Masquerade (TV Series)

Pilot (1983)

Rod Taylor: Mr. Lavender

Quotes 

• Mr. Lavender : [whispering a vow after finding his friend murdered by Wolfen]  He'll pay for it, John. I promise you.

• Jacques Marchand : It's not like the old days. We no sooner get a new agent trained, and they've got him cross-indexed in that damn computer and marked for execution.

  Mr. Lavender : New times require new methods. We've got to find people who have no previous record in intelligence work.

  Jacques Marchand : Untrained agents running around the world? I hope we never get that desperate.

• Mr. Lavender : [Shouldering their way through a crowd of tourists in the Washington D.C. airport]  Marchand, I believe I've seen the light. Just think of it - tourists! We've got them all over the world.

  Jacques Marchand : A dreadful specter.

  Mr. Lavender : A wonderful opportunity. Good, hardy American stock, and specialists in just about anything you can think of.

  Jacques Marchand : Lavender, you would no more send a...

  Mr. Lavender : Oh, yes, I would! Who could you find more loyal? And just think of it: every one of them would do anything for a chance at a little adventure.

  Jacques Marchand : How would you do it? How would you find them?

  Mr. Lavender : Exactly the same way the Russians find all our agents - with computers. Jacques, go back to Paris.

  Jacques Marchand : Well, what are we going to call this little operation when Paris starts asking me what I'm up to?

  Mr. Lavender : We'll call it Operation: Masquerade.

• Mr. Lavender : The point is each has special skills. Now, how we'll use them you'll learn as we go along. But the object of our mission is to discredit this man you're about to see: Peter Sergov, codename Wolfen. He has singlehandedly been responsible for the deaths of countless American agents. And make no mistake: he'll kill you if he finds out you work for us.

• Heather Pulaski : I just don't believe it. My Jerry, a hero? Why didn't he say something?

  Mr. Lavender : Everyone working for us was given strict orders not to give information to their families. It would place their lives in jeopardy.

  Heather Pulaski : To think all these years I just thought he was a plumber.

  Mr. Lavender : Right now, he's the most important plumber in the world.

• [last lines] 

  Casey Collins : Well, I guess this is it. The end of our little adventure.

  Danny Doyle : Yes.

  Casey Collins : Back to the police academy.

  Mr. Lavender : Oh, I wouldn't say that! It seems we did so well handling Wolfen, we've got another assignment.

  Danny Doyle : Beautiful!

  Casey Collins : You're kidding!

  Danny Doyle : Where are we going?

  Mr. Lavender : Tahiti.

  Casey Collins , Danny Doyle : Tahiti!

  [celebratory laughter, freeze frame, roll end credits]