Broadchurch (TV Series)
Episode #1.3 (2013)
David Tennant: D.I. Alec Hardy
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Quotes
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Dr. Martin Baxter : You're the last person I expected a phone call from.
DI Alec Hardy : You're the first friendly face I've seen in months.
Dr. Martin Baxter : Well, If I'm the friendly face, god knows what the rest of them are like.
DI Alec Hardy : Oh... you've no idea. It is another world.
Dr. Martin Baxter : It's a bit cloak and dagger Alec, meeting out here? What's wrong with the office?
DI Alec Hardy : Small town, everyone's eyes on ya. Don't like it.
Dr. Martin Baxter : I erm... went through all the results you sent me.
DI Alec Hardy : So?
Dr. Martin Baxter : It's not good Alec.
DI Alec Hardy : [Hardy sighs] No...
Dr. Martin Baxter : You've got to change all of this. No stress, no pressure, nothing that will cause unnecessary exertion.
DI Alec Hardy : I can't.
Dr. Martin Baxter : You have to. If you don't... you'll end up dead!
DI Alec Hardy : [He growls distastefully] Ahh. You bloody doctors! Always do as I say you'll end up dead.
Dr. Martin Baxter : I'm serious! Look... I'll make sure all the paperwork gets filled in, you can be invalided out.
DI Alec Hardy : Not till I'm done here.
Dr. Martin Baxter : You like it that much?
DI Alec Hardy : No I hate it! I hate the air. I hate the sand. I hate the stupid people. I hate the way they work. I hate their bloody smiley bloody faces. I hate the never ending sky!
Dr. Martin Baxter : Well, why be here at all?
DI Alec Hardy : [long pause] It's penance.
Dr. Martin Baxter : What? No, really?
DI Alec Hardy : Really.
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DI Alec Hardy : [shouts from his office] Miller?
[Leaving his office he walks over to Miller who remains seated at her desk]
DI Alec Hardy : Reconstruction, Thursday night, one week on? Your boy Tom should do it.
DS Ellie Miller : What? No I don't want him to.
DI Alec Hardy : [Hardy interrupts] No. He's the best choice.
DS Ellie Miller : Did you not hear what I just said? He's just lost his best friend. That could traumatize him for life.
DI Alec Hardy : Well, maybe he should be allowed to decide.
DS Ellie Miller : No... I'm his mum... I decide!
DI Alec Hardy : Oh, so your commitment to this investigation stops outside these doors?
DS Ellie Miller : With respect sir, move away from me now, or I will piss in a cup and throw it at you!
DI Alec Hardy : [ignores comment] Talk to...
[struggles to remember a name]
DI Alec Hardy : [Miller looks at Hardy with disgust]
DI Alec Hardy : What's your husbands name? Joe? Talk to him about it, and Tom.
DS Ellie Miller : [Miller digresses] You're invited to dinner.
DI Alec Hardy : [Hardy looks confused] What?
DS Ellie Miller : Pick a night
DI Alec Hardy : In your house, why?
DS Ellie Miller : Do you know many people here?
DI Alec Hardy : No.
DS Ellie Miller : Are you living off hotel food?
DI Alec Hardy : It's not a good idea.
DS Ellie Miller : Please don't be an arsehole about it. Believe me, I don't really wanna do it either, but it's what people do.
DI Alec Hardy : Is it?
DS Ellie Miller : [Raises her voice] Yes! They have their bosses round. We don't have to talk about work.
DI Alec Hardy : What do we talk about?
DS Ellie Miller : I don't know, just say yes...
DI Alec Hardy : [Hardy mumbles] Yeah.
DS Ellie Miller : Thank you, bloody hell!
[Hardy walks away and Millers attention returns to her computer as she insults him under her breath]
DS Ellie Miller : Knob!