New Tricks (TV Series)
Lost in Translation (2011)
Dennis Waterman: Gerry Standing
Quotes
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Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman : [she has found a French dictionary in the glove compartment] Learning French?
Gerry Standing : Oh, no, not really, no. It's just my cookery teacher; she says I should immerse myself in everything French.
Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman : Oh, yeah, how's it going?
Gerry Standing : Merde.
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[last lines]
Jack Halford : Who would like another drink?
Gerry Standing : Whoa, not for me, thanks. Gotta run.
Brian Lane : Got another cooking class?
Gerry Standing : No, I've been invited to an oenological event.
Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman : A what?
Brian Lane : Wine-tasting.
Gerry Standing : Vintage wine. Which, like women, get better with age.
Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman : Thanks, Gerry.
Jack Halford : I'm not sure he was talking about *you*.
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Jack Halford : [Discussing the possibility that a murder victim was posed as a human scarecrow] You and your theories.
Brian Lane : It's a good theory
Gerry Standing : Mind you, it'd be a good job for you.
Brian Lane : Why?
Gerry Standing : [Pointing at Brian's clothes] Well you've got all the gear for it.
Brian Lane : If I was in sackcloth I'd be twice the man you are.
Gerry Standing : You'd certainly frighten all the birds away.
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[first lines]
Genevieve : You must, uh, go slowly at first, and, uh, gradually you can increase the speed. You need to, uh, keep going until it's, um, stiff.
[Gerry and the Cookery School Man exchange glances]
Genevieve : Voila. Ferme to the touch like this is parfait.
[she eats some and sighs with pleasure; Gerry and the Cookery School Man react again]
Genevieve : [she looks at the Cookery School Man's work] Salut.
Genevieve : [looking at Gerry's work] C'est chouette, chéri.
Gerry Standing : Sorry?
Genevieve : Ah, I said uh, is, ah, very good.
Gerry Standing : Ah, thank you.
Genevieve : But you know, French food isn't just about, uh, cooking the ingredients in the right order. It's about a lot more than that.
Gerry Standing : Is it?
Genevieve : Why, yes! It is about, uh, France itself. It's about, uh, the passion, the, the culture. The language. This you must remember.
Gerry Standing : All right, I will. Yeah, thank you.
[she moves off to check other students]
Cookery School Man : She's right. You have to immerse yourself in the whole experience.
Gerry Standing : How much French do you speak?
Cookery School Man : [staring at Genevieve's backside as she leans over a table] Va-va-voom!
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Gerry Standing : Didn't know you spoke French.
Jack Halford : I'm full of surprises, me. As are you apparently. "Of all the stores in all the world..."
Gerry Standing : Eh?
Jack Halford : Never mind.
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Gerry Standing : [about Genevieve] I think I might ask her out.
Jack Halford : Why not? An attractive, stylish, sophisticated French woman and you. Why not; would that go wrong?
Gerry Standing : Exactly.
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Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman : She just sat down and told us how she followed David, how she took him by surprise.
Jack Halford : She smiled when she did it.
Brian Lane : She was proud of what happened.
Gerry Standing : Yeah, she avenged her father. Upheld the family honour.
Jack Halford : I could call it a lot of things, but honourable wouldn't be one of them.