Life on Mars (TV Series)
Episode 5 (2006)
Philip Glenister: Gene Hunt
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Quotes
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Pete Bond : What's this?
Sam Tyler : It's chicken in a basket.
Man : Where's me plate?
Sam Tyler : You don't need a plate. It's in a basket.
Gene : Word.
[He takes Sam further down the bar]
Gene : Chicken... in a basket?
Sam Tyler : You told me to use my initiative.
Gene : Right, let's see how good you really are.
[hands him a piece of paper]
Gene : Two oxtail soups.
[Sam looks at the paper, then takes Gene's tea-towel and wipes the food list off the board before throwing the towel at him]
Sam Tyler : Food's off.
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Gene : There will never be a woman prime minister as long as I have a hole in my arse.
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Gene : Oi! Referee! Has anyone ever told you you need glasses, you dozy git? Next time, I run you over!
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Ray Carling : I think it was a heart attack.
Gene : Then it must've exploded out of his arse, there's blood all down his back.
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Gene : Juries love all that. Makes 'em feel like Columbo.
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[Gene and Sam need to get a pub landlord out of the way so that they can go undercover]
Gene : Ray! Go and arrest the landlord of the Trafford Arms
Ray Carling : What for?
Gene : Think of something on the way.
[later]
Gene : In a bizarre twist of fate the landlord was arrested this afternoon... on suspicion of Cattle Rustling.
[Ray takes a bow and receives a round of applause]
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Sam Tyler : I thought you were pissed.
Gene : Yeah, well think again. Coz I could drink every one of those toe rags under the table and still stop off for a pint on me way home. Are we done here?
Sam Tyler : Yeah.
Gene : Good. Coz if I want a bollocking for drinking too much, I'll call the wife thank you very much.
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Gene : [in explanation after hitting a man] He didn't pay his tab.