The Rockford Files (TV Series)
Forced Retirement (1977)
Margie Impert: Susan Kenniston
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Quotes
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Susan Kenniston : [Beth, Susan, Lessing, and Harcourt are arguing over whether to continue the underwater project] I don't, because I think I know what's causing this obstructionism: the idea of *me* bringing you business, the idea that *I* have something of my own to bring. As that old saying goes,"It's not enough that I succeed; all of my old friends must fail."
Beth Davenport : I resent that very much, Susan.
Sumner Harcourt : Ladies, ladies, let's not have a cat fight.
Beth Davenport : [Outraged] A cat fight!
Sumner Harcourt : Oh, she's going to get semantic.
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Angel Martin : [Angle approaches Susan when Jim leaves the table] I don't want to seem like I'm being unfriendly to Jimmy, you know, but I looked over here and saw you, admired you, and thought what's Jimmy doing with a nice looking lady, and I thought why is he so dressed up like a West Texas sunrise.
Susan Kenniston : He's from Oklahoma, he's in the oil business. He buys and sells it.
Angel Martin : [Whispering] He buys oil at the gas station just like everybody else.
Susan Kenniston : Why don't you come to the point.
Angel Martin : Thank you.
[He sits down]
Angel Martin : This becomes the difficult part, you see, my momma is sick. One of the only pleasures I have in life is momma... momma... she needs an operation.
Susan Kenniston : How much?
Angel Martin : Fifty.
Susan Kenniston : Cheap operation.
Angel Martin : Uh-huh.
[She hands him the money]
Susan Kenniston : Who is he?
Angel Martin : Jim Rockford.
Susan Kenniston : What's his game?
Angel Martin : Well, I said to the doctor, how does a plumber's assistant, that what I do when the union isn't on strike, how does a plumber's assistant afford all of the the doctor bills, the rehabilitation you know, or the seeing eye dog...
[He pauses while she pulls more money out of her purse]
Angel Martin : the oxygen tent... plastic surgery maybe...
