Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
Sins of Commission (2004)
John Nettles: DCI Tom Barnaby
Quotes
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[visiting a bookshop, Scott is told the book he is looking at is on sale for £12.99]
Sergeant Dan Scott : That's five pints and change over the way.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Literature is priceless, Scott. Let that thought console you!
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[last lines]
DCI Tom Barnaby : I was right about the publishing world; it stinks. But I'm sure a jury'll go for Camilla's plea of self-defense. Do my best to back her up, anyway.
Joyce Barnaby : I'm sure you will.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Eh. To Camilla Crofton! May she live forever. Nostrovia.
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[Barnaby and Scott have returned to a murder victim's bedroom]
DCI Tom Barnaby : [looking around] You noticed what else is missing, Detective?
Sergeant Dan Scott : Sympathy, Sir?
DCI Tom Barnaby : No.
[Barnaby points to a low shelf attached to the wall]
DCI Tom Barnaby : Look. No piggy bank.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : Harry, we've known each other now for what? Thirty years. And for most of that time I've known -well, all of us have known - about your orientation. And I can quite understand why, you know, you felt the need to keep it a secret.
Harry Poulson : Can you?
DCI Tom Barnaby : Well, all right, no I can't.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : No flirting on duty, Casanova.
Sergeant Dan Scott : Not really my style, Sir.
[Scott turns to Barnaby]
Sergeant Dan Scott : Casanova?
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Barnaby : Do you smoke cigars, Miss Tripp?
Jezebel Tripp : I have the odd one when nobody's looking. Smoking's so 20th Century.