Mannix (TV Series)

Babe in the Woods (1972)

Melodie Johnson: Sharon Carter

Quotes 

• Sharon Carter : [the door to the cabin opens]  Jason, is that you?

  [sees Joe, who she doesn't recognize] 

  Sharon Carter : Oh, hello.

  Joe Mannix : Excuse me. Uh, is this Jason Riddle's cabin?

  Sharon Carter : Oh, he's not here right now. May I help you?

  Joe Mannix : My name is Joe Mannix. I'm a private investigator.

  Sharon Carter : Oh, hi. I'm Sharon Carter. If it's anything to do with Jason, you'll have to wait till he gets back.

  Joe Mannix : Well, I think maybe you can help me. It's very important.

  Sharon Carter : Well, how can I help?

  Joe Mannix : [shows Sharon a picture]  Do you, uh, happen to remember this?

  Sharon Carter : [chuckles]  This silly thing. It was taken last year. Where in the world did you get this?

  [sees Joe's unhappy facial expression] 

  Sharon Carter : Oh, there's something wrong. Something's happened to Jason.

  [pause] 

  Sharon Carter : That's why you're here, isn't it?

  Joe Mannix : I'm sorry. There's never an easy way to say it. He's dead.

  Sharon Carter : When he didn't call, I was getting angry. And now he's... How? Where?

  Joe Mannix : It happened Monday. Uh, he was shot.

  Sharon Carter : Shot.

  Joe Mannix : It happened on the golf course. Police think it was a sniper, uh, just pulling the trigger at random.

  Sharon Carter : Monday. It's been all over.

  [Joe rushes to her when she starts to faint] 

  Sharon Carter : It's even too late to cry for him. If I cry now, I'd only be crying for myself.

  Joe Mannix : How much did you really know about him?

  Sharon Carter : Enough. For me. But not as much as you're going to tell me. Am I right, Mr. Mannix?

  Joe Mannix : Well, he worked and lived in Los Angeles under the name of Bobby Quinn.

  Sharon Carter : Somehow I knew one day I'd hear something like that. But I expected him to tell me. I thought he'd turn to me and say, "My real name isn't Jason at all. My real name is Bobby Quinn." Strange. It always felt like Sunday being with Jason. Do you know anything about Sundays, Mr. Mannix?

  Joe Mannix : A little.

  Sharon Carter : Beautiful. Relaxed. But always in the back of your mind, there's the knowledge that it'll soon be Monday. There's no future in being a Sunday-night girl.

  [walks away from Joe] 

  Sharon Carter : You didn't come all the way up here just to tell me he was dead, did you?

  Joe Mannix : No. No. He was working for an electronics company and had just finished some plans for new circuit designs. They seem to be missing, and I've been hired to find them.

  Sharon Carter : Hmm. He was always drawing lines and squiggles. I never knew what they were. You think the plans could be up here?

  Joe Mannix : Well, his employer, Lawrence Martin, is certain they are. He said the last time he saw them, they were folded in a large manila envelope.

  Sharon Carter : No. I haven't seen anything like that around here. I cleaned every inch if this cabin since Jason left, just to keep busy. There's nothing like that here.

  Joe Mannix : Then if they're no here, they've got to be someplace nearby. Where did he go when he was here?

  Sharon Carter : Nowhere, mostly. His boat, the skeet club... to play golf.

  Joe Mannix : Do you know if he dealt with a bank around here?

  Sharon Carter : Yes.

  Joe Mannix : Did he have a safe deposit box?

  Sharon Carter : I don't really know.

  Joe Mannix : How are you as a guide?

  [Sharon turns and looks at Joe] 

  Joe Mannix : I really don't have time to make any wrong turns.

  Sharon Carter : If it was important to Jason, I'd like to help.

  Joe Mannix : Good.