Nightmare Cafe (TV Series)

Nightmare Cafe (1992)

Lindsay Frost: Fay Peronivic

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  [Frank hears Fay jump into the harbor and tries to rescue her] 

  Frank Nolan : Hey!... Hey!

  [after searching the dark water unsuccessfully, Frank climbs onto the pier, then bumps into Fay in the fog] 

  Frank Nolan : I thought you drowned. Are you okay?

  Fay Peronivic : Get away from me!

  Frank Nolan : What were you doin' out there? You need someone to talk to?

  Fay Peronivic : Do you think I need a shoulder to lean on? Wrong! You think you found a little lost lamb? You didn't!

  Frank Nolan : Got it. I think we could use a little hot coffee.

  Fay Peronivic : In your dreams!

  [Fay turns to where she hears the sound of a jukebox as a restaurant's "Open" sign suddenly flickers on. Fay and Frank are strangely attracted to the music and walk towards the cafe] 

• Frank Nolan : [introducing himself]  Frank Nolan.

  Fay Peronivic : Fay Peronivic.

  Frank Nolan : Fay's a pretty name. It means "beautiful" in Tahitian, I'm pretty sure.

  Fay Peronivic : I don't feel beautiful. I feel wet and I've got sand in...

  [inspects her dress] 

  Fay Peronivic : What's the Tahitian word for ugly?

  Frank Nolan : Yaf.

  Fay Peronivic : Yaf?

• Frank Nolan : Hello? Customers!

  [Frank finds the cafe's kitchen empty] 

  Fay Peronivic : Where the heck is everyone?

  Frank Nolan : What'll you have?

  Fay Peronivic : You can't do that!

  Frank Nolan : Sure I can. International rules of empty cafes - nobody home, you help yourself.

• [Frank touches Fay's shoulders as he walks past her behind the counter] 

  Fay Peronivic : Hey! Careful, Mister! I wrote the book on guys like you.

  Frank Nolan : "Friendly Men and How to Avoid Them"?

  Fay Peronivic : I'm spoken for.

  Frank Nolan : Lucky you... and lucky him.

• [shivering in her wet dress] 

  Fay Peronivic : Aren't you... cold?

  Frank Nolan : I've been colder. Once in Alaska, I lived on an iceberg for a year. 'Course at the time, I was...

  Fay Peronivic : ...married to a penguin.

  [Frank stares at Fay in disbelief] 

  Fay Peronivic : I heard that somewhere before. Sorry.

  Frank Nolan : I just made that up.

• [Frank turns on the TV and sees himself at his former job as a night watchman] 

  Frank Nolan : Who's that?

  Fay Peronivic : That's... Clark Kent. I hear he just got canned from The Daily Planet. Why don't you enjoy the movie and I'll get you another cup of coffee...

  Fay Peronivic : [slowly backs away from Frank]  ... in Ohio.

• [On the strange TV, Fay sees Frank's truck explode as he tries to escape] 

  Fay Peronivic : That's it, Frank? You're leaving me in this alone?

  [Fay takes Frank's dishes and is about to put them into the sink when Frank explodes out from the soapy water] 

  Frank Nolan : Miss me? You know what? I don't think this is your run-of-the-mill all-night café.

  [Frank pulls a crab out from under his shirt while Fay watches the water drain completely out of the small sink] 

• [Boyle and the driver from Frank's nightmare enter the café with guns drawn] 

  Fay Peronivic : Hey guys! Couple of cups of hot coffee, boys? Maybe some butter for the gun?

  Boyle : Where is he?

  Fay Peronivic : The wet guy? He's hiding in the ladies' room.

  [the two thugs enter the bathroom and find themselves in a police target shooting gallery] 

  Police Shooting Gallery Attendant : The Fifth Annual All-Precinct Turkey Shoot is officially open! Take your places! Ready! Aim!

  Fay Peronivic : [to herself]  This place has possibilities.

  [the thugs flee as sounds of shooting erupt from the women's room] 

  Fay Peronivic : Hey! You boys remember to put the seat down?

  Fay Peronivic : [to herself]  I can't believe I just did that.

  Fay Peronivic : [sighs]  If only I had the guts to do that in my own life.

• [Boyle starts shooting at Frank and Fay as they speed off] 

  Fay Peronivic : Oh, they want to play, huh?

  [Faye steers her station wagon aggressively around a corner] 

  Fay Peronivic : [to Frank]  Maybe you better put on your seat belt.

• [Fay's game of chicken results in the gangsters driving off the pier] 

  Frank Nolan : Where did you learn to drive like that?

  Fay Peronivic : You haven't met my mother.

• [Fay steps to the edge of the pier and prepares to commit suicide by drowning] 

  Fay Peronivic : What am I doing here? I don't have to do this. Kill myself just because some guy dumps me? I'm punishing the wrong person! I'm as good as anybody.

  Frank Nolan : [from behind her]  Better than most.

• [Frank and Fay jump into the harbor fleeing from Al] 

  Fay Peronivic : I can't swim!

  Frank Nolan : Doesn't matter.

  Fay Peronivic : Help! Save us!

  Frank Nolan : Fay, nobody can save us.

  Fay Peronivic : Why not?

  Frank Nolan : Because we're already dead.

• Fay Peronivic : But we're both still dead.

  Blackie : Oh, such a negative word. The first time you jumped in despair. The second time you jumped because you wanted to live.

  Fay Peronivic : Big difference it made.

  Blackie : Well, you're here aren't you?

  Fay Peronivic : Then we're alive?

  Blackie : Courtesy of the café. It gave you a second chance. You did the right thing. Good for you; good for the café... especially since it had a couple of job openings. Made a difference in your lives - now you get to make a difference in other people's lives. Here, everybody gets a second chance!

• [opens the café's door to reveal the Earth shining in the distance] 

  Blackie : They're out there, buckaroos. Good or bad, dead or alive, we get 'em all. In they wander, never suspecting this place is anything out of the ordinary, never knowing what secrets lie beyond the doors... and you have been selected to help them - and maybe learn something about yourselves along the way.

  Fay Peronivic : Selected by... who?

  Blackie : Let's just say a higher authority and leave it at that.

• Frank Nolan : What about you?

  Fay Peronivic : Yeahhh. Who are you anyway?

  Blackie : Aw, I'm just some guy who bet you wouldn't do the right thing... but you did.

  Frank Nolan : So you lost.

  Blackie : I lost on you, but wait till the customers start coming.

  Frank Nolan : When does that happen?

  Blackie : Oh, any time now. They come in, they get a cup of coffee, a couple eggs maybe and then, whatever they've got comin'. Could be a wish, a second chance or, if they deserve it, they're own worst nightmare.

• [Al is trying to flee the cafe] 

  Fay Peronivic : A cup of coffee, Al?

  Frank Nolan : What would you like for your last meal?