(Fergus, Adam, Glenn and Phil are trying to get a handle on the news of Mr. Tickel's suicide.)
The line from Stewart via Emma was that I do nothing. That was the one clear instruction they gave me, okay? We ignore him and he goes away.
He is dead.
Which makes him easier to ignore.
As a minister, I should at least express condolences.
(stammering) That-that-that should come from Peter.
But he's not here. I am.
(Terri enters the room.)
Has anyone seen my Bluetooth headset?
Look, I speak for Peter and I say that we look guilty if we say we're sorry he died.
I'll take that as a no.
Listen, Phil. I was a journalist, okay? Now if you don't respond, you create a vacuum that sucks in speculation, and then you can't respond. You get sucked fucking inside-out!
Look, Tickle wasn't the Queen of People's Hearts, he was a twat in a tent.
TICK-EL! HE WAS CALLED TICK-EL! WE DROVE A MAN TO HIS DEATH! WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS!
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