Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

The Straw Woman (2004)

John Hopkins: Sergeant Dan Scott

Quotes 

• [talking about alternative medicine and its remedies] 

  Scott : People pay for stuff like that?

  Barnaby : Things you buy from a proper chemist - they're just a purified version.

  Scott : Oh sure. "Doctor, it's my throat." "Never mind, madam. Suck a frog three times a day after meals."

• [Barnaby and Sgt. Scott have just arrived at the scene of the burnt straw woman] 

  Scott : Nice night for a barbeque.

• Scott : You know Hopkins, then?

  Barnaby : Indeed I do, professionally. She's a magistrate.

  Scott : Sounds like it's Clifford she wants on top of the bonfire.

  Barnaby : Yeah, well, she was always a bit of a hanger and a flogger.

  Scott : She should work for Clifford. People will pay good money for that sort of thing.

• Barnaby : Don't tell me. You wish you had a teacher like that when you were in school.

  Scott : Well, I might have done better if I had.