Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
Days of Misrule (2008)
John Nettles: DCI Tom Barnaby
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Quotes
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DCI Tom Barnaby : Jones.
DS Ben Jones : Yes, sir!
DCI Tom Barnaby : I'm not going to get you tarred and feathered and sent to traffic, all right?
DS Ben Jones : You're not?
DCI Tom Barnaby : No.
DS Ben Jones : I thought I'd dropped you in it with the Boy Wonder, sir.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Well, yes, you did. But your candour merely hastens the inevitable.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : Layla. We'd like a word about James Parkes.
Layla Barkham : Hm. One word: bastard.
DCI Tom Barnaby : More would be better.
Layla Barkham : Lying, devious bastard.
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[last lines]
DCI Tom Barnaby : We *have*, as a result of good teamwork, put the murderer behind bars.
CS John Cotton : So I'd heard. Well done.
DCI Tom Barnaby : You may not be as pleased when you see the overtime figures, Sir, in the new year; we've been filling in your time-sheets.
[Barnaby joins the carollers in singing 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen']
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CS John Cotton : You've had a similar incident of arson recently.
DS Ben Jones : Yeah, that'll be...
DCI Tom Barnaby : Polter, the pyromaniac. I'm fairly sure it wasn't him.
CS John Cotton : Fuzzy logic, Tom. Gut instinct can let you down; systems won't.
DS Ben Jones : We banged Polter up last Wednesday, sir.
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DS Ben Jones : [Wearing a blindfold] Can't see a thing!
DCI Tom Barnaby : [Sarcastically] Something to do with wearing a blindfold.
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DS Ben Jones : Don't look now, sir, but we're being watched.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Where?
DS Ben Jones : One o'clock. Big man in red.
[Barnaby looks in the direction and sees a plastic Santa on the roof of a house]
DCI Tom Barnaby : [sarcastically] Oh, you're full of fun today, Jones.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : The cleverest lies, Jones, are those we're already inclined to believe.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : You are a man of conspicuous loyalty, Sgt. Barkham, but you are a lousy liar.
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DCI Tom Barnaby : Blame, in my experience, can be an emotional, rather than a rational, reaction.