- [last lines]
- Steve McAndrew: I'm not trying to replace Jack Halford; I'm not trying to steal your friends; just trying to get along, you know. Anyway, that's, that's uh, that's me, so... um. Well, thanks a lot, Esther.
- Esther Lane: Thank you for the flowers.
- Steve McAndrew: Oh, um, oh, you're welcome. Well, good night to you both and...
- Brian Lane: Stop. Look, now you're here, you might as well have some cottage pie.
- [Esther uncovers a dish]
- Brian Lane: She puts cheese on the top.
- Steve McAndrew: Well. Okay, then; thanks.
- Gerry Standing: Steve, you're in London. We have cuisine.
- Steve McAndrew: Hey, it's not all deep-fried Mars bars in Glasgow, you know.
- Gerry Standing: Yeah, I know. All Scottish food's based on a dare.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: You have to realise that if that list had got out the lives of those officers would have been in danger.
- Catherine Green: That's what happens in a war.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: Oh we're at war, are we?
- Catherine Green: Yes, we're at war. We're fighting for our civil liberties, for our freedom, for fairness against a corrupt self-regarding patriarchal establishment who are willing to sacrifice every single one of us in the pursuit of money and power.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: Very nice speech, Boz. Very rousing. But you see, I don't think that Boz hit Martin Longthorn because he unmasked her; I think Catherine hit him because he betrayed a lonely young woman who thought that she'd finally found some sort of connection in the real world.
- Catherine Green: I think I should only be taken apart by a qualified technician.
- [first lines]
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: A couple of weeks ago you were moaning that the workload was too heavy without Jack.
- Gerry Standing: Look, we're not saying we don't need someone.
- Brian Lane: It's just who that someone is.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: What's wrong with Steve?
- Gerry Standing: Na- nothing, nothing. He's a nice bloke; he just needs calming down a bit.
- Brian Lane: We didn't get a say in it.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: No, you didn't,
- Brian Lane: Well then.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: Well then, what? Finding a replacement for Jack was my decision and mine alone, Brian.
- Brian Lane: But it's a new member of the family.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: No, it's a new member of the team; he's a good detective, and that's all that matters.
- Professor Blake: What happens now?
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: I honestly don't know. I'll have to contact the CPS, and they'll figure out if you've committed a crime and whether they want to prosecute it.
- Professor Blake: I realize I've been very stupid.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: Unfortunately there's no law against that.