Monarch of the Glen (TV Series)

Episode #1.2 (2000)

Alastair Mackenzie: Archie MacDonald

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Hector : [takes letter]  Aah! Thank you, Lexie.

  Archie : Anything for me?

  Hector : I fear not.

  Archie : What about that? It's from the bank, look.

  Hector : Yes, but it's addressed to me. See: Hector N. Macdonald, Esquire.

  Archie : [reching for it]  It must be estated business.

  Hector : I had hoped the new world order would allow a chap to open his own correspondence.

• Fleming : Tell Lexie it's Lancelot.

  Archie : Hm?

  Fleming : My name.

• Archie : [to Lexie, who is holding a frying-pan]  Jokes are one thing; I can take as many as you throw down. But sabotage is another.

  [she spins around to look at Duncan in amazement, realizing he was the one who put poison in Fleming's salmon, then turns back] 

  Archie : This is probably meaningless, but what the hell: you're sacked.

  Lexie : [as he storms off]  Archie!

  Lexie : [turns slowly to then advances on Duncan]  Right - start talkin', slapbeat!

  Duncan : I did it for you, honest! To show I cared.

  [in the dining room, Hector hears a metallic bang and Duncan's yell] 

  Duncan : Ow!

• [last lines] 

  Archie : Right!

  Justine : We need to talk. Now.