Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

World's Oldest Motive (1987)

Diane D'Aquila: Ellen Powell

Quotes 

• Ellen Powell : [David turns off Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, runs down the stairs]  Noooo I was watching tha-a-a-a-a-a-at!

  David Powell : I'm sorry but you weren't even in here.

  Ellen Powell : I was watching in the bedroom. You know I never miss meeting my hotshot real estate mogul. So how many rustic fixer uppers did you sell today?

• David Powell : Did you have any idea how much these chairs are going to cost? $2,100 for two chairs. I'm still trying to pay off the jacuzzi and the new patio that you wanted.

  Ellen Powell : Sure, blame it on me. I just wanted to give us a place where we could entertain your boss like the Hendersons do. And maybe he'd see you could handle the big commercial clients instead of pushing those $50,000 hovels. But no, you only think about what it costs, you are so cheap.

  David Powell : Cheap, who are you calling cheap? Didn't I buy you that stupid diamond necklace you wanted so badly? 'I just have to have that'. I could've bought a car for what that thing cost.

• Ellen Powell : You're not coming into this bedroom.

  David Powell : I wouldn't be caught dead in there.

  Ellen Powell : You've been dead in there for years.

  David Powell : You're absolutely right, but who wouldn't die in there? No man has come within 10 feet of your bed except Johnny Carson, you even fell asleep on him.

• David Powell : I don't have to take this off of you anymore.

  Ellen Powell : Then get a divorce, you think it's tough now, you just wait. I'll make your life miserable.

  David Powell : You already perfected that to a fine art. And it's too bad because I used to love you, a long time ago.