- DC Mike Jardine: [grabs at victim as he almost falls into the quarry] Tommy!
- DCI Jim Taggart: [sarcastically] Are you trying to make his day?
- DCI Jim Taggart: [looks into quarry to see villain's car going under the water surface] Well, that's the easy part of it.
- DC Mike Jardine: [stunned] Easy?
- DCI Jim Taggart: [grins] Now I have to go home and tell Jean she needs a new hairdresser!
- DCI Jim Taggart: [to McPherson, who was thrown into a pile of cow manure] Go and get a wash, you're honking!
- Supt. Jack McVitie: Jim, something interesting. Pat Connolly's record. Two years in Berlinnie for grievous wounding, same time as Abernathy.
- DCI Jim Taggart: Huh, so that's where they met.
- [sees funeral party]
- DCI Jim Taggart: Sir, would you do me a favor? Ask that funeral party to go home. Bottle of whisky.
- Supt. Jack McVitie: Bribery, Jim? Is it true what I hear about young Jardine being a teetotaller and a churchgoer?
- DCI Jim Taggart: Aye, it's true.
- Supt. Jack McVitie: [smiles] Refreshing change.
- DCI Jim Taggart: What's that supposed to mean?
- Dr. Stephen Andrews: If you want to know what killed him, I'd say asphyxiation.
- DCI Jim Taggart: He was buried alive!
- Dr. Stephen Andrews: I can think of a better death.
- DCI Jim Taggart: I can think of a better job right now.
- DCI Jim Taggart: By the way, Jean.
- Jean Taggart: Yes?
- DCI Jim Taggart: I don't mean to spoil your evening, but Colin Davidson's trying to murder Maggie.
- DCI Jim Taggart: [to DS Jardine who is looking confused about directions] Where are we going - teddy bear's picnic?
- DCI Jim Taggart: You brought him in of course?
- [DS Jardine looks down sheepishly]
- DCI Jim Taggart: What do you think this is, Christian forgiveness week?