Taggart, Season 1

Livingstone:
[Offering Billy a cigarette] Smoke? [Billy shakes his head.]

Taggart:
Have you finished? Perhaps there's port to follow(!) [Livingstone puts the cigarettes on a table and sits down.] Well, Billy...

Billy:
I didn't do it.

Taggart:
So why run?

Billy:
I was scared.

Taggart:
Of what?

Billy:
Of being arrested. I was with her on the walkway, but...

Taggart:
But what?

Billy:
I had no reason, did I?

Taggart:
No reason to do what?

Billy:
Whatever.

Taggart:
Well, who says that's why you're here?

Billy:
It is, isn't it? When my dad told me what happened, then I saw you coming.

Taggart:
[Sighs] So... You were just walking her home?

Billy:
Yes.

Taggart:
Well, why didn't you walk her all' the way?

Billy:
We had a row.

Taggart:
And you killed her?

Billy:
No! I left her.

Taggart:
On the walkway? Wasnae very gentlemanly, was it?

Billy:
I'm not a gentleman. We had a row about going to a disco. I wanted to go to one, she didn't.

Taggart:
Why were you...?

Livingstone:
Which disco?

Billy:
Casters.

Taggart:
[Glares at Livingstone to not interrupt his questioning again, then turns back to Billy] Why were you on the walkway?

Billy:
We often walked home that way.

Taggart:
Because it's dark?

Billy:
Because it's there. It wasn't a serious row. I liked Eileen.

Livingstone:
Only liked her?

Billy:
She was different.

Livingstone:
How different?

Billy:
...Just different.

Taggart:
Different because you couldn't have your own way with her?

Billy:
You've got a filthy mind.

Taggart:
Oh, no, Billy. It's not my mind that's filthy. [Gets up]

Billy:
Can I see a solicitor?

Taggart:
I've already explained, that would hinder us.

Billy:
Then I want my dad.

Taggart:
Are you set on being difficult?

Livingstone:
What time did you leave Eileen on the walkway?

Billy:
I don't know. After twelve, some time.

Livingstone:
Where did you leave her?

Billy:
Garrioch Road.

Livingstone:
Can you show me?

Billy:
[Pointing to a location on the map on the table] There.

Livingstone:
And you didn't walk any further on?

Billy:
No.

Taggart:
Why didn't you go to Casters on your own?

Billy:
I don't enjoy it.

Taggart:
Why don't you tell us why you rowed? You wanted your leg over on the walkway.

Billy:
You're perverted!

Taggart:
Oh, come on, son. I was your age. I know what it's like.

Billy:
We're not all the same.

Livingstone:
What is it like, Billy? [Pilly pauses.]

Taggart:
[Furiously slamming the table] ANSWER THE MAN!

Billy:
I can't! I swear to God, I never did it!

Taggart:
Do you believe in God, Billy?

Billy:
No.

Taggart:
Well, you'd better start, because you're in big trouble!