Taggart, Series 1

Murray:
There's been no message?

Taggart:
None. Not even a note with the baby's clothes.

Murray:
It could be just a way of scaring them.

Taggart:
My God, if they're heartless enough to try that...

Murray:
We'll keep it out of the media another twenty-four hours, just in case.

Taggart:
In case?

Murray:
We don't know for certain the kidnapper witnessed that fiasco in the park. He could still be unaware that we're involved.

Taggart:
I say let them publish now.

Murray:
[As they head into his office] No, not while there's a slim chance the baby's still alive. Let's keep the kidnapper's confidence up. He might try and extract some more money.

Taggart:
[With his head in one of his hands] Well, in the meantime, sir... you don't mind if I hand in my papers?

Murray:
[Shocked] What?!

Taggart:
You heard. [He slumps in one of the chairs in the office.] It's my responsibility. You're right, I shouldn't have taken this case. I took it for all the wrong reasons - personal reasons.

Murray:
Jim, I know how you feel...

Taggart:
Do you, sir? It was me that put David Balfour in prison. Without that, there wouldn't have been any compensation money! No kidnapping! And now... I'm probably responsible for that kid's death.

Murray:
We don't know the child's dead.

Taggart:
See, tomorrow, the press'll crucify me. I might as well go out and buy the nails and the wood and do it myself!