Being Human (TV Series)

Long Live the King (2010)

Aidan Turner: Mitchell

Quotes 

• Mitchell : Hey George, you wanna watch The Real Hustle?

  [Mitchel turns on the TV] 

  George : Oh I'd really like that, Mitchell. Women, you think you're such authorities, like the way you deal with emotions is the only way.

  Mitchell : It's not on.

  George : Uh yeah it is, at like 10:30.

  Mitchell : No, they've moved it.

  George : What, no, you're kidding me. No, I was looking forward to that.

  Mitchell : 10:30, Thursday, that's Real Hustle time. A fucking child knows that.

  George : Could I not just have one good thing in my life?

  Mitchell : It just drives me insane when they move stuff around.

  Mitchell : Don't I deserve it? Don't I deserve one bloody crumb of happiness?

  Mitchell : This is so... what, we're supposed to check? Every week? Like we don't have anything else to do? Is it our responsibility? I mean, why is it down to us to...

  George : I saw a preview, they were going to do a call about cash points.

  Mitchell : Really?

  [George nods] 

  Mitchell : I would've loved that. You bastards!

  [Mitchell throws the remote across the living room and storms off into the kitchen while George sobs on the couch. Mitchell returns wearing a pair of Marigolds] 

  Mitchell : Here, I'll do the washing up! Is everyone happy now!

• George : We've been having a house meeting.

  Mitchell : Been having a house meeting? Why wasn't I invited?

  Annie : Well, if you were ever here then we would've invited you.

  Mitchell : Hang on a minute...

  George : We decided you're not pulling your weight around this place.

  Mitchell : What's that supposed to mean?

  George : You don't buy any food, you'd never hoover... I don't even think you know what a pair of marigolds are.

  Mitchell : I don't do marigolds.

  George : Oh, and I do?

  Annie : O-okay, d-do you know what? I think that we've all just lost sight of each other a bit. We need to team build; we need to bond.

  George : But I'm not going to paintball, not again, not after last time.

  Annie : We need to talk, so... George, you start.

  George : [to Mitchell]  Are you okay?

  Mitchell : I've been better. You?

  George : Likewise.

  Mitchell : We should go out one night and just get hammered.

  George : Yeah, that's a good idea.

  Annie : [obviously annoyed]  ... That's it? That's how you share?

  George : What more is there to say?

  Mitchell : Yeah, he's feeling a bit down, which is... pretty understandable, and I'm kinda stressed. We don't need to turn this into an episode of Oprah.

  George : Exactly. File under "Have Discussed."

• Annie : Ok, do you know what? I think that we've all just lost sight of each other a bit. We need to team build we need to bond.

  George : I'm not going paintballing, not again, not after last time.

  Annie : We need to talk, so... George you start.

  George : Are you ok.

  Mitchell : I've been better. You?

  George : Likewise.

  Mitchell : We should go out one night and just get hammered.

  George : Yeah that's a good idea.

  Annie : [obviously annoyed]  ... That's it? That's how you share?

  George : What more is there to say?

  Mitchell : Yeah, he's just feeling a bit down, which is pretty understandable, and I'm kinda stressed, we don't need to turn this into an episode of Oprah.

• Mitchell : If we're exposed, there'll be huge suffering on both sides. History's shown us that.

  Ivan : No. History's shown us that the end never justifies the means. That's always the road to hell.

• Mitchell : [to a group of younger vampires]  My name is John Mitchell, and I've killed more people than you've met.

• Mitchell : What happened to Balfour?

  Chief Constable Wilson : Suicide?

  Mitchell : You expect me to believe that?

  Chief Constable Wilson : I expect you to be grateful that, once again, I've cleared up your shit! The attack in the shopping center... How did you know about those girls?

  Mitchell : How did we know what?

  Chief Constable Wilson : Kelly Bracewell, on probation for assault. Sumitra Clarke, she's got form for theft and intimidation. Hey, don't get me wrong. I'm pleased you're choosing your targets a little wiser, but do me a favor, will you, next time? Find somewhere a little less public and well lit.

  Mitchell : Hang on a second. You think we targeted them?

  Chief Constable Wilson : All I'm saying is... stick with repeat offenders and it's a win-win.

• Mitchell : You know why I'm here, Chief Constable.

  Chief Constable Wilson : I assume you're the new Herrick.

  Mitchell : Okay, so firstly, no. I'm not the new Herrick. This... I'm not even standing here. This is just... I'm a representative.

  Chief Constable Wilson : So. Represent.

• Chief Constable Wilson : You boys have access to money, don't you?

  Mitchell : Well. We made a couple of good investments in the eighteen hundreds.

• George : You've put the system back in place, haven't you?

  Mitchell : It's the only way to control them.

  George : Right. So killing's okay again now, is it?

  Mitchell : This is just the short term.

  George : And the long term?

  Mitchell : I'm gonna help them get off blood. It's the only way, George! I can do this. I can persuade them.

  George : Oh, so this is before or after you walk on water?

• Mitchell : This isn't a fucking show!

  Daisy : Justice has to be seen to be done, Mitchell. Or what's the point? Do it properly, you'll never have to do it again.

• Lucy : Are you asking me out in a mortuary?

  Mitchell : Well, we did meet in a toilet, so...

• Lucy : Gotta say, I've never seen the condition in a hospital porter before. I suppose the bad working conditions have driven you to believe in a monotheist deity.

  Mitchell : That's what happens when you haven't got a strong trade union.