Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series)

The Long Christmas Eve (1983)

Kate Jackson: Mrs. Amanda King

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Quotes 

• Lee Stetson : Do you really think that some Mickey Mouse spy course you're taking can replace actual experience in the field?

  Mrs. Amanda King : This isn't from one of my courses, this is from the cub scout handbook!

• Mrs. Amanda King : [Dimitri offers Amanda some of his vodka]  Oh, eh, no, I, I, really couldn't, I...

  Dimitri : I eat your beans. You drink my vodka.

  Mrs. Amanda King : Well if you insist. Maybe just one little nip to be sociable.

• Mrs. King : [carrying a white flag of truce]  It's Christmas Eve...

  [clears throat] 

  Mrs. King : ... and I don't know what that means to you, but to me it means that we should be thinking about peace... and helping each other. I shouldn't, eh, I shouldn't be here, I should be at home. I have... two little boys. Philip is ten and Jamie is eight, and I should be at home filling their stockings.

  [small voice] 

  Mrs. King : And I wish I were, but I'm not, I'm here.

  [louder] 

  Mrs. King : All I'm asking you to do is just call a truce for a few minutes so that we can help each other. And that's all. now I'm gonna step down, please don't shoot me.

• Mrs. Amanda King : [having just been pushed into the bushes by lee who is now lying atop her]  Le-ee, isn't this a little sudden? I mean, shouldn't we talk about this. This would compromise our whole professional relationship...

  Lee Stetson : Amanda, will you shut up please.

  [gets up] 

  Lee Stetson : Alright, they're gone.

  Mrs. Amanda King : Who's gone?

  Lee Stetson : I saw two men over there with rifles. They're probably just hunters. C'mon.

  Mrs. Amanda King : Oh, so... that's what you were doing, you were protecting me.

  Lee Stetson : Sure. What else would I have been doing?

  Mrs. Amanda King : [Coughs]  Nothing.

• Lee Stetson : Speaking of vodka...

  Mrs. Amanda King : [Trying to feed Lee a dinner of beans]  Oh no, I, I really don't think you should.

  Lee Stetson : For medicinal purposes.

  Mrs. Amanda King : Will you eat your beans?