Taggart, Season 1

Andrews:
Seen a strangulation before?

Livingstone:
Yes.

Andrews:
It always surprises me how serene they look. Almost buddha-like.

Livingstone:
Why do you think she was laid out like that?

Andrews:
It's not for me to look into the minds of killers. I'd say between twelve and one. Bears out the time on the watch. Lucky stroke, that.

Livingstone:
That's allowing for the rise in temperature, due to asphyxia?

Andrews:
That's allowing.

Livingstone:
[Bends down to get closer to the body] What do you think was used?

Andrews:
Stocking. Certainly not a hard cloth.

Livingstone:
And scissors?

Andrews:
Scalping like that is unusual.

Livingstone:
[Covering the deceased's face] Red Indian.

Andrews:
Not many of them in Glasgow.