Tales of the City (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.6 (1993)

Marcus D'Amico: Michael Tolliver

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• Mona Ramsay : Michael, I think D'orothea has a drug problem.

  Michael : What makes you think that?

  Mona Ramsay : Yesterday I was in her study on the phone calling information trying to get her parents phone number and home address in Oakland when I found a horde of these totally unidentifiable capsules in her desk drawer while I was looking for a pen to write down her parents address. And later when I asked her about the pills, she started acting really... jumpy.

  Michael : Has she been acting jumpy otherwise?

  Mona Ramsay : Well... no, not exactly.

  Michael : Then it's probably nothing. Relax.

  Mona Ramsay : I can't. I'm saving my last Quaalude for Christmas Eve.

• Mary Ann Singleton : Michael, if I tell you something else, you must swear on a stack of Bibles that you will never EVER tell a living soul?

  Michael Tolliver : [sarcastic]  You think I'd cross you, baby? I've seen what you to your enemies!

  Mary Ann Singleton : Forget it!

  Michael Tolliver : No, please! I'm sorry. I promise. Come on, tell me.

  Mary Ann Singleton : Norman wasn't just a pornographer, Michael. He was a private eye.

  Michael Tolliver : Jesus! How do you know?

  Mary Ann Singleton : He told me. Right before he fell. He also told me that he was working on a big case that was going to make him a lot of money. It made me start to wonder about why he came to Barbary Lane in the first place and why he was always questioning me about certain things.

  Michael Tolliver : Wow! Go on.

  Mary Ann Singleton : Well, when I got back to the house after... you know... I got his spare key out of the basement and went through his room again. I found this huge file he was hiding. Do you know what he was investigating?

  Michael Tolliver : What?

  Mary Ann Singleton : Mrs. Madrigal.

  Michael Tolliver : What?

  Mary Ann Singleton : I couldn't believe it either.

  Michael Tolliver : Well, what did it say?

  Mary Ann Singleton : I don't know. I burned it. I couldn't bring myself to open it, so I took it outside, threw it into a trash can and I burned it. Why do you think I was late for the party?