- [first lines]
- Jessica Fletcher: [on phone] Jake, I'm sorry, but you're wrong.
- [pause]
- Jessica Fletcher: No! That is absolutely untrue. You have not been put out to graze.
- [pause]
- Jessica Fletcher: Yes. Yes, I'm sure you do.
- [pause]
- Jessica Fletcher: Now, look, I may be flying out there in a month, and I promise I will call you the minute that I land.
- [pause]
- Jessica Fletcher: Wonderful. Well, love to Janie. Bye.
- [last lines]
- Lt. Amos 'Jake' Ballinger: Okay, folks. You want an education? I'm gonna give you one. But if things get too tough, you just say the word, huh?
- Elizabeth Mills: Funny, Lieutenant, that word just leapt to mind. But I'm too much of a lady to use it in mixed company.
- Elizabeth Mills: Here's what I have in a nutshell. Mrs. Summerfield wasn't much help, but the neighbors love to chat. If you ever decide to commit murder, don't do it on that block.
- Lt. Amos 'Jake' Ballinger: If I ever decide to commit murder, you'll be the first to know.