Taggart (TV Series)
Funeral Rites Part One (1987)
Mark McManus: DCI Jim Taggart
Quotes
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DC Mike Jardine : [grabs at victim as he almost falls into the quarry] Tommy!
DCI Jim Taggart : [sarcastically] Are you trying to make his day?
DCI Jim Taggart : [looks into quarry to see villain's car going under the water surface] Well, that's the easy part of it.
DC Mike Jardine : [stunned] Easy?
DCI Jim Taggart : [grins] Now I have to go home and tell Jean she needs a new hairdresser!
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DCI Jim Taggart : [to McPherson, who was thrown into a pile of cow manure] Go and get a wash, you're honking!
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Supt. Jack McVitie : Jim, something interesting. Pat Connolly's record. Two years in Berlinnie for grievous wounding, same time as Abernathy.
DCI Jim Taggart : Huh, so that's where they met.
[sees funeral party]
DCI Jim Taggart : Sir, would you do me a favor? Ask that funeral party to go home. Bottle of whisky.
Supt. Jack McVitie : Bribery, Jim? Is it true what I hear about young Jardine being a teetotaller and a churchgoer?
DCI Jim Taggart : Aye, it's true.
Supt. Jack McVitie : [smiles] Refreshing change.
DCI Jim Taggart : What's that supposed to mean?
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Dr. Stephen Andrews : If you want to know what killed him, I'd say asphyxiation.
DCI Jim Taggart : He was buried alive!
Dr. Stephen Andrews : I can think of a better death.
DCI Jim Taggart : I can think of a better job right now.
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DCI Jim Taggart : By the way, Jean.
Jean Taggart : Yes?
DCI Jim Taggart : I don't mean to spoil your evening, but Colin Davidson's trying to murder Maggie.
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DCI Jim Taggart : [to DS Jardine who is looking confused about directions] Where are we going - teddy bear's picnic?
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DCI Jim Taggart : [Looking at DS Jardine] What did you give up for Lent - the use of your eyes?
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DCI Jim Taggart : [to ex-DS Forfar] I ate you and it gave me indigestion.
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DCI Jim Taggart : You brought him in of course?
[DS Jardine looks down sheepishly]
DCI Jim Taggart : What do you think this is, Christian forgiveness week?
