Babylon (TV Mini Series)
Victoria Park (2014)
Bertie Carvel: Finn Kirkwood
Quotes
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Charles Inglis : Bomber on the loose, police in turmoil, all over the front pages. Fucking great.
Finn : It'd be a good day for the Queen to come out as gay and set herself on fire on The One Show. Tom, can you arrange that?
Tom Oliver : Um...
Finn : It's a joke. Look, I don't think this necessarily reflects badly on you. Some commentators are making a link that Richard was too preoccupied with personal issues and dropped the ball on the bomber.
Liz Garvey : Who wrote that? I'll issue a rebuttal.
Finn : We don't have time to issue rebuttals.
Liz Garvey : We need to make time.
Finn : Look, our job is to support the head of this force. Yesterday, that was Richard Miller. Today, it's Acting Commissioner Charles Inglis.
Liz Garvey : We could not save his life, but we can save his reputation.
Charles Inglis : What are you gonna do with his reputation once you've saved it? Put a hat on it? Stand it in the corner and ask it to make operational decisions?
Finn : The fact is, Richard's affairs, the bomber, these are situations we inherited.
Liz Garvey : Meaning what, exactly?
Finn : Meaning, you can't libel the dead.
Sharon : So we make ourselves look whiter than white while we load up Richard's plate at the salad bar of shame?
Charles Inglis : I knew Richard better than any of you. He was one of my oldest friends. But Finn's right. We've got too much going on to focus on his legacy.
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Finn : [watching Liz's news interview] She can crown herself the People's Princess for all I care. Her little Diana act doesn't mean shit.