Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV Series)
Blood at the Wheel (2013)
Nathan Page: Detective John 'Jack' Robinson
Quotes
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Phryne Fisher : I know we have some minor points of contention, Jack, but we enjoy uncovering the truth together, don't we?
Detective John 'Jack' Robinson : Therein lies the problem.
Phryne Fisher : What do you mean?
Detective John 'Jack' Robinson : [pause] When I thought it was you in that wreckage, I found it unbearable.
Phryne Fisher : Sounds serious.
Detective John 'Jack' Robinson : It is.
Phryne Fisher : I am who I am, Jack. I can't give that up.
Detective John 'Jack' Robinson : I'm not asking you to give it up. I would never ask you to do that.
Phryne Fisher : So you're giving up me instead.
[he looks away]
Phryne Fisher : What we do best, us, together, you'd sacrifice that?
[he nods, barely]
Phryne Fisher : If you did that, Jack, I would feel... I would feel like it was you lying in that wreckage. Please can you think about that?
Detective John 'Jack' Robinson : [nods] I will.
[he leaves]
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Lachlan Pepper : Well, yes, Miss Haynes was a very dedicated driver, but even the most committed woman driver must bow to nature. Women are biologically unsuited to driving.
Phryne Fisher : Which part of our biology gets in the way, exactly?
Lachlan Pepper : Well, you're too easily distracted. A-a bird flies across and you end up in the gutter.
Phryne Fisher : I seem to be able to handle my Hispano-Suiza without any trouble.
Phryne Fisher : [to Jack] Don't I, Inspector?
Detective John 'Jack' Robinson : I doubt a police officer is the right person to ask.
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Phryne Fisher : Why are you not willing to entertain the idea of foul play?
Detective John 'Jack' Robinson : Why ask my opinion if you're not willing to listen to it?