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Quotes
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DS Endeavour Morse : [commiserating with Thursday after the latter has been beaten up] What did happen?
DI Fred Thursday : [laconic] They had a pick-handle. I didn't.
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DS Endeavour Morse : [reading the title of Adam Drake's book] "How To Lead A Happier Life".
DI Fred Thursday : Maybe he never finished it.
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DS Endeavour Morse : [to Strange] I hope you're a more convincing liar when it matters. Your life may depend on it.
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Gabriel Van Horne : What do you want?
DS Endeavour Morse : Straight answers, quickly given.
Gabriel Van Horne : I was speaking philosophically.
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Joan Thursday : [exasperated by Morse] I know you're smart. We all know you're smart. You don't have to prove it all the time. Take a day off.
DS Endeavour Morse : [sarcastic] Well, thank you very much for all your help!
[exits angrily]
Viv Wall : Boyfriend?
Joan Thursday : Another one of Dad's.
Viv Wall : Doesn't look much like a copper.
Joan Thursday : [with finality] No.
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DS Endeavour Morse : [confronted by the open hostility of DCI Box] I didn't ask for a transfer. I don't know why I'm here any more than you do.
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Dorothea Frazil : Word is, Jim Strange is chasing up these heroin deaths. That was Eddie Nero's game, wasn't it?
DS Endeavour Morse : He's dead.
Dorothea Frazil : Yes. George Fancy, too. If I didn't know better, I'd say you had unfinished business.
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DS Endeavour Morse : [after Thursday has been beaten up] I hear there's been some excitement.
DI Fred Thursday : Yeah. Just a bit of rough-and-tumble. Only, upstairs has stuck me on "light duties". You?
DS Endeavour Morse : Car crash, supposedly. But looks more like a murder-suicide.
[Thursday shows interest - Morse smiles]
DS Endeavour Morse : If you've nothing on...
DI Fred Thursday : Well, I could help you out, I suppose. If you want it.
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DS Endeavour Morse : [Flora and Matthew have disappeared, following Morse's interview with them] Sometimes, you've got to throw a stone into the pool, stir the silt.
Joan Thursday : [angry with him] And never mind who gets hurt? They're children! If something happens...
DS Endeavour Morse : They've not been taken by anyone. They're not in any danger. It's not the first time a child has run away from home. We'll circulate some photos and a description. They can't have got far. We will find them.
Joan Thursday : You'd better!
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DS Endeavour Morse : [angrily, to Thursday] The only thing I'm trying to prove is who's behind this. Now, maybe that doesn't matter to you any more, but it still does matter to me!