Sniffer (TV Series)

Episode #1.6 (2013)

Kirill Käro: The Sniffer

Quotes 

• The Sniffer : [from sniffing a can]  Judging by the smell of sweat, the kidnapper is a man.

  Kononov : Nothing new. Katya already told us.

  The Sniffer : A man of fifty, gray-haired and a chain smoker. Judging by the nitrosamine count, no less than a pack per day. He has liver problems. Serious problems.

  Col. Viktor Lebedev : What kind?

  The Sniffer : Severe liver deficiency. There are traces of metilmercaptanin. He is either in the hospital, which is unlikely, or just got discharged.

  Col. Viktor Lebedev : When was he discharged?

  The Sniffer : Three or four days ago. The scent of the hospital is very faint. A private clinic most likely. They use chlorine in regular hospitals; the scent is absent here.

• The Sniffer : What are you doing here?

  Yulia : Came to see how my son lives now. As a mother I have that right.

  The Sniffer : How did you get in here?

  [She smiles and looks away] 

  The Sniffer : [calling]  Alex!

  Yulia : He left.

  The Sniffer : Where?

  Yulia : When he lived with me I always knew where he went and what he did. Now you are the parent, eh? You figure it out.

• Col. Viktor Lebedev : What are you so pensive about?

  The Sniffer : I don't understand why the smell of the liver is almost gone.

  Col. Viktor Lebedev : Do you have any ideas?

  The Sniffer : [concocting a strange sequence based on the clues]  That the kidnapper received a transplant right after taking Nikita. The operation was carried out outside of a hospital, with no meds or painkillers. The liver then begins to function perfectly and our guy writes a letter that same day. I have no other explanation.

  Col. Viktor Lebedev : Well, I guess we'll have to go with that then.