Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
Dead in the Water (2004)
Jane Wymark: Joyce Barnaby
Quotes
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[DCI Tom Barnaby is at home, watching a confiscated pornographic videotape, when Joyce Barnaby enters]
DCI Tom Barnaby : I think you're a bit young to be watching this.
Joyce Barnaby : Where's this come from?
DCI Tom Barnaby : This?... Um... Some oik is using this to blackmail one of our suspects. Suspect playing the lead.
[Tom and Joyce Barnaby crane their necks in unison, following the on-screen action]
Joyce Barnaby : Is that him?
DCI Tom Barnaby : That's him.
[They continue watching with rapt attention]
DCI Tom Barnaby : Early night?
[Joyce giggles]
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Cully Barnaby : Typical family day out, really. We arrive somewhere and ten minutes later a serious crime is committed. Exit the old man.
Joyce Barnaby : I think he plans it that way.
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[first lines]
DCI Tom Barnaby : Oh no. The world and his wife's here.
Cully Barnaby : Kind of the idea, Dad. Couple of drinks, though, and you won't notice them.
Joyce Barnaby : [referring to passing yacht] Now that's the sort of thing, Tom. Only maybe more old-fashioned and stylish.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Yeah, that'll be it. Your mother thinks I need to relax more; weekends on the river, our own boat perhaps.
Cully Barnaby : It's a good idea. D'you know, there's loads for sale in the local paper.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Is this a conspiracy? In my job you get ten years for that.
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[Joyce Barnaby and Cully Barnaby are looking over the boats as they walk along the riverside]
Joyce Barnaby : That one would be too modern for your father. He'll want brass and mahogany everywhere.
[spies a decrepit old yacht]
Joyce Barnaby : Like that one for example.
Cully Barnaby : It's a bit tatty, mom.
Joyce Barnaby : Oh... Nothing a coat of varnish won't cure!
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DCI Tom Barnaby : This is my way of apologizing for yesterday. You don't mind if Scott joins us, do you? I'm trying to domesticate him.
Joyce Barnaby : No, not at all.