Law & Order: UK (TV Series)

Confession (2010)

Ben Daniels: Senior Crown Prosecutor James Steel

Quotes 

• Robert Ridley QC : We'll never know why Garvey shot himself, unless you can communicate with the dead.

  James Steel : Well, I am a man of many talents, Robert.

• Alesha Phillips : Another satisfied member of the James Steel fan club. What do you that winds these people up?

  James Steel : Oh you know... breathe.

• James Steel : I made a few gentle inquiries, George. If the Cardinal misunderstood my tone, that's not my problem.

  George Castle : Gentle inquiries? His exact words were 'bully boy techniques, veiled threats and libelous accusations'.

  James Steel : That doesn't sound like me.

  George Castle : That's about par for the course to me

  [Alesha is snickering in the background] 

• Father Aiden Browne : [discussing a former priest who is on trial]  He had wanderlust.

  James Steel : With the greatest respect Father, I think his lust was of a very different sort.

• Robert Ridley QC : Scottish expert witness? It always plays well with the jury. I don't know how I'm going to bounce back.

  James Steel : Don't sell yourself short, Robert. I'm sure you or one of flying monkeys are already cooking up a way for Nugent to wriggle out of this.

• George Castle : We lost the last hand, and they hold all the cards.

  James Steel : So let's call their bluff. We'll threaten to hit them where it hurts-in their pockets. We'll say Harry Lucas is going to bring a civil suit against them just like in Ireland and if that happens, it'll cost them millions.

  George Castle : And if they don't fold?

  [James looks at him with a poker face] 

  James Steel : Remind me NEVER to play you in poker.

• Robert Ridley QC : [In the CPS office]  This place gives me a migraine

  James Steel : That'll be your conscience gnawing at you, Robert.

• George Castle : Do you know what I am doing tomorrow James? I am accounting to the Chief Exec of the CPS for every penny spent on failed convictions. It's Saturday tomorrow, James. I like Saturdays - my wife insists on them.

  James Steel : So you want us to come back at the start of the next financial year?

  George Castle : Don't be a smart ass.