Silk Stalkings (TV Series)

The Loneliest Number (1998)

Chris Potter: Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan

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• Capt. Harry Lipschitz : Listen, this is from Miami PD. Hartford, a. k. a Hart Sullivan, he was also wanted for murder. Since he offed himself in our jurisdiction, I want you two to drive down there.

  Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : Let's see, who do we know in Miami?

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : Oh, no. No, no, no, don't even start.

  Capt. Harry Lipschitz : [realizes]  Evelyn.

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : No, it's not a holiday, and there hasn't been a death in the family. Look,

  [stammers] 

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : I don't have any intention to drop in on my mother. We are quite content leading our separate lives.

  Capt. Harry Lipschitz : Separate.

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : As in apart.

  Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : So we have no problem with you going to Miami.

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : *No*, not a problem.

  [Tom nods at Harry, Harry nods back] 

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : Come on, guys, she's not that bad.

  Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan , Capt. Harry Lipschitz : Yes, she is.

  [they walk away together] 

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : [softly by herself]  Maybe.

• Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : Cassy...

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : Yes?

  Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : There's your mother.

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : [nervously scanning surroundings]  Where?

  Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : Glad to see nothing big's bothering you. Nothing that, say, six or seven hundred sessions with a psychoanalyst couldn't cure.

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : It's not complex, it's simple. I just feel guilty because I don't have a closer relationship with her.

  Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : How can you have a close relationship with somebody you don't even like?

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : I didn't say I don't like her.

  Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : You did.

  Det. Sgt. Cassandra 'Cassy' St. John : No, I didn't. I just said I feel guilty, that's all. I mean, what daughter doesn't love her mother?

  Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan : Well, there's Christina of Joan, Mia's Soon-Yi, then there's Lizzie Borden...