Ken Stott: DI John Rebus

Quotes 

• [Siobhan Clarke is being stalked by the brother of a man whom her evidence has convicted. He has broken into her house, killed her cat and left the body in the refrigerator. Rebus clears it away for her] 

  DI John Rebus : I'm sorry about Scooby.

  [He turns to leave her flat] 

  DI John Rebus : [chuckling]  He was a cool cat.

  [Siobhan is horrified, then sees the funny side] 

  DS Siobhan Clarke : [chuckling]  Not funny! Really not funny!

• DI John Rebus : [to the boy's father:]  He shot those boys, he shot Hartman, and he shot himself.

  Jack Bell : You're insane.

  DI John Rebus : I don't know if he wanted to kill himself; maybe he was just trying to cover up.

  Jack Bell : You're crazy.

  DI John Rebus : Listen to me. He was miserable. He was unhappy. He blamed you.

  Jack Bell : This is crap. You can't...

  DI John Rebus : He blamed his mum for dying. He blamed Hartman, her, the boys, God knows. I don't know. Maybe he hated Wednesdays. I don't know.

• [Teri Cotter, a sixteen-year-old girl, is having a relationship with "Peacock" Johnson, a much older man] 

  DI John Rebus : What does he want, then?

  Teri Cotter : Company.

  DI John Rebus : He's nearly sixty. You're just a girl.

  Teri Cotter : I give him a wank!

  [Rebus smirks] 

  Teri Cotter : [sheepishly]  I don't... *like* it.