Helen Mirren credited as playing...
DSU Jane Tennison
- DCS Ballinger: Jesus Jane, I want you now.
- Superintendent Jane Tennison: Well so does the desk sargeant, and asked me first.
- [Walks out smiling]
- Superintendent Jane Tennison: And Henry, don't call me ma'am. Call me boss, gov, anything but ma'am.
- Superintendent Jane Tennison: Oh, Campbell, you said you wanted law and order. Do you remember that?
- Campbell Lafferty: Yeah.
- Superintendent Jane Tennison: Yeah, I do too. You'll never get it unless you tell the truth. It's as simple as that.
- The Street: Now, I didn't actually hear you read me rights, Did I miss that? Am I under arrest?
- Superintendent Jane Tennison: No, if you want me to leave just say so. I wont actually go but I know saying so will make you feel like a big boy.
- The Street: Just because you don't come Jane, don't take it out on me.
- Superintendent Jane Tennison: Listen, I don't know what you've heard about me, but, ehm...
- DCS Ballinger: What have I heard?
- Superintendent Jane Tennison: "That bloody Jane Tennison, she'll be storming into your nick, the balls of your best officers trailing from her jaws, spraying people with claret, calling people Masons, threatening resignation..." Well, I... I just wanted to tell you I'm not a complete maniac.
- DCS Ballinger: Aren't you? How disappointing.
- Dr. Littlefield: [Inspecting the murdered body of someone found in a derelict swimming pool] The principle features of interest wounds: bullet wounds. Six in all, fired from a handgun at intervals. In the chest twice, once in the right temple - and it's the exit wound hear which removed the tissue and indeed a great deal of the brain. One in his hand, one in his leg and one in the back. The story this body tells is particularly unpleasant. I knew it would be the moment I undressed him.
- Superintendent Jane Tennison: What do you mean?
- Dr. Littlefield: His T-Shirt. The bullet holes were lower down than the entry wounds. In surrender, possibly? More likely begging for mercy.
- DS Rankine: Why'd you say that?
- Dr. Littlefield: The bruising -he fell several times - look at his knees. The nails on both hands are broken and what's underneath them is grouting. Probably from the walls of the pool. He just couldn't get out. So, he fell to his knees and pleaded for his life and they kept on shooting at him. Be nice if you catch this one, I have to say.