MI-5 (TV Series)

Seventh Division (2003)

Nicola Walker: Ruth Evershed

Quotes 

• Ruth Evershed : The Chala Cartel are going to swap a shipment of drugs for surface-to-air missiles.

  Danny Hunter : That's crazy, why do drug traffickers...

  Ruth Evershed : There is a precedent. When the Colombians cracked down on the drug cartels in the 1990s, it really wasn't advisable to take an internal flight.

  Danny Hunter : They'd do that here?

  Zoe Reynolds : Well, they incinerated 30 teenagers in Madrid because of two deportations, remember.

  Tom Quinn : That's how they operate. Leave us alone or we'll really hurt you.

  Ruth Evershed : So why don't we leave them alone, why prod the snake?

  Tom Quinn : That's a good idea, Ruth. Yeah, that's great, let's leave everyone alone, give every snake what it wants, then the world can be one big happy nest of vipers and you can go back to GCHQ.

• Ruth Evershed : Where's, where's Tom?

  Harry Pearce : You've been bursting into my office rather a lot lately, Ruth. Tom's with the Colombian girl in the safe house.

  Ruth Evershed : [nodding]  I see.

  Harry Pearce : Is it something I can help with?

  Ruth Evershed : We've found out who's been leaking to Tessa. Uh, her palmtop, it's a highly sophisticated device, and Zoe saw...

  Harry Pearce : Zoe?

  Ruth Evershed : No, no, it wasn't Zoe. She saw the person at Danny's station, about to download material. And, and then Sam said it was a birthday present.

  Harry Pearce : Ruth, take a deep breath, and in one word, tell me the name of the mole.

  Ruth Evershed : Sam.

• Ruth Evershed : This is the infamous Chala. Provincial capital of a lawless region. Mountains, jungle, left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug lords, American special forces.

  Harry Pearce : Okay, I'll cancel the holiday. What's the link?