Silk Stalkings (TV Series)

Crush (1993)

Denise Gentile: Valerie Carlson

Quotes 

• Kathleen Carlson : [stepmother opens door while she's kissing forbidden boyfriend on the porch]  Do you mind?

  Valerie Carlson : Kathleen, this isn't very smart. You know how your father feels about you and...

  [gestures at Darren] 

  Kathleen Carlson : Darren. Can't you even say it?

  Darren Langford : Look, I'm outa here, Kat. I'll call you tomorrow.

  Valerie Carlson : Not a good idea. My husband can make trouble for you, and your life will get complicated. Stay away from her.

  Kathleen Carlson : You're *not* my mother!

  Valerie Carlson : Go upstairs. Do you want your father to come down here?

  [commands:] 

  Valerie Carlson : Go upstairs.

• Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : [as Valerie lies sunbathing topless]  Mrs. Carson?

  Valerie Carlson : [looks up]  This is getting a bit tiresome, Detective.

  Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : [as she sits upright unashamedly]  You're under arrest for suspicion of murder.

  Valerie Carlson : [wry smile]  That sounds like a joke.

  [takes sip of her drink] 

  Valerie Carlson : But I suppose it isn't.

  Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : It's no joke.

  [tosses her robe at her] 

  Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : You have the right to remain silent.

• Sgt. Rita Lee Lance : [in interrogation room]  Did you have sex with him that afternoon?

  Valerie Carlson : Yeah. I know that having sex with a minor is against the law, but I assure you it was consensual. I met him there at 2:30. Or it was close to three. You can check with the private investigator my husband hired to follow me. He must have written it down. When he wasn't playing with his long lens. Anyway, we made love as soon as he got there. On the floor. He liked it that way. We made it again about a half hour later. You shocked?

  Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : No, I'm not shocked. Maybe I've been on this job too long, but your attitude makes me sick. This is all some perverted joke to you. To you, Darren's life doesn't mean anything. You used him.

  [raises voice:] 

  Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : You used him like he was some cheap sex toy to get your bells on! You would...

  Sgt. Rita Lee Lance : [interrupts that heated outburst]  *What* did the two of you argue about? We have statements from the neighbors that it was quite loud and violent.

  Valerie Carlson : He fell in love with me. He said he wanted me to leave my husband...

  [shakes her head] 

  Valerie Carlson : to live some fantasy he dreamed up. The two of us living in my little condo happily ever after.

  [Rita looks morose to hear this] 

  Valerie Carlson : He forced me to tell him how things really were. He didn't handle it very well.

  Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : That's not how it was. I talked to Darren the night before he died. He told me that he was blowing the only decent thing in his life. He said he was messing everything up, but he couldn't stop it because it was like an addiction. You were that addiction, weren't you?

  [shakes his head] 

  Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : He wasn't in love with you. He was in love with *Kathleen.* But you seduced him and wouldn't let go. That's what you fought about that day. He came over to tell you that it was over,

  [yells, points:] 

  Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : and *you* couldn't handle it!

  Valerie Carlson : I didn't know this was personal, Detective.

  Sgt. Chris Lorenzo : [nods angrily, yells:]  You're damn right this is personal!