New Tricks2003

[last lines]

D.A.C. Strickland:
Oh, Jack, can I have a word?

Jack Halford:
Yes, sir.

D.A.C. Strickland:
I heard about your lectures. News travels fast; I think it's fantastic.

Jack Halford:
Really?

D.A.C. Strickland:
And it made me think, all that experience you've got up here, all that knowledge, what better to do with it than pass it on to junior officers, new recruits...

Jack Halford:
Oh, no, sir, I don't...

D.A.C. Strickland:
No, let me tell you, let me tell you what I'm thinking. A weekly talk perhaps, with a Q and A...

Jack Halford:
But it was just a one off, sir...

D.A.C. Strickland:
A chance for them to pick your brain. It would really be an opportunity to...

[the fire alarm goes off. Gerry, looking innocent, walks away from an activated pull station]