Death in Paradise (TV Series)

Arriving in Paradise (2011)

Don Warrington: Commissioner Selwyn Patterson

Quotes 

• [as Lily drives them back to the police station, Commissioner Patterson gives DI Poole a brief history of their island] 

  Comm. Selwyn Patterson : Sainte-Marie was colonized by the French, who lost it to the British, who lost it to the Dutch. The Dutch lost it back to the French. The French then handed it back to the British in the mid 70's. So, about 30 percent of the population is still French.

  DI Richard Poole : French. Great. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse.

• Comm. Selwyn Patterson : So, team, Dwayne, Fidel, this is Detective Inspector Richard Poole from the Met in London.

  DI Richard Poole : Thank you, I'll take over from here.

  [Lily gestures to the chief's desk where DI Poole will sit] 

  DI Richard Poole : [moving to the desk]  Right then, I want everything you've got on DI Hulme's death on my desk immediately. And if you could get on to I.T. to sort out the login details for my PC. It's imperative I get on the network ASAP.

  Dwayne Myers : [muttering under his breath]  Pen-pusher. This is not going to go well.

  DI Richard Poole : [whacking his computer monitor a few times]  Sorry, my monitor won't turn on.

• [Sgt. Lily Thomson and Commissioner Selwyn Patterson wait at the Sainte-Marie airport while DI Richard Poole inquires at the lost-and-found department about his lost luggage] 

  Sgt. Lily Thomson : We don't need outside help.

  Comm. Selwyn Patterson : Charlie Hulme was a British cop. They want a British cop to lead the case.