Life on Mars Quotes
Gene Hunt: Right, Scottie Yard are sending up some sort of kleptomaniac to look for hidden clues in the ransom note
Sam Tyler: Cryptographer!
Gene Hunt: Whatever.
Chris Skelton: They phoned 10 minutes ago saying they can't spare anybody.
Sam Tyler: Are any of you actually communicating? It's good to talk.
Sam Tyler: Cryptographer!
Gene Hunt: Whatever.
Chris Skelton: They phoned 10 minutes ago saying they can't spare anybody.
Sam Tyler: Are any of you actually communicating? It's good to talk.
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Gene Hunt: Well this is nice. Shall I get us some Bakewell tarts?
Sam Tyler: Tell me about Charley Witham.
Gene Hunt: I can tell you about her. She's what every copper dreads. A dead child. Parents looking to you for answers.
Sam Tyler: Tell me about Charley Witham.
Gene Hunt: I can tell you about her. She's what every copper dreads. A dead child. Parents looking to you for answers.
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Gene Hunt: [voice-over] Last year, I stood in their home, knowing I was their only hope of getting justice.
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Gene Hunt: We think she knew her killer. Leaves were cleared away like they were making space. A rag was stuffed into her mouth. Probably didn't mean to kill her. Probably only wanted to keep her quiet. Smothered her face. Panicked and ran away.
Mrs Witham: So, she suffocated 20 feet from the road. From people walking their dogs, cars.
Mrs Witham: So, she suffocated 20 feet from the road. From people walking their dogs, cars.
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Gene Hunt: [Seeing Annie Cartwright's organised all the files for the current case] Bloody hell, Cartwright! Do you wanna come over my house and sort out my garage?
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Gene Hunt: What if we lie.
Sam Tyler: What?
Gene Hunt: Tell some porkies. Make a big announcement that we've released Graham Bathurst.
Sam Tyler: Well what good's that gonna do?
Gene Hunt: Might buy us more time. Get the bastard out in the open. We kick him and cuff him.
Ray Carling: Sounds like a plan to me.
Annie Cartwright: God, it's always that simple with you lot.
Gene Hunt: Excuse me, Mrs Woman.
Annie Cartwright: Well, Sam's trying to work this thing out, and rest of us...we charge in like a herd of elephants! Details are what count. And I'm wondering, well I'm beginning to wonder, looking at Charley's old files, if we've really put down all the details.
Gene Hunt: We had a child killer to find. And we found him inside of 48 hours. Now I made a pledge to her parents. And I honoured it.
Annie Cartwright: Supposing we made mistakes last year. And just supposing those mistakes are coming back to haunt us.
Sam Tyler: What?
Gene Hunt: Tell some porkies. Make a big announcement that we've released Graham Bathurst.
Sam Tyler: Well what good's that gonna do?
Gene Hunt: Might buy us more time. Get the bastard out in the open. We kick him and cuff him.
Ray Carling: Sounds like a plan to me.
Annie Cartwright: God, it's always that simple with you lot.
Gene Hunt: Excuse me, Mrs Woman.
Annie Cartwright: Well, Sam's trying to work this thing out, and rest of us...we charge in like a herd of elephants! Details are what count. And I'm wondering, well I'm beginning to wonder, looking at Charley's old files, if we've really put down all the details.
Gene Hunt: We had a child killer to find. And we found him inside of 48 hours. Now I made a pledge to her parents. And I honoured it.
Annie Cartwright: Supposing we made mistakes last year. And just supposing those mistakes are coming back to haunt us.
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Ray Carling: Blimey, Cartwright. Next time go the whole hog and pull the gun on him.
Chris Skelton: That was out of order, Annie.
Chris Skelton: That was out of order, Annie.
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Sam Tyler: No she was right, Chris. God is in the detail.
Chris Skelton: God is in church smarty-pants. [Sam stares] Uh, boss.
Chris Skelton: God is in church smarty-pants. [Sam stares] Uh, boss.
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Annie Cartwright: Sam's still out cold, Doc says he may need to go to hospital for blood tests.
Gene Hunt: I know what blood group he is, A-Rhesus-Smug.
Gene Hunt: I know what blood group he is, A-Rhesus-Smug.
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Sam Tyler: [watching the the team trying to figure out the murder, Annie is looking through files and Gene, Ray and Chris are at Lambs' house. Chris is searching for the warning that Simon Lamb was given] Chris. Think. Step back. God is in the detail.
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[Sam comes back from the deeper coma]
Doctor: 10 mils of adrenaline did the trick.
Sam Tyler: 10 mils. The perfect 10!
Doctor: 10 mils of adrenaline did the trick.
Sam Tyler: 10 mils. The perfect 10!
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Sam Tyler: Tung oil? Is that used on engines? I thought it was for wood.
Gene Hunt: Wood?
Sam Tyler: Yeah, it's a lacquer. For tables, floors.
Gene Hunt: Or a wooden gym floor?
Sam Tyler: Didn't Lamb's statement say he was cleaning gym equipment as Charley was leaving that night? 'I just wanted them to stop screaming' he kept saying that, Lamb about his family being kidnapped. 'I just wanted them to stop screaming.'
Gene Hunt: Wood?
Sam Tyler: Yeah, it's a lacquer. For tables, floors.
Gene Hunt: Or a wooden gym floor?
Sam Tyler: Didn't Lamb's statement say he was cleaning gym equipment as Charley was leaving that night? 'I just wanted them to stop screaming' he kept saying that, Lamb about his family being kidnapped. 'I just wanted them to stop screaming.'
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Chris Skelton: I wonder what killed him?.
Gene Hunt: That would be the bloody enormous hole in his chest where the bullet went in!
Gene Hunt: That would be the bloody enormous hole in his chest where the bullet went in!
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Annie Cartwright: Boss, there's a viscous yellow liquid in his ear....
Gene Hunt: No, that's the drip from my fried egg butty, love. Well done Miss Marple, that's why we need women detectives...
Gene Hunt: No, that's the drip from my fried egg butty, love. Well done Miss Marple, that's why we need women detectives...
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Annie Cartwright: Boss, he's got a pulse. He's alive! [Gene pours tea over the victim who moans in pain]
Gene Hunt: He is alive, isn't he?
Sam Tyler: You see, that's why you need women detectives!
Gene Hunt: You said he was dead!
Ray Carling: Well he weren't moving!
Gene Hunt: Chris doesn't move; it don't mean he's dead! Go on, Dr Kildare, get an ambulance!
Gene Hunt: He is alive, isn't he?
Sam Tyler: You see, that's why you need women detectives!
Gene Hunt: You said he was dead!
Ray Carling: Well he weren't moving!
Gene Hunt: Chris doesn't move; it don't mean he's dead! Go on, Dr Kildare, get an ambulance!
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Gene Hunt: Blardy, blardy, history bloody blah. It doesn't take a degree in applied bollocks to know what's going on!
Sam Tyler: Go on then, amaze me with your insubstantial guesswork!
Gene Hunt: He's come over here, started dealing, and Rocket or one of the other local drugs boys has took offence and offed him!
Sam Tyler: Wow. That was better than I expected. Copper jumps to conclusion and fits evidence to match. Birmingham Six, here we come!
Sam Tyler: Go on then, amaze me with your insubstantial guesswork!
Gene Hunt: He's come over here, started dealing, and Rocket or one of the other local drugs boys has took offence and offed him!
Sam Tyler: Wow. That was better than I expected. Copper jumps to conclusion and fits evidence to match. Birmingham Six, here we come!
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Gene Hunt: Now. Yesterday's shooting. The dealers are all so scared we're more likely to get Helen Keller to talk. The Paki in a coma's about as lively as Liberace's dick when he's looking at a naked woman, and all in all this investigation's going at the speed of a spastic in a magnet factory.
Sam Tyler, aghast, drops the radio he is holding.
Gene Hunt: What?
Sam Tyler: Think you might have missed out the Jews
Gene Hunt: What?
Sam Tyler: I think we need to explore whether this attempted murder was a hate crime.
Gene Hunt: What as opposed to one of those I-really-really-like-you sort of murders?
Sam Tyler, aghast, drops the radio he is holding.
Gene Hunt: What?
Sam Tyler: Think you might have missed out the Jews
Gene Hunt: What?
Sam Tyler: I think we need to explore whether this attempted murder was a hate crime.
Gene Hunt: What as opposed to one of those I-really-really-like-you sort of murders?
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Sam Tyler: Maybe the NF shot him, left the heroin there, to make him look bad.
Gene Hunt: The NF are too stupid for that. They could stick a shotgun up my arse and pull the trigger, they'd still miss!
Sam Tyler: I'd still like to explore the racially motivated line of enquiry.
Gene Hunt: And I'd like my boot to explore your jacksie, come on Tyler, where's the evidence you're so fond of?
Gene Hunt: The NF are too stupid for that. They could stick a shotgun up my arse and pull the trigger, they'd still miss!
Sam Tyler: I'd still like to explore the racially motivated line of enquiry.
Gene Hunt: And I'd like my boot to explore your jacksie, come on Tyler, where's the evidence you're so fond of?
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Gene Hunt: Why have you got an ant's nest up your arse over a bit of skirt!?
Sam Tyler: Because I loved her!
Gene Hunt: You great... soft... sissy... girlie... nancy... French... bender... Man United supporting POOF!!
Layla Dylan: Leave him alone!
Gene Hunt: Did I ask you? Did I ask you anything other than WHERE THE BLOODY HELL IS RAVI!
Sam Tyler: Because I loved her!
Gene Hunt: You great... soft... sissy... girlie... nancy... French... bender... Man United supporting POOF!!
Layla Dylan: Leave him alone!
Gene Hunt: Did I ask you? Did I ask you anything other than WHERE THE BLOODY HELL IS RAVI!
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Sam Tyler: I think she's telling the truth.
Gene Hunt: I think she's as fake as a tranny's fanny.
Gene Hunt: I think she's as fake as a tranny's fanny.
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Sam Tyler: I still think we need to entertain the possibility that this could be a racial killing..
Gene Hunt: Oh, well let's entertain it, let's take it out for a prawn cocktail, a steak and a bottle of Liebfraumilch, then let's kick it into the gutter where it belongs!
Gene Hunt: Oh, well let's entertain it, let's take it out for a prawn cocktail, a steak and a bottle of Liebfraumilch, then let's kick it into the gutter where it belongs!
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Layla: About 8: 30, straight after I left Sam's flat, he was still alive.
Gene Hunt: Straight after you left Sam's flat?
Sam Tyler: She needed protection.
Gene Hunt: Well I hope you used some!
Gene Hunt: Straight after you left Sam's flat?
Sam Tyler: She needed protection.
Gene Hunt: Well I hope you used some!
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Layla: He's really freaking me out, can we get him out of here?
Gene Hunt: I'd love nothing better, piss off Tyler!
Gene Hunt: I'd love nothing better, piss off Tyler!
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Sam Tyler: Have you got a shred of humanity left? It doesn't matter how bad you are, no-one should have their nose rubbed into their brother's death.
Gene Hunt: I had a brother. Some bastard with Speed took him. I tried to get him off it. I tried everything, but he didn't want to be helped. We had an argument and he left. No-one's seen him in 10 years. Drugs eh? What's the point. They make you forget, make you talk funny, make you see things that aren't there. My old grandma got all of that for free when she had a stroke.
Sam Tyler: Y'know, people take drugs, often because something's missing.
Gene Hunt: [Taking a swig of his drink] We were brought up the same and I'm fine. I mean, dad used to get fist heavy when he was loose but me and Stu stuck by each other through that.
Gene Hunt: I had a brother. Some bastard with Speed took him. I tried to get him off it. I tried everything, but he didn't want to be helped. We had an argument and he left. No-one's seen him in 10 years. Drugs eh? What's the point. They make you forget, make you talk funny, make you see things that aren't there. My old grandma got all of that for free when she had a stroke.
Sam Tyler: Y'know, people take drugs, often because something's missing.
Gene Hunt: [Taking a swig of his drink] We were brought up the same and I'm fine. I mean, dad used to get fist heavy when he was loose but me and Stu stuck by each other through that.
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