- Stella Gibson: Modern life is such an unholy mix of voyeurism and exhibitionism. People perpetually broadcasting their internal and external selves.
- Katie Benedetto: I think about you all the time, every minute of every day.
- Paul Spector: Is it painful?
- Katie Benedetto: Yes.
- Paul Spector: Good.
- Katie Benedetto: Why good?
- Paul Spector: Because other people's pain gives me pleasure.
- Katie Benedetto: Even mine?
- Paul Spector: Especially yours.
- [first lines]
- Stella Gibson: Rick, I need a new laptop.
- Rick Turner: Where's yours?
- Stella Gibson: In an evidence bag.
- Rick Turner: What?
- Stella Gibson: Long story.
- Stella Gibson: We all have physical, emotional needs that can only be met by interaction with another person. The trick is to ask someone appropriate to meet them.
- Olivia Spector: Why can't you marry your daddy?
- Sally Ann Spector: Do you mean why can't little girls marry their daddies?
- Olivia Spector: Yes.
- Sally Ann Spector: Do you want to marry Daddy?
- Olivia Spector: Can I?
- Sally Ann Spector: He's already married. To me. He's taken.
- Olivia Spector: But if you don't want him?
- Sally Ann Spector: Someday when you're older like Mummy you can marry a nice man like Daddy.
- Gail McNally: [after questioning violent Tyler] You were treating me like a damsel in distress! I don't need protection, I can look after myself.
- Rick Turner: What, with your handbag?
- Gail McNally: Why don't you come join the rest of us in the 21st century? I knuckle in.
- Rick Turner: It's what I do with any partner.
- Gail McNally: Yeah? Well, in future knuckle out.
- Stella Gibson: Do you know a detective called Tom Anderson?
- Matt Eastwood: Yeah. Detective Sergeant West Belfast. Young, charismatic. Good looking.
- [knowing grin]
- Stella Gibson: I met him at a crime scene. He was wearing a full forensic mask.
- Paul Spector: It's not about sex. It's about deciding on the essential nature of the world. Is the world a place of pain and suffering, of grief and despair, or is it a place full of joy, all sweetness and light?
- Katie Benedetto: I don't know, I...
- Paul Spector: Oh, I think you do. Your father was decapitated in a motorcycle accident. Or have you forgotten?
- Katie Benedetto: No, I haven't forgotten.
- [last lines]
- Reed Smith: What on Earth are you doing?
- Stella Gibson: [standing by morgue body] Wondering where Rose is.