- Ernie Millan: I'm a respectable motor trader now. They've asked me to join the round table.
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: You'd look stupid in armour.
- [Carter and Shirley have just made love]
- Shirley Glass: Why are we grinning like a small boy?
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: Is there a law against grinning?
- Shirley Glass: You should know - you're the policeman.
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: Well there isn't. Grinning is strictly legal.
- Shirley Glass: Proved ourself, have we?
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: I don't know what you mean!
- Shirley Glass: I'm surprised you haven't asked me for marks out of ten.
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: You mean content, presentation and star quality?
- Shirley Glass: Don't get smug.
- Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins: Who was your informant?
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: Eddie Glass.
- Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins: Did Millan... put Glass in the frame, if you'll forgive the pun.
- [an armed robbery is taking place in the middle of a wood. Nearby, several Sweeney cars are racing to the scene, but they are lost. They stop to consult a map]
- DS Tom Daniels: Wasn't it "turn left" two miles back, Guv?
- Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins: Ask Marco Polo here.
- [Vaughton looks at a map]
- Vaughton: We turned here, right? Right!
- DS Tom Daniels: No, we should have turned there. Twit!
- Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins: How can we lose a van that...
- [a loud bang is heard in the distance]
- DS Tom Daniels: [ironically] We've found it.
- [they race back to their cars and screech off into the distance]
- [Regan is ordering another round of drinks]
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Same again, Guv?
- Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins: No, no. I must be off. I've got this cold to nurse.
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: [to barmaid] Same again - but no sherry this time.
- [Haskins is asking Carter about Shirley Glass]
- Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins: Now I don't want to pry but just what is your relationship with this girl?
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: [embarrassed] Well it's... purely heterosexual...
- [Haskins gives Carter a wry look]
- Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins: Are you planning to see her again?
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: [eagerly] I 'ope so!