- Billie Newman: Lou, can't I go home first?
- Lou Grant: You don't have time!
- Billie Newman: Well what am I gonna do for clothes?
- Animal: If we're only gonna be gone two or three days, why do you need clothes?
- Joe Rossi: Doesn't it make any difference to you how this all turns out?
- Marty Niles: Nah! Not really. We got a smash, either way.
- Billie Newman: Rossi, that was really lousy.
- Joe Rossi: What?
- Billie Newman: What, what? You told me that creep was with the FBI.
- Joe Rossi: No I didn't, you said FBI. I said 'What other kind of agents are there?' He's one of the other kind.
- Charlie Hume: Well...
- [sighs]
- Charlie Hume: ... you were right about the kidnap story, Lou. How much stroking do you want?
- Lou Grant: Keep going, I'll tell you when to stop.
- Charlie Hume: When accounting gets the travel vouchers, and six expense accounts, you may not be such a hero.
- Lou Grant: You didn't have to stop that soon.