- [after Beller leaves the squad to go downstairs]
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: You don't want to call the desk sergeant and have some cop toss this prick for his pills outside the station house?
- Det. Danny Sorenson: Not to collar him?
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: No, just to give him a farewell scare.
- Det. Danny Sorenson: Yeah, we could do that, but it would be beneath us.
- [Andy and Danny pause for a moment, look at each other, and go for their desk phones simultaneously]
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Sorry you lost all your art.
- Noel Beller: You might have commiserated with me by offering me some sort of beverage.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: You want a beverage?
- Noel Beller: No, not now.
- [Beller and Nicki leave the squad]
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: How about a cup of Liquid Drano?
- John Irvin: That wouldn't be the first toxic chemical he's ingested today.
- Det. Danny Sorenson: How's it going, Miss Cameron?
- Nicki Cameron: Hi.
- Det. Danny Sorenson: Permit me to immediately offer you a beverage.
- Nicki Cameron: [chuckles] I'm not a stickler for refreshment the way Noel is.
- Det. Danny Sorenson: Well, why don't we talk around the corner in our refreshment area anyways, where besides coffee, we've also got soda, and bottled water, and food that's been left in our refrigerator periods up to several weeks.
- [Baldwin passes Noel Beller and Evan Sibley sitting on the bench in the catching area as he leaves the squad]
- Det. Baldwin Jones: How's it going.
- Noel Beller: Everyone, including the mortally wounded, get asked "how's it going?"
- John Irvin: Detective, this is Mr. Beller.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: How's it going?
- Noel Beller: [incredulous] How's it going?
- Nicki Cameron: Mr. Beller's art collection was stolen.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: I know, it's my case.
- Noel Beller: If it's your case, and you know that the collection's been stolen, why in heaven's name would you ask me, "how are things going?"
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: Either of you has a gun, feel free to shoot me. I meant it like "hello."
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: [to Noel Beller] What would benefit you -- somebody smacking you in the back of the head for about six straight hours, but we got homes to go to.
- Derrick: The only situating you're going to be doing for me is calling me a lawyer.
- Det. Andy Sipowicz: OK, you're a lawyer. But that's a step down from stealing art.
- Noel Beller: I demand to see Detective Sipowicz or Sorenson.
- Det. Jill Kirkendall: A collar only gets one call, Mr. Beller. I think you ought to be deciding whether that's going to be your lawyer or your dealer.
- John Irvin: Unless he's the same person.
- Det. Danny Sorenson: So what's your act exactly, Mr. Beller? Is this some kind of skippy-whip for you, putting us through our paces?
- Noel Beller: Actually, my suspicions are increasingly focused on Ms. Cameron.
- Det. Danny Sorenson: And that started when?
- Noel Beller: I've just been putting two and two together.
- Det. Danny Sorenson: Meaning you knew you liked her from the jump. If it's not her, you want to know who I like, Mr. Beller? You.
- Noel Beller: Thirty-four million dollars and counting, detective.
- Det. Danny Sorenson: Well that don't rule you out yet in my book, Mr. B, 'cause I'm still figuring maybe you're the kind of hump jerk-off one day finds his little interests and routines, they don't hold his attention no more. Decides maybe he's gonna put a little zest in his life by doing something naughty.
- Noel Beller: I'm flattered, detective, but I don't have that much imagination or nerve. Perhaps if I didn't take so much Vicodin.