- DCI Tom Barnaby: He was respected and admired, Scott, because he encouraged and inspired so many people, including the great Joan Alder.
- Sergeant Dan Scott: Joan Alder? 'Midsomer Rhapsody'?
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Yeah.
- [surprised]
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Do you know that piece?
- Sergeant Dan Scott: My mum was a fan. She played it when she wanted us out of the house.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: [about Noah Farrow] If he's still got that amount of hate in him, imagine what he must have been like thirty-odd years ago when he was, when he was capable!
- [last lines]
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Find him a cell, Scott, and when he can make a sensible statement, charge him.
- Sergeant Dan Scott: Yes, sir.
- John Farrow: [bitterly, to his father about his daughter] You don't get to cripple this generation too!
- Alan Thorpe: [to Barnaby] You have a lot in common with popular music, Inspector... crude and repetitive!
- Sergeant Dan Scott: So, who's Vera Lynn?
- DCI Tom Barnaby: That's Peggy Alder, Scott.
- Sergeant Dan Scott: What, Joan Alder's mom?
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Yes, indeed.
- Sergeant Dan Scott: The one whose house they're trying to turn into some kind of shrine?
- DCI Tom Barnaby: The Joan Alder Society prefer to call it a living museum.
- Sergeant Dan Scott: And you know the family?
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Yes, I do, through Joyce.
- Sergeant Dan Scott: I don't get it, sir. I mean, she wasn't exactly your John Lennon, was she? She only wrote one song.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Oh, she wrote lots more than that, Scott - lovely music, beautiful music. But you're right. It was the "Rhapsody," "Midsomer Rhapsody," she's most famous for.