MI-5 (TV Series)
The Sleeper (2004)
Peter Firth: Harry Pearce
Quotes
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Harry Pearce : I'm decommissioning you, Tom.
Tom Quinn : Oh, don't be ridiculous, Harry.
Harry Pearce : You are no longer an officer of the Service.
Tom Quinn : Danny, Zoe, come on!
Zoe Reynolds : [sighs] Just leave it.
Tom Quinn : Come on, back me up!
Danny Hunter : How exactly can we do that?
Tom Quinn : Because we understand each other, we always have!
Danny Hunter : Not anymore.
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[last lines]
Tom Quinn : Everybody safe? Fred's family? What about Lawrence Sayle? You get him?
[laughs wryly]
Tom Quinn : Oh, of course, you can't tell me. I'm a member of the public now.
Harry Pearce : You are. I envy you.
Tom Quinn : I doubt that.
Harry Pearce : No, I mean, if this thing is really leaving you, then...
Tom Quinn : The spy thing? The urge to be secret, to give a false name, lead a false life.
Harry Pearce : You'll get the really, very generous special pension.
Tom Quinn : Payoff, for rogue officers here.
Harry Pearce : You won't be disciplined, Tom.
Tom Quinn : Thanks for that.
Harry Pearce : And of course, you realize, we'll never meet again.
Tom Quinn : Yeah.
Harry Pearce : Good luck in the real world.
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Harry Pearce : Will North. You really want to go out with this man?
Zoe Reynolds : Yes.
Harry Pearce : [pauses] Takes a good snap, but he's obviously troublesome. Then again, if he wasn't, you wouldn't like him, would you?
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[first lines]
Harry Pearce : [observing an explosion across a street] Well, that should get somebody's attention.
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Prof. Fred Roberts : What, you're saying MI-5 manufactured my whole career?
Harry Pearce : We opened doors for you and, to your credit, you barged right through them.