Ashes to Ashes Quotes
Alex Drake: You and I have been through a lot together professionally and you know... in other ways.
Gene Hunt: Come on, spit it out, Bolls.
Alex Drake: Let’s have dinner together. Tonight.
Gene Hunt: Why?
Alex Drake: Because I’ve got a feeling we won’t get many more opportunities, that’s why.
Gene Hunt: What, you mean a date?
Alex Drake: Yeah, I suppose so.
Gene Hunt: Alright, you’re on. But I have to warn you Bolly, first date, upstairs outside only.
Gene Hunt: Come on, spit it out, Bolls.
Alex Drake: Let’s have dinner together. Tonight.
Gene Hunt: Why?
Alex Drake: Because I’ve got a feeling we won’t get many more opportunities, that’s why.
Gene Hunt: What, you mean a date?
Alex Drake: Yeah, I suppose so.
Gene Hunt: Alright, you’re on. But I have to warn you Bolly, first date, upstairs outside only.
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Gene Hunt: When I want your opinion Skelton I will ask for it, and I will never ask for it, you prick!
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[Gene and the team get a tip off of a murder at an ANC illegal drinking den. They arrive and Gene gets Ray to search the place. Ray goes behind the bar and discovers some blood. He then spots some more and follows a trail]
Ray Carling: Guv, there's some blood... and some more over here.
[Ray and Gene follow the trail of blood until they reach a cupboard. Ray opens it and a bloodied body falls out onto him]
Ray Carling: Bloody Nora!
Ray Carling: Guv, there's some blood... and some more over here.
[Ray and Gene follow the trail of blood until they reach a cupboard. Ray opens it and a bloodied body falls out onto him]
Ray Carling: Bloody Nora!
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[Shaz and Ray search the drinking den for the murder weapon. Ray tries to open a barrel containing ale]
Shaz: Ray Carling! What are you doing?
Ray Carling: Just getting myself a sneaky pint. There seems to be a blockage.
Shaz Granger: Yeah... Anyway about, Chris. He really needs to stand up for himself, take control of his own destiny. He’s in denial.
Ray Carling: The Nile? Isn’t that a river in Egypt?
Shaz: Ray Carling! What are you doing?
Ray Carling: Just getting myself a sneaky pint. There seems to be a blockage.
Shaz Granger: Yeah... Anyway about, Chris. He really needs to stand up for himself, take control of his own destiny. He’s in denial.
Ray Carling: The Nile? Isn’t that a river in Egypt?
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Gene Hunt: [To Alex] This is the final chapter Bolly. In case you haven’t noticed, we are fighting for our lives.
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Jim Keats: Do you realise how serious this is?
Gene Hunt: Yes I do. This is gonna be one hell of a last chapter, hey Jim?
Gene Hunt: Yes I do. This is gonna be one hell of a last chapter, hey Jim?
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[Gene waits for Alex to arrive at Luigi’s Restaurant for their date]
Luigi: Mr. Hunt. Always a pleasure to see you.
Gene Hunt: Yes, well the pleasure is all yours, Luigi.
Luigi: Mr. Hunt is on a date?
Gene Hunt: I am not on a date! I am meeting a colleague for a meal and a professional chat.
Luigi: Well, I know enough about restaurants and men to know a date when I see one.
Gene Hunt: And I know enough about Italians and vats of boiling cooking oil.
Luigi: Mr. Hunt. Always a pleasure to see you.
Gene Hunt: Yes, well the pleasure is all yours, Luigi.
Luigi: Mr. Hunt is on a date?
Gene Hunt: I am not on a date! I am meeting a colleague for a meal and a professional chat.
Luigi: Well, I know enough about restaurants and men to know a date when I see one.
Gene Hunt: And I know enough about Italians and vats of boiling cooking oil.
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Gene Hunt: You scrub up well Bolls.
Alex Drake: Thank you. You don’t look so bad yourself.
Alex Drake: Thank you. You don’t look so bad yourself.
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[While dining with Gene]
Alex Drake: Have you noticed the strange atmosphere in CID?
Gene Hunt: It’s Viv. They all miss him. He was the quiet one that held everything together, the wheel at the centre.
Alex Drake: And now the spokes have fallen off.
Gene Hunt: Blimey, it’s like being on a date with Leonard Cohen.
[There is an awkward pause and Alex stares at Gene]
Gene Hunt: Go on, say it?
Alex Drake: Say what?
Gene Hunt: Alex, there's an elephant in the room. Let’s get it out the way, hey?
Alex Drake: Alright. [Pause] Did you or did you not kill Sam Tyler?
Alex Drake: Have you noticed the strange atmosphere in CID?
Gene Hunt: It’s Viv. They all miss him. He was the quiet one that held everything together, the wheel at the centre.
Alex Drake: And now the spokes have fallen off.
Gene Hunt: Blimey, it’s like being on a date with Leonard Cohen.
[There is an awkward pause and Alex stares at Gene]
Gene Hunt: Go on, say it?
Alex Drake: Say what?
Gene Hunt: Alex, there's an elephant in the room. Let’s get it out the way, hey?
Alex Drake: Alright. [Pause] Did you or did you not kill Sam Tyler?
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Gene Hunt: Sam Tyler was a friend of mine. Bloody irritating friend most of the time, it has to be said, [Pause] but I learnt more from him than from anybody else I have ever met. He was strong, decent, a brilliant copper.
Alex Drake: What happened?
Gene Hunt: He’d been acting strange for a few weeks, and Sam Tyler strange was very bloody strange indeed.
Alex Drake: But he was happy here? Everybody says so; he had a girlfriend, Annie. He had you?!
Gene Hunt: Yeah, I asked him what was wrong. He said he couldn’t tell me.
Alex Drake: What did you do?
Gene Hunt: He said he wanted to leave. Then he asked me to help him fake his own death.
[Alex looks stunned and slightly shocked. Gene nods confirming what she just heard]
Gene Hunt: That's why we set fire to the car and pushed it into the river.
Alex Drake: So Sam asked you to commit an illegal act and you went ahead with it?
Gene Hunt: I didn’t want to Bolls. I wanted him to stay. I needed him.
Alex Drake: Well, what happened next?
Gene Hunt: I never saw him again.
Alex Drake: Ha! What? Come on, he just vanished?
[Gene looks at Alex]
Alex Drake: Look, Sam was like me...
Gene Hunt: He wasn’t as annoying as it happens.
Alex Drake: ... Whatever happened to him might happen to me Gene I have to know.
Gene Hunt: I asked him why. He said it would be better for me if I didn’t know. You see this is about respect, Alex. It’s about trust, about faith, something you haven’t learnt yet.
Alex Drake: What happened?
Gene Hunt: He’d been acting strange for a few weeks, and Sam Tyler strange was very bloody strange indeed.
Alex Drake: But he was happy here? Everybody says so; he had a girlfriend, Annie. He had you?!
Gene Hunt: Yeah, I asked him what was wrong. He said he couldn’t tell me.
Alex Drake: What did you do?
Gene Hunt: He said he wanted to leave. Then he asked me to help him fake his own death.
[Alex looks stunned and slightly shocked. Gene nods confirming what she just heard]
Gene Hunt: That's why we set fire to the car and pushed it into the river.
Alex Drake: So Sam asked you to commit an illegal act and you went ahead with it?
Gene Hunt: I didn’t want to Bolls. I wanted him to stay. I needed him.
Alex Drake: Well, what happened next?
Gene Hunt: I never saw him again.
Alex Drake: Ha! What? Come on, he just vanished?
[Gene looks at Alex]
Alex Drake: Look, Sam was like me...
Gene Hunt: He wasn’t as annoying as it happens.
Alex Drake: ... Whatever happened to him might happen to me Gene I have to know.
Gene Hunt: I asked him why. He said it would be better for me if I didn’t know. You see this is about respect, Alex. It’s about trust, about faith, something you haven’t learnt yet.
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[As their date and discussion about Sam Tyler ends]
Luigi: Mr. Hunt, Miss Drake you want some coffee, a brandy?
Gene Hunt: A brandy, large!
Alex Drake: Just the bill, please, Luigi.
Gene Hunt: Ok fine, but as you’re the feminist you can pay half.
[Drake and Gene share a moment]
Alex Drake: Get your coat. You’ve pulled.
[Ray enters and interrupts, entering the restaurant with some evidence]
Ray Carling: Oi Guv I got something to show you.
Gene Hunt: So has DI Drake and I think hers will be more interesting.
Luigi: Mr. Hunt, Miss Drake you want some coffee, a brandy?
Gene Hunt: A brandy, large!
Alex Drake: Just the bill, please, Luigi.
Gene Hunt: Ok fine, but as you’re the feminist you can pay half.
[Drake and Gene share a moment]
Alex Drake: Get your coat. You’ve pulled.
[Ray enters and interrupts, entering the restaurant with some evidence]
Ray Carling: Oi Guv I got something to show you.
Gene Hunt: So has DI Drake and I think hers will be more interesting.
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[Chris, followed by Shaz head towards the doors of the Railway Arms pub having realised and accepted their fate. Chris addresses Gene while standing by the doors]
Chris Skelton: You not coming in guv?
Gene Hunt: No. Not right now.
Chris Skelton: You not coming in guv?
Gene Hunt: No. Not right now.
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[Ray says his goodbyes to Gene before passing over into the Railway Arms]
Ray Carling: You are and always will be “The Guv”.
Gene Hunt: You're in danger of sounding poofy, Raymondo.
Ray Carling: You are and always will be “The Guv”.
Gene Hunt: You're in danger of sounding poofy, Raymondo.
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[After all the other members of Gene’s team pass over Alex is left alone with Gene]
Alex Drake: So thats it?! I help bring them here with you. It’s over! I’ve done it! I can go home Gene!
[Gene stares Alex blankly in the face. Alex realises but doesn’t quite believe him]
Alex Drake: Gene? No. No! I’m lying in a hospital bed!
Gene Hunt: [attempts to console Alex] Come here Bolls.
Alex Drake: No! It’s not true!
[DCI Jim Keats appears behind the pair in the darkened street]
Jim Keats: Of course it’s not true. He wants you to give up on your life. I told you he’d trick you. [He pulls a scarf from around his neck and hands it to Alex] Here Alex...
Alex Drake: It’s Molly’s! [Sniffs it] It’s hers.
Jim Keats: She’s waiting for you. I can take you to her Alex.
[Gene shakes his head telling her not to listen to Keats]
Alex Drake: What time is it?
Jim Keats: What?
Alex Drake: What time is it? Show me, show me your watch!
[Alex takes Jim’s arm]
Jim Keats: No, No! It’s erm...broken.
[Alex examines the time on the watch and discovers what the time is and what it means]
Alex Drake: It’s 9: 06. It’s always 9: 06 [Flashbacks show various clocks from the series indicating the time 9: 06] That was the time in my hospital room. That was the time when I...
Jim Keats: Look Alex wait, just listen I...
[Gene steps in front of Keats]
Gene Hunt: Hello Jimbo. [He punches Keats who falls to the floor] Goodbye Jimbo.
Alex Drake: [Holding the scarf out to Gene indicating Molly] My baby?!
Gene Hunt: I know, I know! [Pause] It’s the way of the world Al
Alex Drake: So thats it?! I help bring them here with you. It’s over! I’ve done it! I can go home Gene!
[Gene stares Alex blankly in the face. Alex realises but doesn’t quite believe him]
Alex Drake: Gene? No. No! I’m lying in a hospital bed!
Gene Hunt: [attempts to console Alex] Come here Bolls.
Alex Drake: No! It’s not true!
[DCI Jim Keats appears behind the pair in the darkened street]
Jim Keats: Of course it’s not true. He wants you to give up on your life. I told you he’d trick you. [He pulls a scarf from around his neck and hands it to Alex] Here Alex...
Alex Drake: It’s Molly’s! [Sniffs it] It’s hers.
Jim Keats: She’s waiting for you. I can take you to her Alex.
[Gene shakes his head telling her not to listen to Keats]
Alex Drake: What time is it?
Jim Keats: What?
Alex Drake: What time is it? Show me, show me your watch!
[Alex takes Jim’s arm]
Jim Keats: No, No! It’s erm...broken.
[Alex examines the time on the watch and discovers what the time is and what it means]
Alex Drake: It’s 9: 06. It’s always 9: 06 [Flashbacks show various clocks from the series indicating the time 9: 06] That was the time in my hospital room. That was the time when I...
Jim Keats: Look Alex wait, just listen I...
[Gene steps in front of Keats]
Gene Hunt: Hello Jimbo. [He punches Keats who falls to the floor] Goodbye Jimbo.
Alex Drake: [Holding the scarf out to Gene indicating Molly] My baby?!
Gene Hunt: I know, I know! [Pause] It’s the way of the world Al
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[After a bomb has gone off at the South African embassy]
Jim Keats: I don't like it any more than you, but this is now an international incident. NOt something Fenchurch East really needs at this moment.
Gene Hunt: You know, I don't care about your report, Keats!
Jim Keats: Yes you do. That's what all this posturing's about!
Alex Drake: Guv, this is bigger than a spat with Special Branch; this is another state, another country.
Gene Hunt: "Gene Hunt versus another country"!? I rather like the sound of that!
Jim Keats: You know, you make my job so easy!
Alex Drake: Why haven't you gone home, Shaz?
Shaz: I did, but I couldn't sleep, Ma'am. Thought I'd see how Chris was.
Gene Hunt: Right, where is the Caped Crusader? [Chris walks in]
Chris Skelton: Here I am, Guv.
Gene Hunt: Go and bring Tobias up from the cells.
Chris Skelton: I can't do that.
Gene Hunt: Why not?
Chris Skelton: [noncommittally] He's not there. [looks away]
Gene Hunt: What do you mean, he's not there!?
Alex Drake: Where is he, Chris?
Chris Skelton: I don't know. [Gene rolls his eyes in exasperated annoyance]
Gene Hunt: You know, I realise it's been a long night and you're not the brightest button on the planet...!
Chris Skelton: I let him go. [everyone is shocked into silence]
Jim Keats: You let him go!? You idiot! You've released a murderer! A terrorist!
Gene Hunt: Hang on, you let him go? Although I expressly gave you orders to the contrary?
Chris Skelton: Guv, he was never going to get a fair trial in South Africa, probably no trial at all. So...
Jim Keats: [coldly] This is the ship you run, Hunt. No disci
Jim Keats: I don't like it any more than you, but this is now an international incident. NOt something Fenchurch East really needs at this moment.
Gene Hunt: You know, I don't care about your report, Keats!
Jim Keats: Yes you do. That's what all this posturing's about!
Alex Drake: Guv, this is bigger than a spat with Special Branch; this is another state, another country.
Gene Hunt: "Gene Hunt versus another country"!? I rather like the sound of that!
Jim Keats: You know, you make my job so easy!
Alex Drake: Why haven't you gone home, Shaz?
Shaz: I did, but I couldn't sleep, Ma'am. Thought I'd see how Chris was.
Gene Hunt: Right, where is the Caped Crusader? [Chris walks in]
Chris Skelton: Here I am, Guv.
Gene Hunt: Go and bring Tobias up from the cells.
Chris Skelton: I can't do that.
Gene Hunt: Why not?
Chris Skelton: [noncommittally] He's not there. [looks away]
Gene Hunt: What do you mean, he's not there!?
Alex Drake: Where is he, Chris?
Chris Skelton: I don't know. [Gene rolls his eyes in exasperated annoyance]
Gene Hunt: You know, I realise it's been a long night and you're not the brightest button on the planet...!
Chris Skelton: I let him go. [everyone is shocked into silence]
Jim Keats: You let him go!? You idiot! You've released a murderer! A terrorist!
Gene Hunt: Hang on, you let him go? Although I expressly gave you orders to the contrary?
Chris Skelton: Guv, he was never going to get a fair trial in South Africa, probably no trial at all. So...
Jim Keats: [coldly] This is the ship you run, Hunt. No disci
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[In Luigis', in the aftermath of Chris and Gene's fight]
Chris Skelton: You're the best DCI I've ever met, and I've been proud to work under you. But I'm not going to be your doormat any more, Guv. Those days have gone.
[Gene walks up to Chris as Shaz, Alex and Ray look on nervously]
Gene Hunt: Are they now?
Chris Skelton: Buy me a drink, and we'll say no more about it. [holds out his hand]
Gene Hunt: Luigi, get Mr. Skelton a drink.
Luigi: Si, Senor Hunt.
[Chris and Gene shake hands, followed by a heartfelt hug]
Chris Skelton: You're the best DCI I've ever met, and I've been proud to work under you. But I'm not going to be your doormat any more, Guv. Those days have gone.
[Gene walks up to Chris as Shaz, Alex and Ray look on nervously]
Gene Hunt: Are they now?
Chris Skelton: Buy me a drink, and we'll say no more about it. [holds out his hand]
Gene Hunt: Luigi, get Mr. Skelton a drink.
Luigi: Si, Senor Hunt.
[Chris and Gene shake hands, followed by a heartfelt hug]
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[Alex and Gene are in Alex’s flat, she puts some music on]
Alex Drake: Let’s have a dance.
Gene Hunt: No, Gene Hunt does not dance.
Alex Drake: No, and he doesn’t hug Christopher Skelton either, does he?
Alex Drake: Let’s have a dance.
Gene Hunt: No, Gene Hunt does not dance.
Alex Drake: No, and he doesn’t hug Christopher Skelton either, does he?
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[Having confronted Gene, Chris gets his Life On Mars moment where he hears music and a voice. Afterwards he speaks about it to Ray and Shaz who have had similar moments]
Chris Skelton: I’ll tell you something else about that voice. You remember that landlord at The Railway Arms?
Ray Carling: Yeah, Nelson. How could I forget?
Chris Skelton: Well, the voice, it was him!
Chris Skelton: I’ll tell you something else about that voice. You remember that landlord at The Railway Arms?
Ray Carling: Yeah, Nelson. How could I forget?
Chris Skelton: Well, the voice, it was him!
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[Having left the restaurant Ray, Chris and Shaz are having a discussion that ends with Shaz accusing Ray of being racist towards African people]
Shaz: You’re a racist Ray.
Ray Carling: I am not a racist!
Chris Skelton: Well, you don’t like the Welsh.
Ray Carling: Yeah, but I wouldn’t like them whatever colour they were.
Shaz: God, it’s like 1953 in your heads, isn’t it?
Shaz: You’re a racist Ray.
Ray Carling: I am not a racist!
Chris Skelton: Well, you don’t like the Welsh.
Ray Carling: Yeah, but I wouldn’t like them whatever colour they were.
Shaz: God, it’s like 1953 in your heads, isn’t it?
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[Gene and Alex enter an aircraft hanger where the rest of the team wait with several dead bodies which have had their throats slit]
Alex Drake: What was the estimated time of death?
Gene Hunt: Probably about thirty seconds after they had their throats were unzipped.
Alex Drake: What was the estimated time of death?
Gene Hunt: Probably about thirty seconds after they had their throats were unzipped.
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[Gene talks to Alex after she has been handed a OS map of Lancashire believing it to be the resting place of Sam Tyler]
Gene Hunt: Why did Shaz give you that map of Lancashire?
Alex Drake: No reason. It’s just I feel a holiday coming up and it’s one of those places I’ve always wanted to visit.
Gene Hunt: This is about bloody [Sam] Tyler again isn’t it?
Gene Hunt: Why did Shaz give you that map of Lancashire?
Alex Drake: No reason. It’s just I feel a holiday coming up and it’s one of those places I’ve always wanted to visit.
Gene Hunt: This is about bloody [Sam] Tyler again isn’t it?
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[Gene and Jim Keats stand in Keats’ office. Jim lays down a large black box on the table in front of Gene]
Gene Hunt: What’s this? Your packed lunch?
Jim Keats: It’s my finished report....on you.
[Gene opens the box and finds a single photo of the house in Lancashire where the body of his younger self is buried]
Gene Hunt: What’s this? Your packed lunch?
Jim Keats: It’s my finished report....on you.
[Gene opens the box and finds a single photo of the house in Lancashire where the body of his younger self is buried]
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[Gene and Alex talk following the revelation that Gene is the young dead PC who has been haunting Alex and the dead copper in the shallow grave in Lancashire]
Gene Hunt: He didn’t deserve a shallow grave did he? Did he, Alex?
Alex Drake: [On the verge of tears following the revelation] No, you didn’t.
Gene Hunt: He didn’t deserve a shallow grave did he? Did he, Alex?
Alex Drake: [On the verge of tears following the revelation] No, you didn’t.
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[After his beloved car meets its fate during an all-out gun battle]
Gene Hunt: He's killed the Quattro! He's bloody killed my Quattro! Oi! I'm arresting you for murdering my car, you dyke digging toss pot!
Gene Hunt: He's killed the Quattro! He's bloody killed my Quattro! Oi! I'm arresting you for murdering my car, you dyke digging toss pot!
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[With his team having passed on, Gene stands alone in the street with a menacing looking Jim Keats]
Jim Keats: [Laughs menacingly] Ahahahaha! All alone, there’s no one here, oh diddums.
[Keats starts acting crazy while still laughing manically. Gene pulls Jim close to him by the scruff of his coat. They stare each other down and then Gene lets go and Keats walks away]
Jim Keats: [Singing] We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when! Ahaha! All alone Gene. See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya! [He laughs manically once more as he walks off into the darkness leaving Gene standing alone in the empty street]
Jim Keats: [Laughs menacingly] Ahahahaha! All alone, there’s no one here, oh diddums.
[Keats starts acting crazy while still laughing manically. Gene pulls Jim close to him by the scruff of his coat. They stare each other down and then Gene lets go and Keats walks away]
Jim Keats: [Singing] We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when! Ahaha! All alone Gene. See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya! [He laughs manically once more as he walks off into the darkness leaving Gene standing alone in the empty street]
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[Alone once more Gene enters his CID office and opens a bottle of whiskey while looking at a manual for a new car. As he does so a new recruit enters the office space]
New Recruit: [To the remaining members of the CID team] Whats going on here? Wheres my office gone? Which one of you jokers has got my iPhone? Whats going on? This is my office right here! WHERES MY OFFICE? Well!? One of you morons say something! WHERES MY OFFICE?!
[Gene sees and hears the man from inside of his office. Gene steps up opens his office door and addresses the man in the same way he did when he first met Sam Tyler]
Gene Hunt: A word in your shell-like, pal?
New Recruit: [To the remaining members of the CID team] Whats going on here? Wheres my office gone? Which one of you jokers has got my iPhone? Whats going on? This is my office right here! WHERES MY OFFICE? Well!? One of you morons say something! WHERES MY OFFICE?!
[Gene sees and hears the man from inside of his office. Gene steps up opens his office door and addresses the man in the same way he did when he first met Sam Tyler]
Gene Hunt: A word in your shell-like, pal?
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- Fire up the Quattro
- She's been in front of more beaks than Daffy Duck at a family knees-up.
- Tora tora tora!
- Today my friend, your diary entry shall read, took a prozzie hostage, and was shot by three armed bastards.
- What is this, slap Gene day!?
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Series 2: The Eighties Are Back, And It's Criminal
Series 3: In The End The Truth Will Out...
Series 3: In The End The Truth Will Out...
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