Leek quotes from Primeval

Lester

Cutter’s always been eccentric, but I’m beginning to think he’s just plain deranged.

Well, I suppose all very brilliant men are a little bit unusual, sir.

Lester

I’m brilliant, Leek, and I’m not the least bit unusual.

Lester

You know what, Leek? I think this area could benefit from a government redevelopment grant. We'll start off by sealing the anomaly site with a few hundred tons of concrete; that should do the job.

Shall I... speak to the contractors?

Lester

Oh, there's no need. I'll just get a shovel and a cement-mixer and do it myself. Of course you should call the contractors, you idiot!

Lester

My worst nightmare in one sentence.

Jenny

[just coming off phone] Mammoth on the M25!

Nick

Columbian mammoth!

Lester

The flavour is immaterial!

Actually sir, the Columbian is a hairless species—

Lester

I don't care if it's shaved its legs and gotten a bikini wax, it's on a motorway in broad daylight!

[Appearing on the A.D.D's monitors] You're on your own, James. There's no one there but you.

Lester

Leek? What the hell are you doing?

Now, I want you to feel what it's like to be on the wrong end of your grand disdain. The little man looking up at the big boss.

Lester

Security! I want security in here now!

They've all gone, James. Either off on Cutter's wild goose chase, or dead. Now...

I'm going to hunt you.

Lester

Leek, you're never going to make me beg for my life, so let's just end it now.

All right, if you insist.

Goodbye, James.

Lester

One more thing.

Yes?

Lester

You really are a tiresome little man.

Lester

Good boy. Good mammoth.

[after Nick kills a future predator by pulling off its neural clamp] Clearly a design fault. We'll have to correct that in the others.

Nick

What others? [looks up to see over a dozen similarly-chipped predators in the rafters]

I wouldn't bother trying to escape; they'll rip you to pieces before you can blink! My very own Praetorian Guard...they'll make me untouchable!

Nick

[on the Future Predators] You really think you can keep them locked up for long?

Well, properly chipped, they're no more dangerous than a car or an aeroplane. A machine designed for human use.

Nick

No, that's not how it's gonna work, Oliver. Because one day they're going to escape, and then when they do, they're going to kill all of us. It's the end of the human race you're looking at.

[gasps in mock terror] I'd love to stand around and discuss your apocalyptic fantasies all day, but I've got work to do.

Lester

You've had your chance to surrender, Leek.

I still have twelve creatures out there. One command from me, and there'll be absolute chaos.

Lester

Oh, Cutter didn't tell you? That clever little virus of his sent us the contents of your hard disk. We've got names, locations, all sorts of useful stuff. We're just mopping up the last of your menagerie now. Oh, and Jenny just phoned. You have... oh, just a few minutes before we join you. Now if you don't mind, I think there's some snooker on the other channel. [Cutter and the ARC staff snigger]

[furious] Have you ever seen a man torn in half on live TV, Lester!? Call a halt to your men, or I shall order the creatures to dismantle Professor Cutter, joint by joint!

Lester

[coldly] The government does not negotiate with terrorists!

30 seconds, then they kill him! Your choice!

Nick

James, don't do it, I'm not important!

Ten! Nine! Eight...

Lester

Unfortunately, I agree with Professor Cutter. No individual's life is worth greater than the safety of the public...

[boredly] Seven! Six! Five! Four! Three! Two-!

Lester

[emotionlessly] Switch that off, will you?

People like me and you...we don't get the pretty girls, Connor. We're the nerds. The losers. The uncool.

Connor

Speak for yourself. I do alright with women. What? I do! I'm just...I'm choosy.