Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
A Worm in the Bud (2002)
Paul Venables: Simon Bartlett
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Quotes
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Bernadette Sullivan : One of the intriguing things about English common law is that it's a mess. The further you go back, the bigger the mess.
Simon Bartlett : I don't think a history lesson's gonna solve anything.
Bernadette Sullivan : We don't need a solution, just the mess.
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Bernadette Sullivan : What is the decent period for abstaining from carnal knowledge of your mistress when your wife dies? If she'd walked out of here, you'd have thrown a party.
Simon Bartlett : It's not that simple.
Bernadette Sullivan : Why not? Unless you killed her.
Simon Bartlett : Of course I didn't kill her.
Bernadette Sullivan : Well, you're a bit weak in the alibi department, darling. I only hope you can convince Barnaby.
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Simon Bartlett : I just drove up there. James wasn't there. I turned round and came home. I knew that I was under suspicion for Susan's death. I was afraid that if I said I'd been at Abbey Farm you'd think...
DCI Tom Barnaby : Why? Why did you go there?
Simon Bartlett : I wanted to talk to him...
DCI Tom Barnaby : If the police don't get you, I will. You do remember saying that, don't you?
Simon Bartlett : That was... I didn't know what I was saying. I, I didn't mean it.
DCI Tom Barnaby : All right. So you came home. You were never at Miss Sullivan's at all.
Simon Bartlett : No.
DCI Tom Barnaby : Why would she lie about it?
Simon Bartlett : I thought... I believed it was to protect me. Now I'm not so sure.
DCI Tom Barnaby : What do you mean?
Simon Bartlett : Well, she wasn't just giving me an alibi, she was giving herself one.
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Simon Bartlett : Um, I was trying to get a hold of Bernadette to tell her that...
Victoria Bartlett : Don't you have more important things to see to?
Simon Bartlett : I... I don't know.
Victoria Bartlett : Susan's dead. If there's anything you can do to stop people believing her suicide was your fault, you should do it.
[pause]
Victoria Bartlett : I know you didn't have much time for her in life lately, but I'd like to think in death you can do something more decent than rush off into the arms of your mistress.