Silk Stalkings (TV Series)
Dance Fever (1999)
Chris Potter: Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan
Quotes
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Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : [after Tom made disparaging mamba remark] It's salsa, and you don't have to be snarky about it because you hate dancing.
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : I do not hate dancing!
Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : You were the only one who wouldn't dance with the bride at our wedding
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Capt. Harry Lipschitz : [peering over Tom's shoulder as he struggles to thread the needle] Gimme that!
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : [yelps] Ah! Jeesh!
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : Give it to me! It's so simple...!
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : Thank you.
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : [threads needle fluently] There.
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : Where did you learn to do that?
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : [shrugs uncomfortably] I... I don't know.
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : Frannie taught you.
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : [shakes his head] No, she didn't.
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : [insists] Frannie taught you.
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : She did *not*!
[nods]
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : My lieutenant in Korea. Sometimes at night we would... sit around and sow,
[Tom looks at him skeptically]
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : that's all. Men... mending sow. Mending. You know, socks, shorts. You know.
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : [amused] Oh, yeah, I know.
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : No, you don't know! You don't know! The whole unit sowed! We... we... we were bored, there was nothing else to do, so...
[waving hands about]
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : we sowed.
[starts leaving]
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : Sure, Harry. Just a couple of guys... sat around the camp...
Capt. Harry Lipschitz : Sowing. Sowed. Right.
[about to leave]
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : Yeah. Did you and the lieutenant ever, uh...
[grins]
Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : hold Tupperware parties?
[Harry grimaces bitterly, goes out, slams that door...!]