Spooks Quotes
[After being told he and the other light-skinned gang members are to rob a bank]
Pretty Willie: All the yellow nigga's, right?
[His anger coming to a slow boil]
Pretty Willie: Man, I am TIRED of that! I am not passing! I am BLACK! Do you hear me, man? I am BLACK! I am a NIGGA', you understand me? I was BORN Black, I -LIVE- Black, and I'm gonna die, prob'ly -BECAUSE- I'm Black, because some Cracker who -KNOWS- I'm Black, better than -YOU-, Nigga', is prob'ly gonna put a BULLET in the back of my head!
Pretty Willie: All the yellow nigga's, right?
[His anger coming to a slow boil]
Pretty Willie: Man, I am TIRED of that! I am not passing! I am BLACK! Do you hear me, man? I am BLACK! I am a NIGGA', you understand me? I was BORN Black, I -LIVE- Black, and I'm gonna die, prob'ly -BECAUSE- I'm Black, because some Cracker who -KNOWS- I'm Black, better than -YOU-, Nigga', is prob'ly gonna put a BULLET in the back of my head!
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[about a woman the team is trying to lift]
Oliver Mace: The woman is to be returned to immigration, immediately.
Harry Pearce: Oh dear, we've lost her, whoops.
Oliver Mace: The woman is to be returned to immigration, immediately.
Harry Pearce: Oh dear, we've lost her, whoops.
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[team is in van on way to location]
Harry Pearce: What are you doing?
Danny Hunter: Texting Tom.
Harry Pearce: Don't send that, I don't want him here.
[van goes over speed bump in road, phone beeps 'message sent' tone]
Danny Hunter: Aww damn.
Harry Pearce: What?
Danny Hunter: It went... when we bumped.
Harry Pearce: What are you doing?
Danny Hunter: Texting Tom.
Harry Pearce: Don't send that, I don't want him here.
[van goes over speed bump in road, phone beeps 'message sent' tone]
Danny Hunter: Aww damn.
Harry Pearce: What?
Danny Hunter: It went... when we bumped.
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[Tom is let into van where team is]
Adam Carter: [introducing self] Adam Carter, I've been brought in as a kind of fire engine around here.
Tom Quinn: [looks at him disdainfully] Right.
Adam Carter: [introducing self] Adam Carter, I've been brought in as a kind of fire engine around here.
Tom Quinn: [looks at him disdainfully] Right.
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Harry: And now the old enemy looks like it's rearing it's ugly head and it's such a beautiful morning.
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Harry: You like her?
Tom: Very much.
Harry: Well assuming she passes vetting, might you be addressing the microscopic issue that your real name is Tom Quinn and you're a spy?
Tom: When did you tell your wife you were a spook? When you met, when you married?
Harry: Just after we'd signed the register. Well I like to have things on paper, don't you?
Tom: Very much.
Harry: Well assuming she passes vetting, might you be addressing the microscopic issue that your real name is Tom Quinn and you're a spy?
Tom: When did you tell your wife you were a spook? When you met, when you married?
Harry: Just after we'd signed the register. Well I like to have things on paper, don't you?
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Zoe: Lots of men. It's always men. Have you ever made anyone pregnant?
Danny: What's that got to do with you?
Zoe: Didn't think so.
Danny: What's that got to do with you?
Zoe: Didn't think so.
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Harry: Tom I'm sorry. Mary Kane is a very hot name to drop in Washington right now, they're practically frothing at the mouth for her.
Tom: How do they know? They cannot know.
Harry: The home office know. And now, so do the Americans. We're in the middle of fighting a war against terrorists and finally it looks as if we've caught one. No wonder they're going loopy.
Tom: How do they know? They cannot know.
Harry: The home office know. And now, so do the Americans. We're in the middle of fighting a war against terrorists and finally it looks as if we've caught one. No wonder they're going loopy.
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Malcolm: I have a camp bed. I heard you were looking for somewhere to sleep. In town.
Zoe: To..to rent? A room, preferably, Malcolm.
Malcolm: Oh, well, I have a camp bed.
Danny [To Zoe]: Don't burn your bridges.
Zoe: To..to rent? A room, preferably, Malcolm.
Malcolm: Oh, well, I have a camp bed.
Danny [To Zoe]: Don't burn your bridges.
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Tom: I'll need a wife, of course.
Harry: Shouldn't have thought that too difficult, a dishy catch like you.
Harry: Shouldn't have thought that too difficult, a dishy catch like you.
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Harry: You're a little shite, Derek. Have I ever told you that?
Derek Morris: You've implied it enough times. Take a chill pill, Harry.
Derek Morris: You've implied it enough times. Take a chill pill, Harry.
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Tom: What we need is good old-fashioned human intelligence.
Danny: You won't find any of that in here.
Tom: You'd be surprised.
Danny: I've always said, never trust what anyone tells you, especially if you're paying.
Tom: Fair enough. Nice jacket, by the way.
Danny: Thanks.
Danny: You won't find any of that in here.
Tom: You'd be surprised.
Danny: I've always said, never trust what anyone tells you, especially if you're paying.
Tom: Fair enough. Nice jacket, by the way.
Danny: Thanks.
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Helen Flynn: Most men don't need two hours in the bathroom, Danny. I know it's hard to believe.
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Harry: The couple who run the computer classes, are they removable? [pause] In a nice way.
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Oliver Mace: The whole culture of Thames House is rotten so we are... cleaning out the stables.
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Danny Hunter: [to Oliver Mace] You've got some kind of hidden agenda here..
Harry Pearce: [arriving in doorway] If there is to be an agenda, it will be mine. Oliver, we speak now. Or must I embarrass you before junior personnel?
Harry Pearce: [arriving in doorway] If there is to be an agenda, it will be mine. Oliver, we speak now. Or must I embarrass you before junior personnel?
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Oliver Mace: There’s a serious threat to national security here, I can’t keep to the niceties.
Harry Pearce: I like the niceties, they protect us from tyranny.
Oliver Mace: The moral high ground is a bit of a sand bank for you, Harry, the tide is coming in.
Harry Pearce: I like the niceties, they protect us from tyranny.
Oliver Mace: The moral high ground is a bit of a sand bank for you, Harry, the tide is coming in.
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Harry Pearce: Everyone, I'd like to introduce you to your vagrant...
Adam Carter: Alright, how you doing?
Harry Pearce: This is Adam Carter, I’ve bulldozed a few rules and seconded Adam from Six to help us sort out this mess.
Adam Carter: Yeah, well, uh we’ve got one hell of a situation here but there’s a neat way to get the gremlins off our backs.
Zoe Reynolds: Oh yeah? What’s that?
Adam Carter: We prove Tom Quinn was innocent
Danny Hunter: Yes!
Adam Carter: I'm sorry about this but it looks like we're in for an all-nighter. We're going to need a heap of sandwiches, coffee, tea-
Sam Buxton: I'll get that... I mean... I don't have to, I don't get the tea usually.
Adam Carter: Thanks Sam. [stops her] Oh, you're not still bugged are you?
Sam Buxton: What? [Adam smiles in amusement] Ohhh! No.
Adam Carter: Alright, how you doing?
Harry Pearce: This is Adam Carter, I’ve bulldozed a few rules and seconded Adam from Six to help us sort out this mess.
Adam Carter: Yeah, well, uh we’ve got one hell of a situation here but there’s a neat way to get the gremlins off our backs.
Zoe Reynolds: Oh yeah? What’s that?
Adam Carter: We prove Tom Quinn was innocent
Danny Hunter: Yes!
Adam Carter: I'm sorry about this but it looks like we're in for an all-nighter. We're going to need a heap of sandwiches, coffee, tea-
Sam Buxton: I'll get that... I mean... I don't have to, I don't get the tea usually.
Adam Carter: Thanks Sam. [stops her] Oh, you're not still bugged are you?
Sam Buxton: What? [Adam smiles in amusement] Ohhh! No.
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[while discussing Tom's shooting of Harry to escape being arrested for treason]
Adam Carter: What about you Harry, if you'd have been in Tom's position, would you have shot you?
Adam Carter: What about you Harry, if you'd have been in Tom's position, would you have shot you?
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[after Danny asks him if he has a plan for proving Tom innocent]
Adam Carter: I did something once, when I was stationed in Damascus. I made up a story to discredit a high-ranking intelligence officer from the Syrian Secret Service. The guy was a torturer, real pig, who was about to find out that his wife was an agent I was running. I had to stop him so I put it about that the pig was not a pig but a mole, working for the Israeli Secret Service and do you know what? Turned out to be true.
Danny Hunter: What happened?
Adam Carter: The Syrians angered, Israelis went ape of course...
Danny Hunter: What about the agent?
Adam Carter: I married her. [laughs] You'll meet her, she's gorgeous. Don't plan too much Danny, let things just... crinkle out.
Adam Carter: I did something once, when I was stationed in Damascus. I made up a story to discredit a high-ranking intelligence officer from the Syrian Secret Service. The guy was a torturer, real pig, who was about to find out that his wife was an agent I was running. I had to stop him so I put it about that the pig was not a pig but a mole, working for the Israeli Secret Service and do you know what? Turned out to be true.
Danny Hunter: What happened?
Adam Carter: The Syrians angered, Israelis went ape of course...
Danny Hunter: What about the agent?
Adam Carter: I married her. [laughs] You'll meet her, she's gorgeous. Don't plan too much Danny, let things just... crinkle out.
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Hugo: You sure you ought to be out of hospital?
Harry Pearce: Oh, do shut up Hugo and just tell me what's going on.
Hugo: There's a conspiracy, in the darker corners of the element
Harry Pearce: Oh my prophetic soul...
Harry Pearce: Oh, do shut up Hugo and just tell me what's going on.
Hugo: There's a conspiracy, in the darker corners of the element
Harry Pearce: Oh my prophetic soul...
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Hugo: You'll not stop these people Harry, they'll crucify you.
Harry Pearce: Crucifixion it is then.
Harry Pearce: Crucifixion it is then.
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[talking to Tom over the phone]
Harry Pearce: Meet me...
Tom Quinn: No I can't.
Harry Pearce: Why not?
Tom Quinn: Because I don't think you believe me, Harry. I don't think you trust me...
Harry Pearce: Now why would that be? Could it be anything to do with the memory of you holding a shotgun to my face?
Harry Pearce: Meet me...
Tom Quinn: No I can't.
Harry Pearce: Why not?
Tom Quinn: Because I don't think you believe me, Harry. I don't think you trust me...
Harry Pearce: Now why would that be? Could it be anything to do with the memory of you holding a shotgun to my face?
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[About who should go to question their target]
Tom Quinn: This is our last chance, we need her story to clear me.
Adam Carter: I should do it.
Tom Quinn : [angrily] Who the hell do you think you are?
Adam Carter: Actually, mate, I'm an officer who didn't get suckered by an American con artist.
Tom Quinn: This is our last chance, we need her story to clear me.
Adam Carter: I should do it.
Tom Quinn : [angrily] Who the hell do you think you are?
Adam Carter: Actually, mate, I'm an officer who didn't get suckered by an American con artist.
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[About questioning their target]
Tom Quinn: Harry it's my right to do this!
Adam Carter: You're too involved mate, you'll blow it.
Harry Pearce: Alright Adam, it's you.
Tom Quinn: Come on Harry! Come on!
Harry Pearce: I've given an order
Tom Quinn: I'm going in!
Harry Pearce: [firmly] You are not!
Tom Quinn: [upset, looks at Adam] You've got my life
Harry Pearce: [leaving] It's not about your life is it.
[Tom and Adam stand looking at each other silently]
Adam Carter: [smiling, pats him on shoulder]...don't worry!
Tom Quinn: Harry it's my right to do this!
Adam Carter: You're too involved mate, you'll blow it.
Harry Pearce: Alright Adam, it's you.
Tom Quinn: Come on Harry! Come on!
Harry Pearce: I've given an order
Tom Quinn: I'm going in!
Harry Pearce: [firmly] You are not!
Tom Quinn: [upset, looks at Adam] You've got my life
Harry Pearce: [leaving] It's not about your life is it.
[Tom and Adam stand looking at each other silently]
Adam Carter: [smiling, pats him on shoulder]...don't worry!
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