The Sweeney (TV Series)
Thin Ice (1975)
John Flanagan: DS Matt Mathews
Quotes
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Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Did anyone recall Thorpe?
DS Matt Mathews : From the dogs' home, you mean?
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Yeah, you did put Thorpe onto the kennels, didn't you?
Det. Sgt. George Carter : Yeah, but you haven't told me to take him off.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Yeah I know I didn't tell you to, but I can't think of everything, can I?
Det. Sgt. George Carter : Sorry, Guv. I just got so carried away with this caper.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Well what were your last instructions to him?
Det. Sgt. George Carter : Wait there till he was relieved.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : How long ago was that?
Det. Sgt. George Carter : [sheepishly] Three days.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : There are some times, George, when I believe you're incapable of looking after a potted plant, let alone personnel.
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Charlie Norton : It was the night I got out. I came home...
Det. Sgt. George Carter : Is that your opening part? "It was the night I got out"?
Charlie Norton : Isn't that what I said?
Det. Sgt. George Carter : Yeah, but come on, Charlie. You can do better than that.
DS Matt Mathews : Where were you the night you came out?
Charlie Norton : I was on the town, wasn't I? Celebrating. And I came home and there she was in bed, lying there with nothing on but a mink coat. "God," I said, "where did you get that?"
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : All right, Charlie, skip that bit. Tell us what happened on the night of the killing.
Charlie Norton : I'm leading up to it!
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Yeah, like a 19th-century novellist, three hundred boring pages.