- Jessica Fletcher: Well, I really have to get home. Amos Tupper may uphold the law, but I can't trust him to water my plants.
- [last lines]
- [Linda has been asked to run for Mayor]
- Jessica Fletcher: And are you going to do it?
- Linda Stevens: I'm a Stevens, aren't I?
- [first lines]
- Deputy Wayne Beeler: You're deep in the dung heap now, old man. Breaking and entering is a felony.
- Linda Stevens: Someone's in the house!
- Jessica Fletcher: We should call the police!
- Linda Stevens: Sheriff Yates? I'd rather take my chances with a burglar!