Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
Blue Herrings (2000)
John Nettles: DCI Tom Barnaby
Quotes
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Sergeant Gavin Troy : Who wants to live to be 89?
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Somone who's 88.
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Joyce Barnaby : More toast?
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Yes. Yes, please.
Joyce Barnaby : Penny for your thoughts.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : You what?
Joyce Barnaby : You're miles away.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Oh, I was thinking about Alice. She made a mistake going to Lawnside. She doesn't need nursing, does she? She needs some tender, loving care.
Joyce Barnaby : Do you want her to come here?
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Would you mind?
Joyce Barnaby : It's only a couple of weeks, after all.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Thanks. You're a very special kind of girl, you know that?
Joyce Barnaby : We aim to please.
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D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : So what's it like here?
Alice Bly : Well, the food's good, my room's comfortable, and the staff are very friendly.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : So you're quite happy?
Alice Bly : Oh, happy-ish, like being back at school. Oh, I know they're all old, but they behave like naughty children.
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D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : [Last lines] You all right?
Alice Bly : Yes, thank you, Tom, very all right.
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D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : What's it like here?
Alice Bly : Well, the food's good, my room's comfortable, and the staff are quite friendly.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : So, you're quite happy?
Alice Bly : Oh, happy-ish, like being back at school. Oh, I know they're all old, but they behave like little children.
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Sergeant Gavin Troy : One of the old boys behaved very strangely when he found out I was a detective.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Strangely? How?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Jumpy, ill at ease. He seemed scared.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Huh. What's his name?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Prewitt. Arthur Prewitt, retired schoolmaster, poofter.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Oh, for...
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Well, that's what he is. A right cream puff.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : It was a crime when he was young, Troy, to be gay. Maybe that's why he was ill at ease, bad memories from people like you.
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Joyce Barnaby : What about the spare room?
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Well, I'll set some paint on the walls and it'll be transformed in no time.
Cully Barnaby : Hello Gavin. How are you?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Oh, fine, thanks.
Joyce Barnaby : He's given us this lovely cactus.
Cully Barnaby : Well, it's - um, beautiful. Thank you very much.
Sergeant Gavin Troy : When did you come down?
Cully Barnaby : Last night.
Joyce Barnaby : She's getting us organized.
Cully Barnaby : Trying to. Do you fancy some coffee?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Oh, great.
Cully Barnaby : Dad?
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : No thanks. I'm going to go and get some paint and I'm going to drop off and see Auntie Alice on the way home. My aunt, she's staying at a nursing home up near Aspen Tallow. She's been in hospital, poor old darling, and we need to keep an eye on her.
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Sergeant Gavin Troy : Don't fancy the idea of getting old, sir.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Not much you can do about it, Troy.
Sergeant Gavin Troy : All this talk of healthy diets and living longer. What's the point? I mean, who wants to live to be 89?
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Someone who's 88. So none of them had anything to say?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Ah, it was a bit of a nightmare, sir. I couldn't get a straight answer out of any of them.
[pause]
Sergeant Gavin Troy : There was one thing, sir.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : What's that?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : One of the old boys behaved very strangely when he found out I was a detective.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Strangely? How?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Jumpy. Ill at ease. He seemed scared.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Huh. What's his name?
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Prewitt, Arthur Prewitt, retired schoolmaster, poofter.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : Oh, for...
Sergeant Gavin Troy : Well, that's what he is. A right cream puff.
D.C.I. Tom Barnaby : It was a crime when he was young, Troy, to be gay. Maybe that's why he was ill at ease, bad memories from people like you.