“Pilot” quotes from Prime Suspect

Desmond

Let's sit down and have a pint or four and talk about how much we miss smoking.

Timoney

The point is, we thought you had cancer, that you were dying. Remember?

Desmond

All I am saying is, what if your doctor trots out the same x-ray with a shadowy mass for all his patients --

Timoney

Stop.

Desmond

-- that have a bad habit?

Timoney

Dad, stop looking for excuses to smoke, all right? You asked me to quit, I quit. I don't want to quit. Do I look like I want to quit? But I'm doing it for you. I'm not going to do it alone. Do not flake on me. I am not kidding you. I will frame you for something. Get it?

Could I ask you something? Are you ever worried that someone might drop a house on you?

Timoney

Car's not going to drive itself, is it?

I guess you don't.

Timoney

Listen to me: I work terrible hours, often have to leave things early, I arrive to things late. I get phone calls in the middle of the night and all day long. I've never been shot, but I've been stabbed. I've had lye thrown in my face once, and I'm a homicide detective, Trish. Not a policeman or a policewoman. I'm also not a divorce lawyer, but I know about going to court.