Poirot (TV Series)

Evil Under the Sun (2001)

Hugh Fraser: Hastings

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• Hastings : But surely no one could think of murder in such a beautiful place.

  Hercule Poirot : No, no, no, no, Hastings. It is romantic, yes. It is peaceful. The sun shines, the sea it is blue. But you forget, mon ami, that there is evil everywhere under the sun.

• Hastings : This must be that ladder down to Pixie Cove.

  Hercule Poirot : Comment?

  Hastings : Pixie Cove. It's what they call this beach.

  Hercule Poirot : For me, Hastings, I call it too steep and too dangerous.

• Hercule Poirot : [while talking about the possible reasons for Arlena Stuart entering the cave]  But then the question becomes why did Arlena Stuart enter the cave?

  Hastings : Perhaps she was hiding from someone.

  Hercule Poirot : Hastings... Once again you come up with an explanation that makes everything clear.

  Chief Inspector Japp : Not to me it doesn't.

  Hastings : You mean she was afraid of someone?

  Hercule Poirot : I mean, Hastings, that there is evil on this island. And the murder that took place here was the work of a mind that was brilliant. But there is one thing the killer did not expect, eh - the mind of Hercule Poirot. En bien. It is now time for these two minds to meet, and the truth at last must come to light.

• Hercule Poirot : [as a waitress sets down his plate of roast beef and vegetables]  Voila, Hastings! The little gray cells, they are the army of Napoleon.

  Hastings : You mean they march on their stomach.

• Hastings : It's good to see you back on form, Poirot.

  Chief Inspector Japp : Mm, hmm. One helping of spotted dick and you'll probably solve it.

• Hastings : [reading get-well cards to Poirot]  From everyone at the Forensics Department, Scotland Yard.