MI-5 (TV Series)
Nest of Angels (2003)
Matthew Macfadyen: Tom Quinn
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Quotes
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Vicki Westbrook : Tom Quinn.
Tom Quinn : It's my real name.
Vicki Westbrook : Really? You use false name to doctors you dine and bed with, do you?
Tom Quinn : Sometimes.
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[last lines]
Tom Quinn : I misread Khaldun. I didn't know if he was naive or a double agent or what. Actually, he was a hero.
Christine Dale : And you got him killed.
Tom Quinn : I'm sorry?
Christine Dale : A cast-iron asset, a man who could have been a great agent for us and for you, you got him terminated.
Tom Quinn : That's the CIA line?
Christine Dale : My superiors are so angry with you people, they're in meltdown.
Tom Quinn : Well, sod your superiors. Are you in meltdown, too?
Christine Dale : You bet. You nearly got yourself killed.
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[first lines]
Tom Quinn : [on surveillance] Any sign of him, Danny?
Danny Hunter : No.
Tom Quinn : How long since the wire went down?
Zoe Reynolds : Uh, 50 minutes.
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Tom Quinn : Mr. Muhammad Ibhn Khaldun?
Ibhn Khaldun : [reading a business card] Mr. John Steadman. Home Office.
[watching boys playing in the park]
Ibhn Khaldun : They don't know who Peter Pan is, do they?
Tom Quinn : Why should they?
Ibhn Khaldun : Peter Pan? He's a part of English heritage.
Tom Quinn : What, a story about boy who didn't want to grow up?
Ibhn Khaldun : No, a story about being safe, in an eternal garden where you can play in tree houses all day long.
Tom Quinn : Is that how you see this country?
Ibhn Khaldun : How do you see mine? Dusky maidens in desert tents, offering dates on gold plates?