Larry Lamb: Ted Case

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• [first lines] 

  DCI Sasha Miller : December the 31st, 1999, remember it?

  Ted Case : Well, not the latter stages or rest of the following week, come to think of it.

  Danny Griffin : I was at a trance techno rave in Ibitha.

  Steve McAndrew : What?

  Danny Griffin : No, all right then, a quiet night in with Sarah and Polly listening to Miles Davis.

  Ted Case : I was worried about the world coming to an end; once I realized it hadn't I made a resolution never to stress about it again.

  Steve McAndrew : Oh, you stuck to that then.

  DCI Sasha Miller : I was on nights, working. Well, somebody had to what with you lot all partying.

• Steve McAndrew : What was she like, the baroness?

  Ted Case : Huh, charming, intelligent, persuasive.

  Danny Griffin : You didn't like her then?

  Ted Case : I've never been a big fan of the establishment; I sort of get a little bit uneasy around authority figures.

• Danny Griffin : I can't let it end like this. I want to go out on a high; I don't want to be mothballed.

  Ted Case : Well, we've already been mothballed; it's the knacker's yard next.

• Danny Griffin : Well, I think we know what we're saying, don't we, gentlemen?

  Steve McAndrew : I think we do.

  Ted Case : Yeah. I've always wanted to go commando, Or al fresco, or under the radar, whatever you call it.

  Danny Griffin : 'Illegal' I think is the word.

  Ted Case : That's the one.