New Tricks2003

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Det Supt Sandra Pullman:
I'm sorry, Jack, this case is neither unsolved nor open. Peter Edelmann committed suicide.

Jack Halford:
Derek always thought there was more to it than that.

Det Supt Sandra Pullman:
Yes, a lot more according to his files and none of it remotely plausible.

Jack Halford:
Look, I'd be the first to admit some of Derek's theories were a bit...

Det Supt Sandra Pullman:
I know he was a friend, Jack.

Jack Halford:
This is not about friendship, Sandra; it's about loyalty. A fellow police officer whose name's about to be dragged through the mud...

Det Supt Sandra Pullman:
Jack, if we take this case on, all that happens is that we end up looking every bit as crazy as Derek.

Jack Halford:
Well, where's the harm in looking through the files unofficially? He may have missed something.

Det Supt Sandra Pullman:
Be honest, Jack. If this file landed on your desk and you'd never even heard the name Derek Brook...

Jack Halford:
I know, I know, I'd think he was several sandwiches short of a picnic. But I knew Derek, and he was a good detective, and if he thought that Edelmann's death was suspicious he must have had grounds for it!

Det Supt Sandra Pullman:
[pause] OK then. Put it on the board.

Jack Halford:
Thank you.