Quotes
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Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : A reprimand is one thing. Humiliating junior ranks in front of senior officers is quite another.
DI Ronnie Box : I was putting her straight.
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : Indeed, and let me put you straight. I will be making express requests to Division the Hobbs case be taken back solely into Cowley's hands and you will not oppose it. Am I understood?
DI Ronnie Box : She was asking for it.
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : Don't ever let me hear you talk to one of my officers like that again. Hm.
DI Ronnie Box : Well, we all know you've got a bit of a soft spot for her, sir.
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : I beg your pardon?
DI Ronnie Box : Proper little Chief Super's pet. Maybe that spot's not so soft, eh?
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : One phone call from me to Division, you'll find yourself facing a disciplinary board.
DI Ronnie Box : Extension 388. Ask for the Chief Constable. It's a new world out there. By the book's all well and good. But it's fire with fire that gets results. Division knows it even if you don't.
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : Get out! Go on, before I forget myself! Get back... to whatever disgusting sewer you crawled out from! And don't ever dare to show your face in my station again. Or I promise you, you'll have cause to regret it.
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DI Ronnie Box : [insultingly, to Trewlove] I know your sort. Good for two things - one of them's typing.
