Meredith Henderson: Shirley Holmes

Quotes 

• Shirley Holmes : Miss Radcliff - she's the star?

  Angela : Star, director, angel of death...

  Shirley Holmes : Why did the painters quit?

  Angela : They're afraid for their lives. The last time Rebecca played Titania, the theater went up in flames.

  Freddie : That was 20 years ago.

  Angela : Some people think Rebecca has the evil eye. She's a jinx.

  Shirley Holmes : But what about the jinx? Are you saying she sees accidents before they're going to happen or she's making them happen?

  Angela : Maybe both.

• Rebecca Ratcliff : This is absurd. Why would anyone want to ruin the show?

  Shirley Holmes : Not ruin the show - ruin you. Did you know Angela is Burton's girlfriend?

  Rebecca Ratcliff : Oh... I see.

  Shirley Holmes : Miss Radcliff, what else do you see?

• [Shirley and Bo act on Rebecca's vision of water and a broken elbow] 

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : A plumbing elbow - you're good. The way Greg had it rigged, it would have flooded the whole stage.

  Shirley Holmes : According to my reading, psychic messages can be highly symbolic. You have to learn to interpret them.

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : I get the feeling Rebecca wishes she never got them at all.

  Shirley Holmes : Yeah. It's hard when you see things other people don't.

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Yeah...

  [Bo glances meaningfully at Shirley] 

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : It must be.

• [Shirley is trying to crack open a safe] 

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : This is a little more complicated than breaking into someone's locker.

  Shirley Holmes : The doctor is in!

• [Shirley and Bo are locked inside the safe] 

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Any suggestions, doctor?

  Shirley Holmes : An emergency lockdectomy.

• [Shirley recites her lines to her father and grandmother] 

  Robert Holmes : Word perfect.

  Peggy Holmes : Wonderful!

  Shirley Holmes : Gotta get ready. Dress rehersal is at six.

  Peggy Holmes : I'll be there... Robert?

  [Robert Holmes seems lost in a reverie] 

  Robert Holmes : She's so much like Joanna.

  Peggy Holmes : Yes.

• Shirley Holmes : My mother went missing four years ago in Rwanda. My dad sent me to see Dr. Brooks. He's worried because I don't believe she's dead.

  Rebecca Ratcliff : And you think... because of what I said I know something about her?

  [Shirley nods] 

  Rebecca Ratcliff : You know, I think it was the strength of you feelings that put those words into my mouth. But you *have* to believe in your feelings. I wish I had 20 years ago.

• Robert Holmes : You were wonderful.

  Shirley Holmes : I wish Mom could have been here.

  Robert Holmes : So do I, darling. So do I.

• [last lines] 

  Shirley Holmes : [narrating]  Dad and I have reached an agreement. He'll stop worrying about me so much and I'll try to find more interests. I don't anticipate that being a problem. But someday, Mom, he'll see what I see - that somehow, somewhere, you're alive!