Inspector Morse (TV Series)
The Dead of Jericho (1987)
John Thaw: Chief Inspector Morse
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Quotes
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Chief Superintendent Strange : Well, I've got some good and bad news for you Morse. We're not going to give you the Super's job.
Chief Inspector Morse : Right.
Chief Superintendent Strange : You're a clever sod, but you don't say the right things to the right people. You never will. It doesn't bother me, but it doesn't do you any good.
[pauses]
Chief Superintendent Strange : You didn't want it anyway, did you?
Chief Inspector Morse : No.
Chief Superintendent Strange : I mean the point is, you're unorthodox. Look at you. It's not exactly... well, anyway, fine. I like that. It doesn't bother me.
Chief Inspector Morse : Was that the good or the bad news?
Chief Superintendent Strange : We're giving Bell the job. He's not exactly a brain merchant, but he does... well, you know, I don't have to tell you. He's, erm, he... he fills in the forms, he always says the right thing.
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Chief Inspector Morse : I'd expect you've heard your boss is getting promoted.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Yes sir.
Chief Inspector Morse : Good, eh?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Oh, yes sir, marvellous.
Chief Inspector Morse : I'm a quite different kettle of fish Lewis.
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[last lines]
Chief Inspector Morse : Fancy a pint?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : I'd like to, but...
Chief Inspector Morse : Yeah, I know.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : See you tomorrow.
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Chief Inspector Morse : The man who killed Anne Staveley is called Sophocles.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Who's he when he's at home?
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : Morning, Sir!
Chief Inspector Morse : You're one of those people who has breakfast, aren't you?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Oh, yes, sir!
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : Look, okay, I don't know who this bloke is. Am I supposed to? At least I can survive half an hour's work without reaching for a beer glass.
Chief Inspector Morse : That's a good idea, Lewis. We still haven't celebrated your birthday!
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Chief Inspector Morse : I wanna know what happened to the son she had adopted. Social services will tell you. And if they get stroppy and awkward, get very stroppy and awkward back.
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : You see, somebody's lying. That's the point. I can't work out who.
Chief Inspector Morse : No, I'll tell you what's worse. I don't believe anybody.
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : Still, at least we can make one arrest.
Chief Inspector Morse : Who's that?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : This Sophocles chap.
Chief Inspector Morse : Lewis, Sophocles died two and a half thousand years ago.
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : I can't imagine marrying *my* mother.
Chief Inspector Morse : Well, Oedipus wasn't too happy about it either.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Wasn't she a bit old for him?
Chief Inspector Morse : She was very attractive.
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : Do I know this Sophocles?
Chief Inspector Morse : Only if you loved your mother, Lewis.
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : Well, I'll check, but I don't think it was money he got for a job.
Chief Inspector Morse : Well, I don't see why not.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Well, that's 'cause you're in a bad mood.
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Chief Inspector Morse : It's only a small job. A little dent on the wing.