- [Sandra goes to see Jack and finds him practising his golf shots in the garden - and that he already knows about the incident when she shot the dog during the raid on the Chinese gambling ring]
- Jack Halford: Was he armed?
- Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman: Who?
- Jack Halford: The dog.
- Garage Detective: Gerry Standing. What did they finally nail you for, you bent bugger?
- Gerry Standing: Shagging your missus, but apparently no-one was gonna go down for that.
- [Halford is going through photographs of ex-CID officers that Sandra is considering for her new UCOS team]
- Jack Halford: Dead! Dead!
- Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman: [seeing one of the photos] John Fowlie - ooh, I know John.
- Jack Halford: Dead!
- Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman: But he only left last December.
- Jack Halford: Heart attack, swimming in the sea off Malaga. Serves him right - place is full of villains. Sixty-five percent of CID officers are dead within five years of leaving the job.
- [Jack continues to flip through the photos]
- Jack Halford: Dead! Dead! As good as! Alive - but he bores for England! Retired - but currently under investigation by the CPS! Dead! Alive - but never leave him alone with your kids! Retired sick - well, insane really. Dead! Dead! Would be if I got hold of him!
- [Sandra and Jack are interviewing retired detectives to join UCOS]
- [first candidate comes into the inteview room]
- Racist Ex-Detective: [leaning menacingly on the back of his chair] Just before we start... This new unit... No blacks, obviously?
- [next candidate comes in]
- Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman: Now you didn't officially retire, and yet I can't see any references to why you left the force. Why's that?
- Drunk Ex-Detective: [slurring] Absolutely no bloody idea at all.
- [he gets up, lurches towards the window, then realises he is going the wrong way and makes for the door; next candidate comes in]
- Vicious Ex-Detective: Police and Criminal Evidence Act? Mistake! I mean, being able to threaten, intimidate and cause pain to a suspect are the chief weapons in a copper's armoury. Right?
- [door opens, candidate sees Sandra and Jack, and he turns round to leave immediately]
- Scots Ex-Detective: Aaaah. Shite!