Babylon (TV Mini Series)

Victoria Park (2014)

Bertie Carvel: Finn Kirkwood

Quotes 

• Charles Inglis : Bomber on the loose, police in turmoil, all over the front pages. Fucking great.

  Finn : It'd be a good day for the Queen to come out as gay and set herself on fire on The One Show. Tom, can you arrange that?

  Tom Oliver : Um...

  Finn : It's a joke. Look, I don't think this necessarily reflects badly on you. Some commentators are making a link that Richard was too preoccupied with personal issues and dropped the ball on the bomber.

  Liz Garvey : Who wrote that? I'll issue a rebuttal.

  Finn : We don't have time to issue rebuttals.

  Liz Garvey : We need to make time.

  Finn : Look, our job is to support the head of this force. Yesterday, that was Richard Miller. Today, it's Acting Commissioner Charles Inglis.

  Liz Garvey : We could not save his life, but we can save his reputation.

  Charles Inglis : What are you gonna do with his reputation once you've saved it? Put a hat on it? Stand it in the corner and ask it to make operational decisions?

  Finn : The fact is, Richard's affairs, the bomber, these are situations we inherited.

  Liz Garvey : Meaning what, exactly?

  Finn : Meaning, you can't libel the dead.

  Sharon : So we make ourselves look whiter than white while we load up Richard's plate at the salad bar of shame?

  Charles Inglis : I knew Richard better than any of you. He was one of my oldest friends. But Finn's right. We've got too much going on to focus on his legacy.

• Finn : [watching Liz's news interview]  She can crown herself the People's Princess for all I care. Her little Diana act doesn't mean shit.