Mannix (TV Series)

A Rage to Kill (1974)

Mews Small: Joan Cochrane

Quotes 

• Joan Cochrane : You really on a case? Or you just saying that to get next to me?

  Joe Mannix : I'm really on a case.

  [they kiss] 

  Joan Cochrane : How was that?

  Joe Mannix : Unexpected.

  Joan Cochrane : That the best you can do?

  Joe Mannix : Well, I, uh, came here hoping to talk, ask questions.

  Joan Cochrane : All right. Start pitching 'em to me, nice and easy.

  Joe Mannix : You remember a fella named Boyd Wilkins?

  Joan Cochrane : Now you're getting tacky. Why don't you just blow? I don't like tacky men.

  Joe Mannix : You stabbed him during a rock festival.

  Joan Cochrane : There were 70,000 witnesses said it was self-defense. He started getting tacky.

  Joe Mannix : There have been a number of incidents over the past years, not all of them reported to the police.

  Joan Cochrane : Always some dude who didn't know when his time was up.

  Joe Mannix : Have you, by any chance, read a book by Dr. Clement Jarrud?

  Joan Cochrane : Man, I don't even get time to read my own reviews. Busy, busy, busy.

  Joe Mannix : You were a patient of Dr. Jarrud's, weren't you?

  Joan Cochrane : Yeah, I been to so many shrinks, they're like a blur you pass on a motorcycle.

  Joe Mannix : This particular doctor became a real blur by taking a bullet in the temple.

  Joan Cochrane : I know just how he felt. Boom, and it's all over.

  Joe Mannix : You do remember him?

  Joan Cochrane : You sure he's dead? Or did he send you here to shake me down?

  Joe Mannix : Is that what you were afraid of?

  Joan Cochrane : No.

  Joe Mannix : You're "Patient Y" in Dr. Jarrud's book, aren't you? Brilliant entertainer, self-destructive, jealous, possessive. Sometimes striking out murderously at someone who didn't return her love.

  Joan Cochrane : Baby, you've got to be kiddin'. I ain't never had to beg for a man I wanted. Maybe... had some... other little confusions. Guess I needed ol' Clem to... get my head together.

  Joe Mannix : But, uh, after a while, you started digging him?

  Joan Cochrane : Other way around. Wouldn't be the first time some dude fell in love with me.

  Joe Mannix : Are you saying you were having an affair with Dr. Jarrud?

  Joan Cochrane : That so tough to believe?

  Joe Mannix : Well, I heard that he was in love with someone else.

  Joan Cochrane : Never. He dug *me*.

  Joe Mannix : Joan, he only saw you as a patient, not as a woman.

  Joan Cochrane : He loved me. Say he loved me. Say it.

  Joe Mannix : What happened that evening he was killed? Did he tell you it was hopeless? Were you there that evening?

  Joan Cochrane : You think I remember? I could have been anywhere. It was centuries ago. Oh, Clem... what'll I do now?

  Joe Mannix : [softly]  Joan... I'm sorry. Maybe some other time.

  Joan Cochrane : Wait. Don't go. Please don't leave me alone. Don't leave me alone in the dark. Stay with me till the boys get back. Please? Daddy, don't lock me in the closet. Don't whip me. Oh, Clem, protect me. Please don't leave me alone in the dark. What are you still doing here? I can handle it. Go on, get out. Go on, beat it!