Alien Nation (1989 TV Movie)

Loyda Ramos: Officer Maria Puente

Quotes 

• Officer Maria Puente : [voice over, as she confesses on why she killed Tuggle, Sikes former partner]  You have to understand something about me. Before I was a cop , I was a guard. At the woman's prison in Chino. You can't imagine the kinds of things that go on in there. What woman do to other woman. Particulary if they find out that a woman was a guard or a cop... The Overseers. Yes. I can tell you about the Overseers. When they were on the ship, they used a special gas in the atmosphere to keep the slaves submissive. When the ship crashed, they snuck away amongst the slaves. They found some underworld connections to manufacture the gas to use on whoever they wanted to control. I found out they were making it in that factory on my beat. Ans I went on the take. To keep it quiet and to keep others away. They paid me a lot. A lot... Then Tuggs' research led him to figure out the truth about them and me. He gave me 24 hours to give myself up. But I had seen Chino , man. And I knew what they would do to me in there. I couldn't go in there, Matt. I couldn't...

  [reaches for a gun but Sikes stops her from shooting herself] 

  Officer Maria Puente : Why didn't you let me die?

  [crying] 

  Officer Maria Puente : Why didn't you let me die?