - while Drummond calls Maggie in from the kitchen]