Armchair Cinema (TV Series)

Regan (1974)

Morris Perry: Det. Chief Supt. Maynon

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• Det. Chief Supt. Maynon : This afternoon I ordered you to be suspended, pending disciplinary charges.

  Det. Insp. Jack Regan : [drily]  So I hear.

  Det. Chief Supt. Maynon : You'd done a fairish job. Serious Crime Squad had twenty men on it and they'd no idea he was dead. And you got Dale for that and for killing Cowley. Poor Cowley. He was roaming around out there, not writing reports, not communicating with anybody - *your* responsibility. But just like you roam around out there.

  [Regan looks uncomfortable] 

  Det. Chief Supt. Maynon : Jack, the days of one-man bands are over now we're in an orchestra. Every move you made could have been made with the necessary authority, tact and diplomacy. As it is, you've made SCS look like fools and Laker your sworn enemy. And, what's most important, you could have ended up dead like Cowley.

  Det. Insp. Jack Regan : [defiantly]  Did I get the result?

  Det. Chief Supt. Maynon : You're a gambler, Jack. You played a long shot and it came up. That's why we're ringing the changes. No more lone rangers. From now on you'll be one two-hundredth part of any successful case - not the hero of the hour. I have a feeling you're not going to buy this. But think about it. And I'll think about you. Somehow we've got to find a way of making you work as part of a team. Or go away - get right out of it.