John Thaw credited as playing...
- Morse: I always drink at lunchtime. It helps my imagination.
- Morse: There's always time for one more pint.
- [to Lewis, feeling sorry for himself]
- Morse: I'm old and unmarried, and I don't understand human nature. What does it matter?
- Lewis: How old are you?
- Morse: I forget, Robbie.
- Morse: When I'm thinking, I get thirsty.
- Morse: Drink that, Lewis, and loosen some brain cells.
- Morse: The secret of a happy life is to know when to stop - and then go that bit further.
- [repeated line]
- Morse: [disparagingly] LEW-is!
- [after Morse has been hit on the head]
- Morse: 'Tis not so wide as a church door nor so deep as a river, but 'tis enough.
- Morse: Coded messages, murder - right up my street. It's not a bad way to start the day.
- Morse: Ideals come to torment us all at some stage, or at least they should do.
- [as Lewis makes a chance remark which unwittingly provides Morse with a major clue]
- Morse: You've done it *again*, Lewis!
- Morse: *Morse*. Everyone just calls me "Morse".
