- College Professor: Excuse me, but I understand you write books.
- Jessica Fletcher: Now and then.
- College Professor: Do you use your own name?
- Jessica Fletcher: Only if it turns out well.
- [first lines]
- [a lie detector test is being administered]
- Examiner: Your name is Roy Phipps?
- Roy Phipps: Yes.
- Examiner: Have you ever been inside this bank?
- Roy Phipps: [looking a photo] No.
- Examiner: Did you rob the vault inside this bank?
- Roy Phipps: No.
- Lt. Giordano: Well, Roy, it's always a treat to find a guy who can beat the box.
- [last lines]
- Rob MacKenzie: Oh, Jessica, before I forget, that part finally came in, so I can fix your cable.
- Jessica Fletcher: Thanks, Rob, but I think I'll pass.