[on Gene's cursory questioning of a suspect] Well, was that it? I've seen bacon grilled for longer than that.Oh great, I'm even beginning to sound like you.
S2 E1Episode 1
[in the quattro stuck in traffic as a man walks across the road holding a sign shaped as a large penis] There's a man with a giant penis.
Auto-erotic asphyxiation.
What?
By strangling himself like that his dying brain cells released glutamate. To prevent glutamate overload the brain releases a receptor. It's these receptors that give rise to the feelings of euphoria.
I didn't know you had a PhD in masturbation, DI Drake.
You're not drunk.
PKPC Kevin Hales
I'm just a pebble on the beach, Ma'am. I'm nothing. We are everywhere. Everywhere.
Guv…?
What?
Fire up the photocopier!
She's not a tart Ray, she's an actress.
S2 E2Episode 2
[to Alex Drake] You've got a very pretty face but you go on longer than the Eurovision Song Contest.
[to Alex Drake] You and me, Bolls, we're a team. Fighting the rot together.
A quick reminder, Drakey. I am one of the good guys and you are on my side.
This will never be my side.
You're playing with them.
No, that's just the way I'm standing.
But we've got even bigger fish to fry in this hornet's nest. We only have one stab at it otherwise it'll be like rats leaving a sinking ship.
Metaphors- all over the shop.
I know. Clever, innit?
You're looking very chirpy Bolls, you been sitting on top of the washing machine again?
S2 E3Episode 3
Guv. Do you think if I've saved some lives, that means I'm worth saving?
If you say so. Now get your boney arse back here.
RERobin Elliot
I can feel something from you, Alex. A sadness. You're physically present, but really, you're elsewhere.
Elsewhere?
RERobin Elliot
I understand, because I am too. I'm playing the piano. Same piece, over and over and over again, until it's perfect.
You know, you sound to me like someone who wants to live.
RERobin Elliot
Everyone wants to live, Alex. But who are we to decide who's worth being saved?
[Gene enters the cell and sits opposite Robin, teasing him by eating a fish supper]
Who did this?
[Gene eats another chip]
WHO DID THIS?!
RERobin Elliot
We have enslaved the rest of creation.
[Gene loses it, smashing his head into the fish supper]
You should be in Broadmoor!
There's some vegetarians waiting to be interviewed.
Right, force-feed them some oxtail soup 'til I get back.
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