Death of A Cheerleader (1994 TV Movie)

Marley Shelton: Jamie Hall

Quotes 

• Meridith : [to Jill, in court, angry]  What do you think you're doing here? This trial is for Stacy's friends!

  Jamie : This isn't a party, Meridith, and there aren't any invited guests! Jill has as much right to be here as you do.

• [Jamie confesses her sins after Angela's arrest] 

  Jamie : [sobs]  I left her alone at the ski lodge, Father. She was my best friend and I left her all alone, because I didn't have the courage to stand up to Stacy.

  Priest : You must forgive yourself, and then find the courage to be her friend now when so many are arrayed against her.

  Jamie : But they won't even let me see her.

  Priest : Be her friend in your heart. The rest will come.

• [Jamie and Angela notice Monica's locker with the word "Killer" in red] 

  Jamie : She had an alibi, you know? There's no way she could've possibly done it. And it didn't matter... they just kept hounding her and hounding her.

  Angela Delvecchio : I know.

  Jamie : All because she was different. And you know what? I did it too. Stacy mocked her, so I mocked her. Stacy said "jump", and I jumped. You know, Angie, I've been thinking about her a lot lately, and I'm ashamed to admit it: I never really liked her. I was just afraid of her. And I've been thinking about her killer too. Maybe it was... I don't know... someone like me.

• [last lines] 

  Jamie : [letter]  Dear Angela: there'd been some changes in my life, and I want you to know about them. I've quit the Larks, and next year I'm quitting Santa Mira too. I'm going back to Saint Joe's where you and I had so many wonderful times. I'm going back, and yet I know I can't really go back anymore than you can or any of us can. We can only go forward, and that's what I hope to do... and that's my hope for you, as we both struggle to understand. Yours always, Jamie Hall.

• Jill : [after Angela's confession]  Why are they doing this to her?

  Jamie : I don't know. She confessed. She admitted she was guilty. She admitted that she killed Stacy Lockwood.

  Jill : [voice breaking]  It's like what Mr. Durning was telling us about in 18th Century New England... the puritans would put sinners in pillories so that the townspeople would come by and spit on them.

  Jamie : Yeah, well I wonder if the puritans got all dressed up for their spitting.