Livingstone, Grant and others in “Unfinished Business”

In there?

What, you're afraid of the natives?

Sorry.

Are you the polis?

Yes.

He's inside.

What's happening, sir?

The Mint's having a go.

[Confused] "Mint"?

Superintendent Murray. [Murray Mints.] Personality conflict. He refuses to talk to me.

All the same, is there time for this?

Sherlock Holmes had his violin.

[The pub landlord, passing by] He can play it.

Same again. [Passes Tiny his glass.]

Billy's dad was there.

He shouldn't have been.

Well, he was, and that didn't make it very easy.

Where's your scarf?

[Lying] I lost it.

[Chuckles] You're going to make a murder squad detective(!)

I don't believe Billy did it.

I do.

Well, perhaps you want to believe it.

There's a lot of things I want to believe, like respect.

I can't talk to you, sir, while you're playing on this. [Sure enough, Taggart loses his last life, and it's game over. They head to the bar]

What's your drink?

Lager and blackcurrant.

You can buy that yourself!

[To Tiny] Half a pint of lager and blackcurrant, please.

Sickening for something, are ya?

Tiny, Detective Sergeant Livingstone.

Got that strangler yet?

Och, come on. You should know better. [Livingstone pays for the drink and follows Taggart into the lounge. They find a table and sit at it.]

I'd like to work with you, sir, not against you.

Cheers(!) [Sips on his Scotch]

The phone rang at quarter to one.

How do we know what went through his mind? If only the ground hadn't been too hard for footprints.

I still think you're wrong, I'm sorry.

Why?

Because it's so circumstantial.

[Sighs] There was a Detective Chief Inspector Wallace. A bastard man. I worked with him on a dozen enquiries. He used to say that a... a nose for the truth was a talent, you either had it or you hadn't. The bastard never made a wrong jump.