Poirot (TV Series)

The Labours of Hercules (2013)

Simon Callow: Dr. Lutz

Quotes 

• Dr. Lutz : May I ask you something? Why do you insist on referring to yourself in the third person? It is intensely irritating!

  Hercule Poirot : Because, Doctor Lutz, it helps Poirot achieve a healthy distance from his genius.

• Dr. Lutz : Ha, you French! You make me scream with laughter.

  Hercule Poirot : I am glad, but also Belgian.

• Inspector Lementeuil : Put down the gun.

  Dr. Lutz : This is not a gun! It's an objective correlative!

  Inspector Lementeuil : Put down the objective correlative.

• Dr. Lutz : Monsieur Poirot! Let me be absolutely clear. I cannot permit you to interfere with my patient.

  Hercule Poirot : Doctor Lutz. Are you an admirer of Nietzsche?

  Dr. Lutz : All Austrians are not Nazis, Monsieur Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : You think that I try to trap you?

  Dr. Lutz : Naturally, it's your métier. Who is employing you and what do you want from my patient?

  Hercule Poirot : In this case, I am engaged by Monsieur Ted Williams, and what I require from Mademoiselle Samoushenka is to return her maid Nita.

  Dr. Lutz : I've genuinely no idea what you're talking about.

  Hercule Poirot : Nita, the servant maid impeccable. Monsieur Ted Williams, the lover most ardent and full of chivalry.

  Dr. Lutz : You speak to me in archetypes. All this is very Jung. Nobody with intelligence credits Jung.

  Hercule Poirot : What is wrong with the lady in Room 16?

  Dr. Lutz : Pah! You French, you make me scream with laughter.

  Hercule Poirot : Hmm, I am glad... but also Belgian.

  Dr. Lutz : You cannot expect me to compromise my client confidentiality. Are you mad?

  Hercule Poirot : No, Doctor, but neither is Katrina Samoushenka.