The Rockford Files (TV Series)
Quickie Nirvana (1977)
James Luisi: Lt. Doug Chapman
Quotes
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Alan Bayliss : [Jim and Sky are in Alan Bayliss' office, along with Chapman, trying to 'shake' Bayliss up, and get him nervous about the $30,000. Chapman's sitting on Bayliss' desk, asking him questions, which Bayliss answers in a mocking tone] Let me just see if I can recap, lieutenant; Jane alleges that I gave her an envelope containing thirty thousand dollars which she was to deliver to a man on the Venice boardwalk?
Lt. Doug Chapman : That's correct.
Alan Bayliss : Well, that allegation has absolutely no basis in fact.
[Bayliss turns to Sky, who's sitting Lotus-style on his glass coffee table, and in a faux paternalistic voice, he admonishes her, as she looks up at him]
Alan Bayliss : Jane; are you concocting this because you're still angry about the fact that I wouldn't let you and the other girls smoke grass
[Alan looks at Chapman to emphasise this 'horrible' thing]
Alan Bayliss : at lunch hour?
Jane Patten : Oh, wow, Alan it's better than knocking back 3 martinis like you do.
Lt. Doug Chapman : Is that true, Miss Patten - are you a marijuana user?
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Jim Rockford : [Jim and Sky find Mac Grunmer - the man she was to deliver the $30k to - hanging, dead, of an apparent suicide, at the Ritz On The Beach Hotel, and Jim thinks it was a murder set-up to appear like a suicide, but, Chapman - of course, disagrees] I'm telling you, Chapman, the man hanging on the end of that rope could have been murdered.
Lt. Doug Chapman : [Loudly, and angrily] He's a suicide. The man's hands weren't even tied, not a sign of a struggle.
Jim Rockford : Grunning was a pill-head. I give you a snoot-full of downers and some cheap Zinfandel, I could hoist you from the ceiling pretty easy.
Lt. Doug Chapman : He's a loser, Rockford. He got tired of barbiturates, and took the big downer.
[Chapman thrusts his finger towards Jim, for emphasis]
Lt. Doug Chapman : It happens every day!