Night Court (TV Series)
Giving Thanks (1986)
Markie Post: Christine Sullivan
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Quotes
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Christine Sullivan : Mr. Phelps, why are you doing this?
Cyril Phelps : Because, uh, I'm thirty-eight years old...
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : [pouring a glass of champagne] Well, so am I!
Cyril Phelps : And I'm a virgin.
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : [lifts the glass] Happy landings.
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[Dan's assignation with Christine is interrupted by a jumper on the balcony]
Christine Sullivan : What are you doing out there?
Cyril Phelps : Isn't it obvious? I'm plunging to my death!
Christine Sullivan : You can't do that!
Cyril Phelps : Why?
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : Yeah, why?
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Christine Sullivan : Dan, you saved my life.
Harry Stone : Miss Sullivan, he felt you up.
Christine Sullivan : Dan, how can I possibly repay you?
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : [Initially laughs it off, until...] Sleep with me.
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Judge Harry T. Stone : Listen, Dan is just using this as an excuse to hit on you.
Christine Sullivan : I know that! But he saved my life, Your Honor, he rescued me...
Judge Harry T. Stone : [dramatically] From the jaws of death moments before an agonizing demise!
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Judge Harry T. Stone : [taps Christine on the shoulder] Miss Sullivan...
Christine Sullivan : [jumps] Agh, don't touch me!
Judge Harry T. Stone : [to the crowd] We're trying to get her to switch to decaf.
Christine Sullivan : I'm sorry, Your Honor, I'm a little bit on edge.
Judge Harry T. Stone : No, no, no. Lizzie Borden was a little bit on edge. You are downright freaked.
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Christine Sullivan : Dan, I can't sleep with you!
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : I understand. There's no reason you should feel obligated.
Christine Sullivan : There isn't?
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding : No, of course not. I mean, after all, what did I do but... grab you from the jaws of death, moments before an agonizing demise?
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Christine Sullivan : In conclusion, Your Honor, I would like to state that even though my client has pleaded guilty... uh... we would like to, uh... request a suspended sentence due to the circumstances... Your Honor! May I request that the prosecutor refrain from ogling me during my closing statements?
Judge Harry T. Stone : Sustained. Does the prosecutor have anything pertinent to add?
[Dan lets out a lascivious growl]
Judge Harry T. Stone : Let the record show the prosecution exhaled wantonly.
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Christine Sullivan : You thought I wasn't old enough to make my own decisions, didn't you? You all thought I needed to be condescended to and chaperoned like a teenage girl, didn't you?
Court Clerk MacIntosh 'Mac' Robinson , Judge Harry T. Stone , Rosalind 'Roz' Russell , Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon : Yes.