- [first lines]
- Walker: Can I help at all?
- Jack Halford: Oh, I was just looking at the various courses.
- Walker: New members are always welcome.
- Jack Halford: And, um, these lectures?
- Walker: Yes, each lecture is given by a U3A member, usually drawing on experience from their previous life. Uh, I mean their professional life.
- [they chuckle]
- Walker: What did you do?
- Jack Halford: I was a police officer.
- Walker: Oh, really? Retired presumably now, with some extra time on your hands.
- Jack Halford: [answering a call from Sandra on his mobile] Not exactly.
- Stuart Russell: [about being shot years ago] I always thought it was a case of mistaken identity, myself.
- Gerry Standing: Seems fairly unlikely given your record. I mean, you were hardly a boy scout, were you?
- Stuart Russell: I was, as it happens. Three badges.
- [last lines]
- D.A.C. Strickland: Oh, Jack, can I have a word?
- Jack Halford: Yes, sir.
- D.A.C. Strickland: I heard about your lectures. News travels fast; I think it's fantastic.
- Jack Halford: Really?
- D.A.C. Strickland: And it made me think, all that experience you've got up here, all that knowledge, what better to do with it than pass it on to junior officers, new recruits...
- Jack Halford: Oh, no, sir, I don't...
- D.A.C. Strickland: No, let me tell you, let me tell you what I'm thinking. A weekly talk perhaps, with a Q and A...
- Jack Halford: But it was just a one off, sir...
- D.A.C. Strickland: A chance for them to pick your brain. It would really be an opportunity to...
- [the fire alarm goes off. Gerry, looking innocent, walks away from an activated pull station]