Inspector Morse (TV Series)

The Dead of Jericho (1987)

Kevin Whately: Detective Sergeant Lewis

Quotes 

• Chief Inspector Morse : I'd expect you've heard your boss is getting promoted.

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Yes sir.

  Chief Inspector Morse : Good, eh?

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Oh, yes sir, marvellous.

  Chief Inspector Morse : I'm a quite different kettle of fish Lewis.

• Chief Inspector Morse : The man who killed Anne Staveley is called Sophocles.

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Who's he when he's at home?

• [last lines] 

  Chief Inspector Morse : Fancy a pint?

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : I'd like to, but...

  Chief Inspector Morse : Yeah, I know.

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : See you tomorrow.

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : Look, okay, I don't know who this bloke is. Am I supposed to? At least I can survive half an hour's work without reaching for a beer glass.

  Chief Inspector Morse : That's a good idea, Lewis. We still haven't celebrated your birthday!

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : Morning, Sir!

  Chief Inspector Morse : You're one of those people who has breakfast, aren't you?

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Oh, yes, sir!

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : You see, somebody's lying. That's the point. I can't work out who.

  Chief Inspector Morse : No, I'll tell you what's worse. I don't believe anybody.

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : Still, at least we can make one arrest.

  Chief Inspector Morse : Who's that?

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : This Sophocles chap.

  Chief Inspector Morse : Lewis, Sophocles died two and a half thousand years ago.

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : I can't imagine marrying *my* mother.

  Chief Inspector Morse : Well, Oedipus wasn't too happy about it either.

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Wasn't she a bit old for him?

  Chief Inspector Morse : She was very attractive.

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : Do I know this Sophocles?

  Chief Inspector Morse : Only if you loved your mother, Lewis.

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : Well, I'll check, but I don't think it was money he got for a job.

  Chief Inspector Morse : Well, I don't see why not.

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Well, that's 'cause you're in a bad mood.