Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
Footnote to Murder (1985)
Paul Sand: Horace Lynchfield
Quotes
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[last lines]
Horace Lynchfield : Now, what I need is some cigarettes and a stiff drink. Let's get out of here, okay?
Jessica Fletcher : Oh! At the risk of sounding like a nag, Horace, you're gonna have to do something about your drinking.
Horace Lynchfield : Are you saying to cut back? That would be like depriving a race car of its gasoline.
Clerk : Oh. May I help you?
[Horace pulls out his gun-shaped lighter, the clerk sees it, screams and presses the alarm]
Jessica Fletcher : You might also consider giving up, uh, cigarettes.
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[first lines]
Horace Lynchfield : Why go on...? Alone... Rejected... And not even a last cigarette.
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Jessica Fletcher : Are we going to that reception?
Horace Lynchfield : With free drinks? That is a rhetorical question.
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A.D.A. Mel Comstock : So you admit the sword umbrella is yours.
Horace Lynchfield : Right. I bought it at an antique store on Second Avenue.
A.D.A. Mel Comstock : You bought it for the purpose of killing Mr. Post.
Horace Lynchfield : No, I bought it, because it was raining.
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Jessica Fletcher : Maybe you didn't spend the night with her.
Horace Lynchfield : I didn't?
Jessica Fletcher : Maybe she made it up to give herself an alibi.
Horace Lynchfield : I hope not. I was so looking forward to remembering.
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Jessica Fletcher : Horace, you've got to take this thing seriously. Somebody has killed Hemsley Post.
Horace Lynchfield : All right. I'm almost positive I didn't do it. Now what can I do to help?
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Horace Lynchfield : Stray dogs, alcoholic poets, beginning writers. No wonder I'm so crazy about you!