The Professionals (TV Series)

Stopover (1979)

Gordon Jackson: George Cowley

Quotes 

• George Cowley : [to Meredith, who is clutching a gas canister and a lighter]  Good to see you alive, Colin - the report said captured, assumed dead.

• George Cowley : The doctor said you're to have a complete rest.

  Meredith : I haven't worn civilized clothes for two years!

• Meredith : [on Radouk's possible defection]  You interested? This is the biggest thing since Philby!

  George Cowley : God forbid!

• [Meredith has complained about Bodie and Doyle, describing them as 'goons'] 

  George Cowley : If it hadn't been for my 'goons' as you choose to call them, you'd be laid out on a slab by now!

• George Cowley : [passing a picture from Malenski's file to Doyle]  He takes after his mother, don't you think?

• [Cowley orders Bodie and Doyle to join him in chasing after Kodai's helicopter, after Cowley survived being shot by Kodai by wearing a Bullet proof vest under his coat] 

  Doyle : Why aren't we taking the lads?

  George Cowley : Because I don't want a bloody procession, Doyle!

• [Doyle, Bodie and Cowley are following Kodai's helicopter in Cowley's car] 

  Doyle : How did you know to wear the fancy waistcoat? Clairvoyance?

  George Cowley : Clairvoyance!