Primeval (TV Series)

Future Epidemic (2009)

Ben Miller: James Lester

Quotes 

• [Walking in on Connor who is made home temporarily in one of the labs] 

  Sir James Lester : Do you always bring this much stuff to work?

  Connor Temple : Er... Yes. I like to be prepared.

  Sir James Lester : I know some of the creatures can be frightening, but surely this many pairs of underpants is overdoing it.

• Sir James Lester : You know I'll never look at athlete's foot the same again.

• Sir James Lester : [Looking at the Fungus covered man]  Well this could be tricky to explain to the next of kin. Good news he's not technically dead, bad news he's turned into a mushroom.

• Sir James Lester : How did you get in?

  Danny Quinn : Jumped the perimeter fence and kicked in a fire door. It was easy.

  Sir James Lester : What the hell are you doing here?

  Danny Quinn : It's my life's ambition to fight dinosaurs, save the world. Look... I just want to help, that's all.

  Jenny Lewis : I warned you to stay away from this, Danny.

  Danny Quinn : See, I thought you were flirting. It's so difficult to read women these days.

  Sir James Lester : [to Becker]  Can you pistol-whip him?

  Captain Becker : Sir?

  Sir James Lester : Just a thought.

• Sir James Lester : Mr Quinn, the fate of the nation, possibly the world, hangs on what we do here. It's not a place for chancers and wide boys.

  Danny Quinn : My brother was killed by a creature. Don't ask me to pretend it didn't happen! You've seen what I can do and I want in.

• Sir James Lester : At the risk of sounding like someone from the Old Testament, is there any sane reason why you're keeping animals in the ARC?

• Sir James Lester : Oh, that's a great idea. Let's send a criminal onto the streets with a flame thrower!

  Danny Quinn : I'm not a criminal.

  Sir James Lester : Well, you broke in here.

  Danny Quinn : Yeah, well, I didn't steal anything, did I?

• Sir James Lester : [to Danny]  The point is, A. you should be in custody, B. you're not part of the team.

  Connor Temple : He's done a pretty good job for us. Twice.

  Danny Quinn : Three times, actually.

  Sarah Page : We need all the help we can get, Lester. I think, we should trust him.

  Sir James Lester : Fantastic! You've been here five minutes and I've already got a mutiny on my hands.

• Sir James Lester : Now, Christine, I wanted you to be the first to know. You're right, I am going to need a man just like Captain Wilder to replace Cutter.

  Christine Johnson : I'm glad you've come round to my way of thinking.

  Sir James Lester : Oh, not Wilder himself, of course. No, he's playing much too vital a role on your own staff. But Danny Quinn here is just like him. Background in the police, firearms training, management skills. The perfect choice.

• Danny Quinn : What's the pay?

  Sir James Lester : Next to nothing.

  Danny Quinn : Seems fair.

  Sir James Lester : Try not to make a complete dog's breakfast of this, won't you?