Alun Armstrong credited as playing...
Brian Lane
- [first lines]
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: So this is where Annabel drowned. December 2008, this lake was covered in two inches of ice, so she must have fallen through it.
- Gerry Standing: How deep is it?
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: Oh, it's only six foot, but the cold and the shock mean she wouldn't have lasted more than a minute. Three days later, on Christmas Day, there was a thaw, and a jogger spotted her body in the water.
- Brian Lane: Jogging on Christmas Day? Who was he, Billy No-Mates?
- [Sandra notices a book on Gerry's desk]
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: What's that? 'Basic Guide to Sign Language'.
- Brian Lane: Oh, he fancies a bit of interpreting.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: Really?
- [Gerry just shrugs]
- Brian Lane: Well, he fancies a bit of something.
- Brian Lane: Drowning doesn't look like drowning.
- Gerry Standing: What's that mean?
- Brian Lane: Well, 'cause you don't scream and splash about. See, the body's concentrating solely on trying to breathe. Which is why most people drown within metres of another adult who's completely oblivious.
- [last lines]
- D.A.C. Robert Strickland: If I may, I'd like to buy you all a drink.
- Brian Lane: Oh, thanks very much.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: Sandra?
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: Yeah, okay,
- Gerry Standing: Ah, already booked, I'm afraid.
- Det.Supt.Sandra Pullman: Okay, see you tomorrow.
- Gerry Standing: Ta-da.
- [Strickland and Sandra leave]
- Brian Lane: Who? Vera?
- Gerry Standing: Danny!
- Brian Lane: Oh, your cousin.
- Gerry Standing: Yeah. I skyped him.
- Brian Lane: All the...
- [gestures to indicate signing]
- Gerry Standing: Yeah, I mean the picture quality wasn't very good, but no, we got on like a house on fire.
- [picks up large model plane box]
- Gerry Standing: Bought him a present.
- Brian Lane: Thought you said he was into trains.
- Gerry Standing: No, no, he's into *planes* now. Least I bloody hope that's what he said.