“Danse Macabre” quotes from Jonathan Creek

Miss Magellan? Stephen Claithorne. I believe you're a collector of mysteries?

What?! I'm sorry, I've only just this second woken up.

We're likely to get into all sorts of tangles if we play questions and answers. So with your permission. [He walks in] I'll just begin at the beginning.

Well before you do, if this some tale about a missing hymn book, it's a bit early...

It's murder, Miss Magellan. Cold, clinical and calculated. And it took place last night at my home in Oxfordshire. The midday papers will be full of it. What they won't explain, what no-one can explain is how the killer evaporated into thin air, right in front of everyone's eyes. Some miracles you don't want to believe in.

Maddy

Come on, I've admitted defeat. Let's get on with it; the bit you enjoy, treating me like a moron.

Jonathan

No. The bit where you enjoy making me feel like I'm treating you like a moron. When you're perfectly capable of reasoning it out for yourself if only you'd stop taking things at face value.

Maddy

I'm sorry, Jonathan, what level of surrealism are we operating on here?

Jonathan

Y'see, this is where you and everyone else give up. You're making the big mistake of sticking to what's likely rather than what's logical.