Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series)

Nolo Contendere (2015)

Nigel Bennett: Chief Constable Giles

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• Chief Constable Giles : [explaining what is common to all prisoners]  Stupidity, Crabtree, thought-stunting, bat blind stupidity is the sine qua non of incarceration.

  Constable George Crabtree : Wouldn't that include us?

  Chief Constable Giles : Indeed! But stupidity is relative; some have it in abundance, and others have comparatively little. As members of the latter category we have an advantage, and I suggest we use it.

• Chief Constable Giles : You're not a policeman any more, so stop behaving like one.

  Constable George Crabtree : That man who was killed: he's somehow connected to a woman by the name of Edna Brooks.

  Chief Constable Giles : Yes, I know who she is.

  Constable George Crabtree : You do?

  Chief Constable Giles : She's the reason you're in here, is she not? She killed her husband and you took responsibility for it.

  Constable George Crabtree : What makes you think *I* didn't kill him?

  Chief Constable Giles : If you'd been guilty you would have pled guilty. If you were both innocent, you would have pled not guilty. Instead you pled nolo contendere, no contest; the only plea that would close the case without forcing you to confess to a crime you didn't commit. You're either the most noble man I've ever met, or the stupidest. I can't quite decide which. Good luck to you.