New Tricks (TV Series)

The Rock: Part One (2013)

Alun Armstrong: Brian Lane

Photos 

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Brian Lane : [staring at a glass of beer]  When you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

• Esther Lane : What do you need? To make things right? Tell me.

  Brian Lane : It's just me mind's always on, Esther. Always churning, always going. I can't shut it up. I need to have a case or it hurts, it bloody hurts!

  Esther Lane : What happens if they chuck you out in three days time and there aren't any more cases?

  Brian Lane : Well, I can't do ordinary life; it's not enough.

• Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman : Don't be stupid, Brian.

  Brian Lane : Stupid? Yeah, that's exactly what I am. He's got the platinum pension, the kids who love him, a-and a reputation that's so shiny you can see your face in it. What have I got? Arthritis. A son who wishes I didn't exist. And a name that'll never be clear.

  Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman : You've got UCOS; you've got Esther. And you've got us, and not one of those things has ever let you down.