Inspector Lewis (TV Series)
The Great and the Good (2008)
Kevin Whately: DI Robert Lewis
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Quotes
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DI Robert Lewis : You know, one of my first cases in Oxford, this old don turned toward me and he said, "Forgive me, are you a member of this city?"
DS James Hathaway : What did you say?
DI Robert Lewis : "No, I just live here." But he was making a point. This city, it's members only.
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DI Robert Lewis : [Lewis injured his back, & Hathaway has brought him to hospital] If they ask...
DS James Hathaway : Yah, I know: "Do Not Resuscitate".
DI Robert Lewis : I was going to say, "Two sugars".
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DI Robert Lewis : I've noticed, Hathaway, that you always call me "Sir" when you've said something mean.
DS James Hathaway : Public school.
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DI Robert Lewis : You people. You seem to think that if you just keep on lying, that I will eventually roll over. But I won't.
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Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent : [Admonishing Lewis] God only knows what possessed you to enter into some misbegotten pissing match with men of that standing!
DI Robert Lewis : What's so special about Oxford?
Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent : What?
DI Robert Lewis : The chippy copper antics. Why is it so much more inappropriate in this city than anywhere else?
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Simon Ashton : Leave it.
DI Robert Lewis : [Lewis approaches Ashton] Excuse me?
Simon Ashton : I am simply advising you, for your own sake. Oswald Cooper had powerful friends.
DI Robert Lewis : Oh, I've coped with worse than you, Mr. Ashton.
