As Time Goes By (TV Series)

The Old Folks' Party (1998)

Geoffrey Palmer: Lionel Hardcastle

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Lionel : Jean.

  [he finds her in the closet under the stairs] 

  Jean : Hello.

  Lionel : Never mind 'hello'; what are you doing with my clothes?

  Jean : I'm collecting to help the aged.

• [last lines] 

  Lionel : I wonder if somebody will look after us when we're very old.

  Jean : Well, that's what all this is really about, isn't it? It's only a drop in the ocean.

  Lionel : It's a very nice drop.

  [pause] 

  Lionel : It's 'The Last Waltz'.

  Jean : I don't suppose you have the strength to totter round, have you?

  Lionel : I thought you'd never ask.