- Danny Griffin: According to the map, this sand pit was on the site of an ancient Roman camp; Julius Caesar's supposedly. He crossed the Thames at Brentford.
- Gerry Standing: Some people'll do anything not to live in South London.
- [first lines]
- Gerry Standing: Sorry, guv'nor; traffic's a nightmare.
- Danny Griffin: We managed.
- DCI Sasha Miller: What time did you get in?
- Gerry Standing: Eh?
- DCI Sasha Miller: Last night, what time?
- Gerry Standing: I don't know; one...
- Steve McAndrew: Two, or...
- DCI Sasha Miller: You worked for the drug squad; you never told her that,
- Julia Kane: No. Well, I was undercover; clue's in the title, isn't it?
- DCI Sasha Miller: [as the team looks at photos of a decapitated victim] Sandpit man was around 45 years old. Sallow skin, fit and healthy... apart from having no head.