Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
Dead Man's Eleven (1999)
John Nettles: DCI Tom Barnaby
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Quotes
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DCI Tom Barnaby : Every time I go into any Midsomer village, it's always the same thing: blackmail, sexual deviancy, suicide, and murder. How could you possibly expect me to go and live in one of them?
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[Barnaby and Troy have just spotted Joyce Barnaby house hunting]
DCI Tom Barnaby : Oh, please Lord. Not Fletcher's Cross.
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Cully Barnaby : And what about the case, Dad? Mum told me. What was her name?
DCI Tom Barnaby : Tara Cavendish, bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat. I'd have been less surprised if it would have been her husband, Robert, who'd come to a sticky end.
Cully Barnaby : What's wrong with him?
DCI Tom Barnaby : He's the sort of man you can't help disliking. He owned the quarry that seems to be the center of everything. He closed it down. There were redundancies.
Joyce Barnaby : You don't kill somebody because they made you redundant.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Not in the town, dear, but this is the country. And in the country, anything goes.
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Joyce Barnaby : By the way, Tom. I think I've found the perfect house.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Oh no.
Joyce Barnaby : It's a lovely cottage in Badger's Drift. It's got two bedrooms, two living rooms and a conservatory.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Conservatory? Sounds like something out of Cluedo.
Cully Barnaby : Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the conservatory.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : You told Sergeant Troy about an accident that happened in the quarry about nine years ago.
Ian Frasier : [to Troy] You never told me you were a police officer.
Sgt. Gavin Troy : You never asked.
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Joyce Barnaby : It's beautiful. What do you think, Tom?
DCI Tom Barnaby : You want to know what I think?
Joyce Barnaby : No, don't say anything.
Cully Barnaby : Could just see you here, Dad. Join the local cricket team. Go out and bat for Fletcher's Cross every Saturday.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Careful what you say, young lady. This is all your fault.
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Sgt. Gavin Troy : You are going to formally charge Steven Cavendish?
DCI Tom Barnaby : Your infinitives are splitting, Troy.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : Well done, Troy!
Cully Barnaby : You didn't tell me Gavin played cricket.
DCI Tom Barnaby : He obviously has hidden talents.
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[last lines]
Joyce Barnaby : Here's one for you, Tom. It's a flat above a butcher's shop.
DCI Tom Barnaby : [to Cully] It's your round.
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Robert Cavendish : It's about time you people took this seriously. What rank did you say you were?
DCI Tom Barnaby : Detective Chief Inspector, sir.
Robert Cavendish : Well, you could have turned up yesterday. But then I expect you take your weekends off.
DCI Tom Barnaby : What time did your wife leave the house yesterday, Mr. Cavendish?
Robert Cavendish : [motioning towards Troy] I've already told him all that.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Yes, I know that. But if you don't mind...
Robert Cavendish : What was he for?