Dempsey and Makepeace (TV Series)

The Burning (1986)

Michael Brandon: Dempsey

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• Dempsey : [reading his own obituary in the paper]  Hey Chas, every time I read this, it makes me want to cry.

  Chas : [pouring himself a cup of coffee]  Yeah, and if you only saved one dog from drowning, we may have gotten you a posthumos M.B.E.

  Dempsey : I saved a dog, no he died.

• Dempsey : [playing a game of pool while posing as Johnny Lupino]  Hey you know, the trouble with you limeys is that either these balls or too big or your pockets are too small.

• Dempsey : You gotta think broadminded.

  Butch : Broadminded...

  Dempsey : That's right, using your mind to get broads.

• Dempsey : [Dempsey has broken into Makepeace's bedroom at night]  You were dreaming about me, right?

  Makepeace : I have nightmares about you when I'm awake, why would I need to dream about you when I'm asleep

  Dempsey : You mind if I help myself to a beer?

  Makepeace : Why should I mind? You've broken in here so many times now I might as well just give you a set of keys.

• Dempsey : How long have you been driving?

  Butch : Since I was a kid. Only, eh...

  Dempsey : Only what?

  Butch : Only I lost my license a couple of years ago.

  Dempsey : Did ya kill anybody

  Butch : No.

  Dempsey : Then drive.

• Dempsey : All the time Joey'd been leading me false leads that he'd been fed. 'Couse all the years I was looking for the man, the man had allready gotten to my partner.