New Tricks (TV Series)
The Truth Is Out There (2009)
Alun Armstrong: Brian Lane
Quotes
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[Gerry had a date with Melissa the night before]
Jack Halford : This poor woman actually agreed to go and have a drink with you?
Gerry Standing : Agreed? *She* asked *me*.
Brian Lane : Isn't it a bit dangerous for someone with a severe visual impairment to be riding a bike in London?
Jack Halford : She could get her white stick caught in the spokes.
[Jack and Brian laugh. Sandra walks into the room]
Det Supt Sandra Pullman : What's so funny?
Gerry Standing : Nothing.
Brian Lane : Gerry's been asked out on a date by a forty-five-year-old.
Det Supt Sandra Pullman : Woman?
Gerry Standing : Very funny. She happens to be gorgeous.
Brian Lane : With a thing for older men.
Jack Halford : *Much* older.
Det Supt Sandra Pullman : Maybe she's just looking for a man with wisdom and experience.
Gerry Standing : Thank you, Sandra.
Det Supt Sandra Pullman : ...And she thinks Gerry might know one.
[Sandra, Jack and Brian laugh uproariously. Gerry walks off in a huff]
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[last lines]
Gerry Standing : [pointing at Brian] He thinks it was aliens
Brian Lane : I'm just saying we've no proof to support one version of events over another. Maybe there are more things in heaven and whatnot...
Jack Halford : His mechanism's gone.
Gerry Standing : He should phone home.
Brian Lane : Yeah, well, you believe what you like. But when whatever it is comes crawling out of them woods bent on world domination, then you'll all be sorry.
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Brian Lane : This is a colleague's reputation on the line!
Gerry Standing : No, this is a massive forest full of bloody Yanks, that's what it is. Two very good reasons for me to stay here.
Det Supt Sandra Pullman : Fine. Then whilst we're gone you can plough through Derek Brooker's case files for us.
Gerry Standing : X-files, more like.
Brian Lane : The truth is out there, Gerry.