Malcolm is back – and as viciously, hilariously sweary as ever. But which were your favourite lines in the second episode of The Thick of It?

The Thick of It: lines of the week – episode two

SPOILER ALERT: This weekly blog is for those who are watching The Thick of It series four. Don't read on if you haven't seen episode two.

Lines of the week – episode one

Hello and welcome Human Inter-railers, Honest Wombles, All-British Supremes – hopefully not a racist tribute band – and especially Quiet Batpeople. In a change from previous series blogs, we're going to be spending more time celebrating the brilliance of our favourite The Thick of It lines. And with the return of Malcolm to our screens, it's no surprise that he dominates this week's best lines – there is really little that can compare with a vicious Peter Capaldi hiss …

Writer Simon Blackwell has talked about this series having a season-long arc, which is presumably where Mr Tickell/Tickle comes in, although Nicola ("a nice lady, especially when she's drunk") seems unable to grasp the potential on offer. Much to Malcolm's irritation.

Also annoying Malcolm this week were new advisers and members of the opposition. In particular Helen, Nicola's new adviser – who, while hard to warm to, does at least seem to stand up to him. She needs to be careful of "whisperboarding". Talking of which, Blackwell described Olly this series as being "still very much a dick". And on current form, who would argue with that?

So what did you make of proceedings? Glad to have Malcolm back? Here's my pick of the lines this week – do add your own in the comments.

Lines of the week

• Ben on Nicola: "The leader of the opposition is in that room practising walking. Baby horses can walk from the womb. She's one-nil down to a pony."

Malcolm: "A pony isn't a baby horse. It's a foal. A fucking foal is a baby horse."

• Nicola: "Olly, walk with me." Olly: "Forwards or backwards?"

• Malcolm to Nicola: "Don't send Ben to the backbenches. He'll just wank and eat Pringles. Leather seats are just an invitation to men like him"

• Malcolm to Olly: "I don't know if you've met Mrs Susan Doherty. Mrs Doherty is a quiet fucking bat person, or a fucking motorway men's bag, or whatever we're calling these fucking faecal shits at the moment."

• Malcolm to Nicola: "You gotta go hacking through the opposition with a belt full of hands and a necklace full of ears. Can you do that? Can you wear a necklace made of ears?"

• Helen on Nicola: "She's officially a cenotwat."

• Malcolm on Nicola: "We're out in the middle of the ocean with our own Ellen MacArthur crying and sobbing. Enough. Over the side she goes. She's going to sleep with the fishes – or at least witter at them until they lose the fucking will to live."

• Malcolm on Nicola, again: "She's going to kick her own head in, which will be easy because she does yoga."

• Malcolm to Dan: "What the fuck is this? Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Cunt?"

• Malcolm on Star Wars: "The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin. His father's a robot and he's fucking fucked his sister. Lego. They're all made of fucking lego."