Inspector Morse, Series 4 (1990)

Morse:
You've just earned yourself a drink, Lewis.

Morse:
It's too warm for lentil soup!

Morse:
Taxonomy means "a classification". The Master was making a joke.

Morse:
Morse

Butler:
Rank?

Morse:
And that's relevant, is it?

Butler:
It is if I'm to announce you...

Morse:
Very good, Lewis. I'm impressed. Where did you learn that?

Lewis:
At Sunday School

Morse:
And what is the relevance?

Lewis:
It means that one day I'll be Chief Inspector and you'll be Sergeant

Morse:
You know, Lewis ... I don't think I do

Morse:
This car is pre-electric!

Lewis:
Who?

Morse:
Boynton. We know who - all we have to work out now is how and why.

Lewis:
What evidence have you got?

Morse:
Not a shred!

Lewis:
You can't arrest the man just because you don't like him.

Morse:
More's the pity!

Lewis:
Is there anything that you want?

Morse:
Yes. Bring me the libretto of 'The Magic Flute'

Lewis:
Libretto?

Morse:
'Little book'. It's in the album box-set

Lewis:
How about clothes?

Morse:
You think that I'm going to be here for that long?

Hugo deVries:
(emotionless and interrupted in full flow) Who is that?

Morse:
My sergeant.

Hugo deVries:
What is it with you English policemen? Going around in pairs like some low comedians.

Morse:
(dismissively) Rubbish, these new models. No class.

Episode 12. 'the Infernal Serpent':
Milton's 'Paradise Lost': (Book 1) "Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile stir'd up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd the Mother of Mankind ..."

Episode 12. 'the Infernal Serpent':
Lewis: Aw, it's lentil soup in the canteen today

Episode 12. 'the Infernal Serpent':
Lewis: Taxonomy? Sounds like stuffing. Stuffing umbrellas?

Episode 12. 'the Infernal Serpent':
Mrs Copley-Barnes: There was a Serpent in our house, coiled around the foundation.

Episode 13. 'the Sins of the Fathers':
Lewis: You'll never believe this, Sir. We have to visit a brewery!

Episode 13. 'the Sins of the Fathers':
Butler: Your name, Sir?

Episode 13. 'the Sins of the Fathers':
Lewis: The last shall be first and the first shall be last

Episode 13. 'the Sins of the Fathers':
Mrs Radford: So, Morse, must the evil that men do live on after them?

Episode 13. 'the Sins of the Fathers':
Morse: That's it, Lewis! You're a genius!

Episode 13. 'the Sins of the Fathers':
Lewis: Do you fancy a pint, Sir?

Episode 14. 'Driven to Distraction':
George: The electrics are up the chute, for a start.

Episode 14. 'Driven to Distraction':
Morse: That's our man, alright!

Episode 14. 'Driven to Distraction':
Lewis: You go trampling about, don't you. You think you're so clever, but sometimes you're a bloody fool!

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Morse: You'd better start by rolling your trouser-leg up, Lewis. DCI Bottomley is a grand master, a grander master that I.

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Lewis: (to Bottomley) Like a game of chess, do you, Sir?

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Morse: With a man like deVries, you have to look INSIDE the coffin!

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Hugo deVries: You're sweating, Morse. It's most disagreeable.

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Lewis: (admiring DeVries' Jaguar) Nice car!

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Hugo deVries: I like being dead. It takes the strain out of living.

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Hugo deVries: I am Zoroastro; YOU are Monostatos!

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Morse: Toscanini? Arturo Toscanini? That's the WORST recording of 'The Magic Flute' there's ever been! I wouldn't even let it in the house!

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Morse: No, I don't join groups. I'm even thinking of leaving the choir.

Episode 15. 'Masonic Mysteries' (Episode Directed by Danny Boyle.):
Morse: (to Lewis) Go and see it! You'll love it...it's got a dragon.