| “ | Try this for a deep, dark secret: the great detective, Remington Steele? He doesn't exist. I invented him. Follow. I always loved excitement, so I studied, and apprenticed, and put my name on an office. But absolutely nobody knocked down my door. A female private investigator seemed so... feminine. So I invented a superior. A decidedly MASCULINE superior. Suddenly there were cases around the block. It was working like a charm... until the day HE walked in, with his blue eyes and mysterious past. And before I knew it, he assumed Remington Steele's identity. Now I do the work, and he takes the bows. It's a dangerous way to live, but as long as people buy it, I can get the job done. We never mix business with pleasure. Well, almost never. I don't even know his real name! | „ |
| ~ Laura Holt's narration from the season 1 opening credits |
Laura Holt a private investigator played by Stephanie Zimbalist in the series Remington Steele, invented the title character as a fictitious male superior. She saw this as a way to avoid sexual discrimination because "a female private investigator seemed so...feminine." Her former employers, Havenhurst Security, where she had apprenticed, are now believed to have actually forced her into staging the ruse because to them, she was apparently too self-seeking and teamwork-averse for them to permit her to succeed as a private investigator.
Laura is extremely diligent, and searching for the truth is usually her only goal. If she senses that something is amiss or that there are loose ends that haven't been tied up, she will stop at nothing until the case is solved and closed...even if it means burying herself in paperwork.
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