Ashes to Ashes · 180 quotes[After all the other members of Gene’s team pass over Alex is left alone with Gene]
So thats it?! I help bring them here with you. It’s over! I’ve done it! I can go home Gene!
[Gene stares Alex blankly in the face. Alex realises but doesn’t quite believe him]
Gene? No. No! I’m lying in a hospital bed!
Gene Hunt[attempts to console Alex] Come here Bolls.
No! It’s not true!
[DCI Jim Keats appears behind the pair in the darkened street]
Of course it’s not true. He wants you to give up on your life. I told you he’d trick you. [He pulls a scarf from around his neck and hands it to Alex] Here Alex...
It’s Molly’s! [Sniffs it] It’s hers.
She’s waiting for you. I can take you to her Alex.
[Gene shakes his head telling her not to listen to Keats]
What time is it?
What?
What time is it? Show me, show me your watch!
[Alex takes Jim’s arm]
No, No! It’s erm...broken.
[Alex examines the time on the watch and discovers what the time is and what it means]
It’s 9:06. It’s always 9:06 [Flashbacks show various clocks from the series indicating the time 9:06] That was the time in my hospital room. That was the time when I...
Look Alex wait, just listen I...
[Gene steps in front of Keats]
Gene HuntHello Jimbo. [He punches Keats who falls to the floor] Goodbye Jimbo.
[Holding the scarf out to Gene indicating Molly] My baby?!
Gene HuntI know, I know! [Pause] It’s the way of the world Alex. She’ll be fine.
[Breaking down into tears] No...Please listen to me. I can stay here with you. You can’t do this on your own. You need me Gene. Please! I cannot go in there! [She points in the direction of the brightly lit Railway Arms]
Gene HuntYes you can! They’ve got a saloon bar. Can’t have you in my stride can I? You’ll have me questioning whether I’m right all the time and we can’t have that. [Pause] We weren’t bad though were we?
[Alex finally accepts her fate and hands Gene his former uniform identity number]
Here.
Gene HuntSee you around, Bolly-Kecks.
[Alex and Gene finally embrace and share a kiss.]
Goodbye guv.
Gene HuntGo...
[Alex slowly walks off alone towards the Railway Arms. Just by the door she stops briefly. She then enters and disappears into a bright white light.]
