- Joe Mannix: [wakes up in the middle of the night after drinking his spiked scotch with Elena sitting by his bed] You mind telling me what this is all about?
- Elena: You want to get away from here, don't you?
- Joe Mannix: Do you know a way?
- Elena: Yes.
- Joe Mannix: Well, what about you? Suppose they guess you're the one that turned me loose?
- Elena: Harry will take care of me.
- Joe Mannix: Harry who?
- Elena: Harry Tass.
- Joe Mannix: Harry Tass? Here?
- Elena: You know him.
- Joe Mannix: Yeah, I know him.
- Elena: He wants you dead.
- Joe Mannix: Yeah...
- Elena: You'll have a good head start. They don't expect you to wake up until morning.
- [starts unting Joe from the ropes he's bound to]
- Joe Mannix: Hey, by the way, uh... thanks for that message. Otherwise, I might have finished that drink.
- Elena: Shh!
- [footsteps are heard retreating]
- Joe Mannix: Are they all in the same business as Harry?
- Elena: Yeah, it's a pool. You know, like a secretarial pool?
- Joe Mannix: Only this is one for hit men. A place to cool off between jobs... draw weapons, get assignments. Is that why Harry's here, to get an assignment?
- [Elena doesn't answer]
- Joe Mannix: When? Where?
- Elena: You better worry about yourself.
- [frees Joe from the ropes that are tied around his wrist]
- Joe Mannix: Who's Harry's target?
- Elena: Drop it.
- Joe Mannix: I know Harry Tass enough to know that he's only used for top jobs.
- Elena: I said drop it.
- Joe Mannix: Did he say anything? Give any hints?
- Elena: Harry is my man. You're just passing traffic.
- [frees Joe from the ropes tied around his feet]
- Joe Mannix: Well... the man he's gonna kill must be somebody pretty important. Doesn't that mean anything to you?
- Elena: No, not if it'll hurt Harry.
- Joe Mannix: He's your man.
- Elena: That's right. We can go now.
- Harry Tass: [Murrell has given him a killing assignment] Murrell... give me the details, huh?
- J.H. Morell: Well, he arrives at LAX at 5:10. There'll be reporters, so he'll have to stop on the landing ramp after the other passengers are off. They'll figure if you do your job, he'll never get to finish his interview.
- Harry Tass: Anything else?
- J.H. Morell: That's all.
- Harry Tass: Yeah?
- [notices everyone's uneasy expressions]
- Harry Tass: So why all the long faces, huh?
- [no one responds]
- Harry Tass: Something's wrong.
- J.H. Morell: Maybe.
- Harry Tass: Like what?
- Hendry: Some dude came hiking up here. Said his car broke down.
- Harry Tass: For real?
- Hendry: It could be. Said he was on a fishing trip.
- Harry Tass: A plant?
- J.H. Morell: We don't know.
- Harry Tass: Anyone thought of asking him?
- J.H. Morell: I had Elena fix his drink. He's out. At least until tomorrow.
- Harry Tass: And none of you guys know whether he came alone or not?
- J.H. Morell: That's right. But we're working on it. So far, all we know is that's he's out of L.A. Name's Joe Mannix.
- Harry Tass: Mannix?
- J.H. Morell: What is it, Harry?
- Harry Tass: I want to see this guy. I want to see him now.