- John Munch: Where's my old Stanley?
- Al Giardello: Oh my god...
- John Munch: I can't wake up in the morning, I can't face the day unless I know he's gonna be more miserable than me! The whole world's outta whack, G! You gotta do something!
- Al Giardello: Like what?
- John Munch: Order him to be miserable again!
- Al Giardello: Aw, stop it...
- John Munch: Look Boss, it's for his own good, it's a safety issue, the guy's DANCING IN TRAFFIC... there's gotta be something in the books to forbid happiness... it's UNPROFESSIONAL!
- John Munch: [Depressed about breaking up with his girlfriend, upon hearing that a murdered homeless couple had been using heavy-duty heart medications] ... Are you sure there's nothing left in those prescription bottles...?
- ASA Ed Danvers: [disappointed] C'mon Kay, I'll take you home.
- Kay Howard: No, I... I need to be alone tonight, okay?
- [walks away]
- ASA Ed Danvers: [leans over, whispers harshly] Thanks a lot, Munch.
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: We'd better go...
- [to munch:]
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: I'll deal with you in the morning, and DON'T look forward to it!
- Linda: [Linda glances at Munch, who looks forlorn and dejected] C'mon Stan, we can't just leave him...
- [Stan sighs in exasperation]
- John Munch: Linda... it is Linda, isn't it?
- Linda: [laughs] Yes!
- John Munch: ...You're a very nice person... and obviously you're capable of the impossible by making Stanley happy. Your homespun stories don't play with me, I'm a homicide cop. Nothing surprises me!
- Linda: Nothing?
- John Munch: Absolutely nothing!
- [suddenly numerous rainbow-coloured fireworks go off, sparkling in the air, startling him]
- John Munch: What the HELL was that?
- Linda: [laughs] I don't know... your heart, maybe?
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: [walks over] WOW! Look at that!
- John Munch: [laughs nervously] Yeah, look at that...
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: Wow, god!
- John Munch: [suddenly seeming more cheerful] ... You know, Stanley... this woman, you gotta respect her. Why she goes out with you, I'll never know. As far as I'm concerned, your great fortune lies right there in the mysteries of life, right alongside the whereabouts of the lost tribes of Israel, and the meaning of the lyrics to 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'.
- [Linda laughs]
- John Munch: I think I'll go look for a couple of those lost tribes right now...
- [walks away]
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: I'm sorry 'bout him...
- Linda: Oh, he's alright, Stan... you just don't understand him at all, do you?
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: Nope, I don't... but then again, I don't need to.
- [Linda laughs and she and Bolander gaze at the fireworks in awe]
- Kay Howard: Are you gonna dance?
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: Everything up to the 'Woolly Bully'!
- Kay Howard: Now THAT I would pay to see.
- Tim Bayliss: You know something? Everyone keeps saying how normal Angela was, how wonderful she is, but if she s so wonderful, what's she doing working at a dump like that?
- [point's towards Ed's Phone Sex Call Center with distaste]
- Al Giardello: I am NOT grieving...
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: You are still dating the same two women from five years ago! One of 'em you take to dinner at Gellazio's every Friday night! The other you take to the shore! You are still at the funeral!
- Al Giardello: Stanley, I'm pleased for you... pleased and jealous. Now, my only advice to you is, uh... use a rubber.
- [Stanley nods his head and smiles excitedly]
- Tim Bayliss: [repulsed] Tell me you don't find all this porno stuff... this sex stuff, this S&M stuff disgusting!
- Frank Pembleton: Oh, that's just the way of the world, it's been that way forever.
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: [Stan and Linda are gracefully humming a cello song, when suddenly Munch creeps up to them out of nowhere and starts singing loud, off-key notes] Every fairy tale has its nightmare, and this is mine.
- John Munch: [gloomy] It's Festivus to you, pal.
- Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander: [livid] Munch, if you don't shut up, and shut up fast, I'll GUT you!
- John Munch: [oblivious to Stan's threat] The truth hurts, doesn't it, Stan?
- Tim Bayliss: If you know you could be killed, then why keep doing it?
- Tanya Quinn: Believe it or not, when I've given complete control of myself over to someone else... I'm free.