Inspector Morse (TV Series)

The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1987)

Kevin Whately: Detective Sergeant Lewis

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Quotes 

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : [Lewis walks in as Morse is fighting with the killer]  Need a hand, sir?

  Chief Inspector Morse : GET THIS BASTARD OFF ME!

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : We should have arrested Donald Martin straightaway.

  Chief Inspector Morse : Why?

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Morse's Law. You said there's a 50:50 chance that whoever finds the body did the deed.

  Chief Inspector Morse : That isn't Morse's Law. Morse's Law is "There's always time for one more pint".

• Chief Inspector Morse : [standing in front of movie poster for The Last Tango In Paris]  You ever seen this?

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : No!

  Chief Inspector Morse : Me neither.

  [guilelessly] 

  Chief Inspector Morse : My doctor says I should lose some weight, stop eating butter, start eating, uh, polyunsaturates, whatever they are. Not quite the same though, is it, Lewis?

• [last lines] 

  Chief Inspector Morse : Oh, no, they've changed the bloody film!

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Woah, '101 Dalmatians'. Great! I might pop home and fetch the wife and kids.

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : So he did kill Nicholas Quinn.

  Chief Inspector Morse : Or did he, did he? Nah! How could he have done? He set the best crosswords in England.

• Chief Inspector Morse : Who's this bloke who found him?

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : A Mr. Martin, sir, one of his chums from the foreign whatsit.

  Chief Inspector Morse : Chums, Lewis? You know Morse's law, there's always a 50 /50 chance that the man who found the body did the deed.

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Well, I was going to arrest him on the spot, sir, but I thought I'd let you have the pleasure.

• Detective Sergeant Lewis : Chap named Quinn, sir. He works for Foreign Academics Examinations.

  Chief Inspector Morse : Worked.

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : Sir?

  Chief Inspector Morse : Worked, Lewis - he's dead, isn't he?

  [Looks admiringly at the deceased's property] 

  Chief Inspector Morse : These academics do themselves alright, don't they?

  Detective Sergeant Lewis : [Tartly]  Did.