The Games · Season 2
Well, Bill’s safely off and I, for one, am very, very sad to see him go.
Yes, a commonly held view as it happens, Gina. For example, Detective Conroy here of the Fraud Squad is also a little dewy-eyed at Bill’s tragic departure, given that she and most of the international police force have been looking for Bill for quite some time.
I've had sponsors on the phone all day trying to screw extra value out of their deal.
Yes, thank you Bryan. Yes, yes, thank you very much Bryan.
They want to know where every cent is going. Selfish pricks.
[Gesturing to camera operator] Perhaps you could just lose Bryan very, very slightly.
[The camera pans off Bryan altogether]
No, that's good.
Are they paying us a lot of money, John?
I believe they are, Gina, yes. That's certainly the proposal.
How much?
A shirtload, Bryan, I believe was the expression the Minister used. An absolute shirtload.
Nicholas, this is very cloak and dagger. What do you want to do? Draw all the curtains? Why don't you turn the radio on? The Russians normally pop a bug in the lamp, don't they?
Well, I can't go and answer a whole lot of questions about a subject I know nothing about.
You know, it's actually easier. It's easier to answer questions on something that you don't know anything about.
I wouldn't even know how to begin to talk about art.
Well, you'll be alright then.
You've never been before an inquiry, have you, John?
No, Nicholas, and I've never been cleaning anything when it went off either.
Well, I can't go. I've already fronted the ticketing inquiry.
And didn't you go well, Nicholas. I'm surprised they don't want you back. You couldn't remember either end of any conversation you ever had and you didn't turn out to have kept any notes about anything.
Thank you, John. Yes, well, there's a way of doing these things, alright?
You got a round of applause at one stage for remembering your own name.
Thank you John. I will tell the Minister that you will be in touch when you've spoken to the barrister.
It was like watching a zeppelin fall out of the sky.
I want you to listen very carefully. If you're asked a question about what happened on a particular occasion and you don't want to answer, you say "I don't recall."
I don't recall.
Yes. And if you're asked if some event happened, you say "Not that I recall."
Not that I recall.
That's right. If you're asked whether something happened and it has been established that it did happen, you say "Not in my presence."
Not in my presence.
That's right. If you're asked any detail about anything, it means they think they've got you. You clam up, you say "Not to my knowledge.
Not to my knowledge.
That's right. And if you think you're about to reveal something, anything, you stop immediately, you turn to the judge and you say "Can I have a glass of water?"
Can I have a glass of water?
That's right.
God, it's no wonder the court system's going so well is it?
They're one of the biggest fast food franchises in the whole United States. Very popular with the young, Bryan, as their very amusing name might suggest.
And do you know what they sell?
I'd go for donuts, but I'm pretty sure it's already taken. I'll have a crack at something else. Drinks.
You are Bryan Dawe?
[Turning to judge] Can I have have a glass of water please?
I've been out on the street for twenty minutes trying to get a cab, Bryan, that's why I'm ringing you. There are no cabs. I have used binoculars. You cannot see a cab. Van? What van? No, I'm not going to go out and pick up an international visitor in a van, Bryan. No. Alright, where is it?
Did you actually see John in the courtesy car?
No.
Good.
Why do you say that?
Because I sold it this morning.
How late are we?
The difference between the time his plane arrived and the time it is now could be measured by an archaeologist.
Dead weight he might be, but at least I think we could have got here on time to meet him.
It won't matter anyway.
"It won't matter anyway," she said boldly.
His plane will have been late.
Oh, we're predicting the past now. You don't often see that.
Just trying to keep the dream alive, Gina.
No-one asked you about the gun?
No.
Did you have it with you when no-one asked you about it? Did you just walk straight through?
Yes, no problem.
It doesn't really look like a gun.
I suppose it fires things that don't really look like bullets.
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