Inspector Morse (TV Series)
Last Bus to Woodstock (1988)
John Thaw: Chief Inspector Morse
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Quotes
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[talking about deathbed confessions]
Chief Inspector Morse : The church loves a repentant sinner. Good for business.
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Chief Inspector Morse : There's nothing trivial about fornication. It's a great pity, but there we are.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Is sex more trouble than it's worth? I keep wanting to find the answer.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Now drink that, Lewis. Loosen some brain cells.
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Chief Inspector Morse : It's murder, Lewis.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Why do you say that?
Chief Inspector Morse : Scratches on the face, coded messages. It's right up my street.
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Chief Inspector Morse : [Last lines] Lewis, if anyone offered you a free holiday in the sun, what would you do?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Take it.
Chief Inspector Morse : Sensible fellow. Let's get out of here. I hate the smell of hospitals. "All this to love and rapture's due. Must we not pay a debt to pleasure, too?"
Detective Sergeant Lewis : What?
Chief Inspector Morse : Rochester, Lewis
Detective Sergeant Lewis : I think maybe it's time I bought you a drink.
Chief Inspector Morse : Long overdue, Lewis.
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Chief Inspector Morse : It was money in the envelope, I'm sure of it. Sylvia was still light fingered, it seems.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : The money was meant for Jennifer Colby.
Chief Inspector Morse : And it's still missing.
[pause]
Chief Inspector Morse : Now, why would someone want to pay off Miss Colby?
[pause]
Chief Inspector Morse : Struck dumb, are you, Lewis? A coded letter, money, violence. Too much for you?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Haven't you forgotten something, Sir? Sex.
Chief Inspector Morse : Quite right, Lewis. Well done.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Why do you say it's a puzzle, Max?
Max : Well, Morse, my dear, she's been run over, I should say.
Chief Inspector Morse : By a car that scratched her face?
Max : Precisely. I'll tell you more after the autopsy.
Chief Inspector Morse : [Bends down to look at an envelope next to the body] Miss Jennifer Colby, St. Aldgate's Assurance Company.
[motioning toward the deceased]
Chief Inspector Morse : We know her name?
Max : Sylvia Kane, according to the lad who found her.
Chief Inspector Morse : I think you're right.
Max : What?
Chief Inspector Morse : There is a puzzle here.