The Avengers (TV Series)

Lobster Quadrille (1964)

Patrick Macnee: John Steed

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• John Steed : And as you're going to be out there anyway, pussy-footing along those sun-soaked shores...

  Catherine Gale : You thought I might do a little investigating.

  John Steed : That's right! What do you say?

  Catherine Gale : Goodbye Steed!

  John Steed : Eh?

  Catherine Gale : That's what I say: goodbye.

  John Steed : But that isn't asking too much?

  Catherine Gale : [Mrs. Gale gets up to leave]  Oh yes it is! You see I'm not going to be pussy-footing along those sun-soaked shores - I'm going to be lying on them.

  John Steed : Not pussy-footing? I must have been misinformed!

  [door slams] 

• Dr. Stannage : Stubborn, you know in this part of the world, can't abide interference. Think they know everything. Same trouble with medicine these days, patients think they know more than their doctors. That's why I turned to pathology!

  John Steed : Corpses can't argue.

  Dr. Stannage : Ha ha. He was shot.

  John Steed : Who?

  Dr. Stannage : Your ministry friend. 38, I guess. Entered the body just below the right side of the rib cage, punctured the right lung, left the body between the 7th and 8th ribs. That's what I'm looking for.

  John Steed : The ribs?

  Dr. Stannage : No no, the bullet.

• John Steed : They're certainly taking their time, aren't they?

  Dr. Stannage : Ambulances rarely rush to the morgue, Mr. Steed.

• John Steed : Where is Quentin?

  Max Bush : Go and ask the mermaids...