Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

Dead in the Water (2004)

Adrian Lukis: Phillip Trent

Quotes 

• Philip Trent : Murder? Are you sure?

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Well, I don't think he hit himself on the head, Mr Trent.

• Philip Trent : Been any help, Inspector?

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Oh, most things people tell us are of help, Mr Trent - even if they don't mean them to be.

• Philip Trent : Now look here, Inspector. Guy Sweetman was a friend of mine, a damn good one. But the last thing he'd want is for his death to get in the way of this regatta. We've got a hell of a program to get through.

  John Parkway : I think what he means, Inspector, is, well, like you, we have a duty to perform to the 4,000 or so people who've come for a day out.

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Why should a piffling little murder get in the way of that?

  Philip Trent : Precisely. Murder? Are you sure?

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Well, I don't think he hit himself on the head, Mr. Trent. Don't worry, you'll get your regatta back as soon as possible.

• Hettie Trent : You think I had something to do with Guy's death!

  Philip Trent : Of course I don't!

  [pauses a moment] 

  Philip Trent : Did you?

• Philip Trent : Been any help, Inspector?

  DCI Tom Barnaby : Oh, most things people tell us are of help, Mr. Trent. Even if they don't mean them to be.

• Philip Trent : Guy's private life was a most public affair, Inspector. Guy Sweetman was a serial philanderer. Swore that every woman he met was a new love of his life.

• Sergeant Dan Scott : Did your daughter have a thing with him?

  Philip Trent : Hettie? Why do you say that?

  Sergeant Dan Scott : Well, my boss out there would call it copper's nose. Old-fashioned, you see. I can't help it. Anyway, did she?

  Philip Trent : Well, yeah, I think there was some sort of - yeah.

  Sergeant Dan Scott : There you go then.