Ron Hayes: Lincoln Vail

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  Captain Andy Anderson : A four-day weekend in the Bahamas - I really envy you, Linc.

  Lincoln Vail : Well, I've saved my overtime for three months to get those two extra days. Vacation means a lot to me, Andy.

• Herman Kopak : I thought you were alone, sir, and I thought I'd better check in before leaving for Lost River Station to take over during Constable Vail's absence, sir

  Lincoln Vail : Oh, at ease, Herman. I'm not leaving until tomorrow morning. I still have to go back up there to pack tonight.

  Herman Kopak : Then I better get started. We don't want to leave the station unguarded. Right, Chief?

  Captain Andy Anderson : What are you going to guard it with? That Otterbridge dictionary?

  Herman Kopak : Very droll, sir. This is not a dictionary. This is "The Psychology of the Criminal Mind" by the great professor Irving Hooper. I feel that no police officer can possibly advance to command status without being well informed about brains, sir.

  Captain Andy Anderson : *I* haven't read Hooper, *Constable*.

  Herman Kopak : You... haven't... read... Hooper? Yes, sir.

  Captain Andy Anderson : [to Linc]  Health foods, palm readers and now psychology - there's nothing he won't do to try to wrangle a promotion.

• Captain Andy Anderson : Suppose Cora does have a .22. How are you going to get it?

  Lincoln Vail : If I can't find it, then I'll have to make *it* find *me*.

• Cora Johnson : You're no different from the others.

  Lincoln Vail : Yes, I am, Cora. I'm alive.