Alex: Auto-erotic asphyxiation.
Gene: What?
Alex: By strangling himself like that his dying brain cells released glutamate. To prevent glutamate overload the brain releases a receptor. It's these receptors that give rise to the feelings of euphoria.
Gene: I didn't know you had a PhD in masturbation, DI Drake!
Music featured in this episode:
The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) - Fun Boy Three
Chicken Man - Alan Hawkshaw
Rio - Duran Duran
Love Plus One - Haircut 100
The Look Of Love - ABC
Stand And Deliver - Adam And The Ants
The Model - Kraftwerk
Rat Race - The Specials
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
Mirror Man - The Human League
Also heard playing in the wine bar is "Non T'Amo Piu", composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti, and music from La Wally, an opera by Alfredo Catalani.