Sam Tyler quotes from Life on Mars

Sam Tyler

From the diary, quote, "I killed her. She's been killed. I'm a killer, an ace killer." That particular entry is not awash with ambiguity.

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[alerted and denying he'd be in a deep coma] Wait! I'm in BUPA! Get me out of here!

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[To Nelson] And which part of my subconcious do you hail from?

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My name is Sam Tyler. I had an accident, and I woke up in 1973. Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time? Whatever's happened, it's like I've landed on a different planet. Now, maybe if I can work out the reason, I can get home.

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He's a key witness. So could you treat him like a person, Phyllis? D'you remember "people"? You used to be one!

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Oi! [upset] Keep it on the road! [walks along some steps, adding semi-joking/sternly] Comin' 'round your house, stamp on your toys!"

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You're a loser, Joni... or whatever your name is. Because you live in fear. And that's not really living at all, is it? See, I don't live in fear. I'm alive.

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I'M ALIVE!

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[yelling] GET ME OUT OF HERE!

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Just so that you know. I don't hate everything about this place.

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Do you keep a journalist chained in your basement for random beatings, Guv?

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Oh, you're gonna bang heads? Let joy be unconfined.

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We are the law, you bloody clowns! God help us!

Sam Tyler

[grabs Gene as he enters the room with a usual comment] And as for you, I can just about handle you, driving like a pissed up crackhead and treating women like beanbags. But I'm going to say this once, and once only, Gene. Stay out of Camberwick Green!

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[watching the the team trying to figure out the murder, Annie is looking through files and Gene, Ray and Chris are at Lambs' house. Chris is searching for the warning that Simon Lamb was given] Chris. Think. Step back. God is in the detail.