Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

Death in Disguise (1998)

Michael Feast: Ian Craigie

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• D.C.I. Barnaby : Mr. Craigie. Can I have a word? I'd like to see Mr. Carter's room.

  [a young man bolts past, running up the stairs] 

  D.C.I. Barnaby : Wait, where are you going? What's your name?

  Ian Craigie : Uh, this is Tim Riley, Inspector.

  D.C.I. Barnaby : Well, let him speak for himself. What's your name?

  Ian Craigie : As a matter of fact, he doesn't speak at all.

  D.C.I. Barnaby : Is that because he can't or because he won't?

  Ian Craigie : You say that as if the first were forgivable, the second a sin. That will be the policeman in you, forever doubting.

• D.C.I. Barnaby : Did you know Mr. Carter well?

  Ian Craigie : I thought so, but clearly we were strangers.

  D.C.I. Barnaby : Because he liked to drink and you didn't know?

  Ian Craigie : A cry for help, wouldn't you say?

  D.C.I. Barnaby : Maybe he just liked having secrets. That must be the downside of communal living. Don't have any privacy. What other secrets, I wonder?

  Ian Craigie : Such a wise companion. Such a kind and generous man. And yes, a great reader all his life. I met him shortly after he came out of prison.

  [pause] 

  Ian Craigie : I thought that would interest you, Inspector.

• Ian Craigie : Chief Inspector, welcome. We haven't met, but, uh, May tells me your wife attended one of our courses. Assertion training, I believe.

  D.C.I. Barnaby : Yes, I remember. 12 sessions at 20 quid a throw, plus VAT. You must be...

  Arno Gibbs : This is our beloved master, Chief Inspector.

  Ian Craigie : Not so much master. More map reader to my fellow pilgrims.

  [extends his hand] 

  Ian Craigie : Ian Craigie.

• Ian Craigie : [First lines]  What do you want to meet out here, Bill? What's wrong with the house?

  William Carter : In case we have to drop our guard.

  Ian Craigie : I have none. I am as you see me.

  William Carter : Ten years we said we'd give this place and then we'd cash in. Time's up. You've been fobbing me off.

  Ian Craigie : Yes, I know. But to a purpose, Bill. I mean look how far we've come in those ten years. A real journey of discovery, wouldn't you say?

  William Carter : All I want to discover is how much of it is mine.

  Ian Craigie : And what about our fellow travelers? Do we leave them stranded at the crossroads of your selfishness without directions ?

  William Carter : For God's sake, I'm fed up with that kind of talk. If you want to stay on, fine. Get the place valued and buy me out.

  Ian Craigie : I don't have the wherewithal, you know I don't.

  William Carter : Then take out a loan.

  Ian Craigie : I've got a far more exciting proposition for you, Bill. Stay on. Carry on helping me to run the lodge, recruit more travelers. I mean, look at what we've created here. A way of life neither of us dreamed of.

  William Carter : If I had known you'd wind up believing your own lies, I'd never have come in with you. Where's the old you? The one who...

  Ian Craigie : I know what I was capable of, Bill. I don't need reminding of it.

  William Carter : And couldn't you remember what I was capable of when people tried to cheat me?

• Ian Craigie : [First Lines]  What do you want to meet out here, Bill? What's wrong with the house?

  William Carter : In case we have to drop our guard.

• D.C.I. Barnaby : Did you know Mr. Carter well?

  Ian Craigie : I thought so. But clearly we were strangers.

  D.C.I. Barnaby : Because he liked to drink and you didn't know?

  Ian Craigie : A cry for help, wouldn't you say?

  D.C.I. Barnaby : Maybe he just liked having secrets. That must be the downside of communal living. Don't have any privacy. What other secrets, I wonder?

  Ian Craigie : Such a wise companion. Such a kind and generous man. And yes, a great reader all his life. I met him shortly after he came out of prison.

  [Barnaby takes notice] 

  Ian Craigie : Yes, I thought that would interest you, Inspector.