Mannix (TV Series)

Carol Lockwood, Past Tense (1973)

Jason Evers: Dana Royal

Quotes 

• Joe Mannix : [visiting Royal in his hospital room, Royal having survived a boat explosion]  Well, you must be one rigged fellow, Mr. Royal, considering what you've been through.

  Dana Royal : It'll take more than three days in the ocean to do me in. As a matter of fact, the helicopter was the worst part of it. I never fly if I can help it.

  Joe Mannix : Is that right?

  Dana Royal : I suppose you're here about Carol.

  Joe Mannix : Mostly that, yes.

  Dana Royal : Yeah, it's a terrible thing.

  Joe Mannix : Would you mind telling me why you suddenly decided to see her again on Friday, uh, after backing away so long?

  Dana Royal : I suppose my attorney would call that a loaded question.

  Joe Mannix : Mm-hmmm.

  Dana Royal : At the very least, privileged information. But I don't find telling you.

  Joe Mannix : Good. I'd like to know.

  Dana Royal : Well, we were after bluefin tuna. There hasn't been one around these waters for years. And then all at once, last week, no rhyme or reason, they were back. Carol and I used to chase bluefin up and down Baja in the old days. And when this terrific run started, it just made sense to a call through to an old fishing pal.

  Joe Mannix : Any ideas about the explosion, the cause of it?

  Dana Royal : [shakes his head]  No. All of a sudden, there was this... roar, and... flame and... then the boat... disintegrated. And the next thing I knew, I was in the water.

  Joe Mannix : Holding on to a piece of wreckage?

  Dana Royal : And doing some praying, I don't mind telling you... till I was spotted. A miracle's the only way I can describe it.

  Joe Mannix : I'd say half a miracle.

  Dana Royal : What?

  Joe Mannix : Your passenger wasn't so lucky.

  Dana Royal : No. I never did see poor Carol from the moment of the explosion.

  Joe Mannix : How do you account for that?

  Dana Royal : Well, naturally, I've wondered about it myself. Could be that she was struck by... something and was unconscious before she hit the water.

  Joe Mannix : The medical examiner goes along with you on that. Figures she could've been dead a split second before she hit the water.

  Dana Royal : Yeah, I suppose that's possible.

  Joe Mannix : Or for that matter, even an hour before. No way of telling.

  Dana Royal : I can tell you. She wasn't. Listen, Mannix... let's not, either of us, be under any delusions here.

  Joe Mannix : I didn't know we were.

  Dana Royal : You think I don't realize you'd give your eyeteeth to sink a hook into me, after Carol?

  Joe Mannix : You're taking too much credit. I haven't really been an ardent fan of yours since long before I ever met Carol. But get well anyway. By the way, uh, I was sorry to hear about your man McIver.

  Dana Royal : Who?

  Joe Mannix : Allan McIver. He flies for you. Uh, your Trianon lines.

  Dana Royal : Well, Trainon's just one of my many interests. I don't know everybody who works for me. What about him?

  Joe Mannix : He's been missing the last couple of days.

  Dana Royal : Well, I'd hardly know about that, would I? I've been a little out of touch myself lately.