MI-5 (TV Series)

Persephone (2004)

Keeley Hawes: Zoe Reynolds

Quotes 

• Emre Celenk : Shall I have her killed?

  Zoe Reynolds : What?

  Emre Celenk : The girl in the cloakroom. Well? Come on, Sophie! I thought it was your mission in life not to be bored.

• Harry Pearce : I need to be sure, Zoe, that you will not deviate from the story that's been agreed.

  Zoe Reynolds : Tell the truth under oath, you mean? Heaven forbid.

  Harry Pearce : This is very complex. Much more is at stake here.

  Zoe Reynolds : Other than my career and my liberty?

  Harry Pearce : Yes.

  Zoe Reynolds : I'll stick to what we agreed.

  Harry Pearce : To tell the truth, but not...

  Zoe Reynolds : The whole truth and nothing but the truth.

  Harry Pearce : Truth is a highly elastic concept.

  Zoe Reynolds : No, we make it elastic. But don't worry, Harry. I understand the stakes.

• Harry Pearce : Under no circumstances. Just when we're making such a massive breakthrough.

  Adam Carter : The trip was a huge success.

  Zoe Reynolds : He tore my legend to pieces. He's just playing with us.

  Adam Carter : He would have killed you if that were the case.

  Zoe Reynolds : You know, I had to sit there and listen to him telling me how much he enjoyed watching the Twin Towers come down. Adam, this man disgusts me.

  Harry Pearce : Sadly, in this job, we don't get to deal with nice guys.

• [first lines] 

  DS Loughton : So this was an entirely routine operation into gunrunning.

  Zoe Reynolds : There's no such thing as an entirely routine operation.

  DS Loughton : But you'd done it before.

  Zoe Reynolds : Infiltrate the Turkish mafia, no. Take on a false identity to get closer to a target? Of course I have.