- [Jim Gordon aims his gun as the hitman Billy Boy, who holds Officer Parks hostage with his Piano Wire]
- Billy Boy: Try to stop me. I'll lop off her pretty little head.
- James Gordon: You know what I like about those glasses?
- James Gordon: [Gordon without a pause, shoots Billy Boy in the head as the shell casing clings to the ground] They look like bull's-eyes.
- [Captain Barnes' tells Jim Gordon about crossing the line]
- James Gordon: I nearly crossed the line.
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: 'The line?' Let me tell you something about the line. My third tour, we were stationed in the desert. We captured three insurgents, when this sandstorm kicks up. Zero visibility. Then we start taking fire. We're getting lit up. Suddenly, I'm alone. I come across one of our prisoners. He's a kid. His hands are zip-tied. But he figures, what the hell, he's gonna use the sandstorm to try to escape. So I jump him. And I take my gun and I jam it in his mouth. I figured it was just a threat. Show him who's boss, you know? Next thing I know... I just pulled the trigger. Blew his head off. That kid woke me up every night for years. Until I made my peace with him. See, I come to find out I'm just a man. And at the right moment, a man might do anything. Any man. There is no line. There's just the law. That's what separates us from the animals. There is no line.
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: [Gordon drags in a bloody, unconscious body] Who the hell is that?
- James Gordon: No idea. But he just tried to kill me.
- Captain Nathaniel Barnes: He tell you why?
- [Edward Nygma tells Penguin the type of man he is]
- Edward Nygma: [Nygma walks up to Penguin] Mr. Penguin. For some men, love is a source of strength. But for you and I, it will always be our most crippling weakness.
- Oswald Cobblepot: Move aside, Ed.
- Edward Nygma: We are better off unencumbered.
- Oswald Cobblepot: What did you say?
- Edward Nygma: You said it yourself. Your mother is dead because of your weakness. But what you need to realize is that your weakness was her.
- Oswald Cobblepot: [Penguin grabs a knife and shoves it up to Nygma's neck, screaming] My mother was a saint! The only person who truly cared about me, and now she's gone! And now I have nothing left.
- Edward Nygma: A man with nothing that he loves... is a man who cannot be bargained. A man that cannot betrayed. A man who answers to no one... but himself. And that is the man that I see before me. A free man.
- [Leslie Thompkins sits alone with Jim Gordon in her apartment]
- James Gordon: I almost crossed the line tonight.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: [Lee sarcastically replies] No kidding. How out of character.
- James Gordon: Scared me a little.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: Welcome to my world.
- James Gordon: Why the hell are you with me?
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: Beats me.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: [Lee leans closer to Jim] Just tell me the truth. Always.
- James Gordon: I promise.
- [Edward Nygma confesses to Penguin that he's murdered people]
- Edward Nygma: Recently, I've been going through a sort of change. 'What kind of change?' You ask.
- Oswald Cobblepot: I didn't.
- Edward Nygma: I've started murdering people.
- Edward Nygma: [Nygma takes a deep breath before chuckles] Wow! That is thrilling to say out loud.
- Oswald Cobblepot: [Nygma laughs] How many people?
- Edward Nygma: Three in total.
- Edward Nygma: [Penguin scoffs] Two of them I really didn't care for. But one was my girlfriend, Miss Kringle. She was the love of my life.
- [Penguin gives Edward Nygma his advice]
- Oswald Cobblepot: My empire is in ruins. I'm a wanted man with no friends. And my mother... the one person I swore to protect is dead because of my weakness.
- Oswald Cobblepot: [inhales sharply] Believe me when I tell you that this path you're on leads to nothing but destruction and pain.
- [Nygma grins]
- [Edward Nygma wakes up the Penguin]
- Edward Nygma: [Nygma leans forward] Hello, sleepyhead.
- Oswald Cobblepot: [Penguin begins panting] Where am I?
- Edward Nygma: [Nygma quickly stammers] Rapid movement and elevated heart rate are counterproductive with the healing process.
- Oswald Cobblepot: [Penguin starts screaming] No! No! Don't kill me!
- Edward Nygma: [Nygma stabs a needle into Penguin's neck] Apologies in advance.
- Edward Nygma: [Nygma's voice talks distortedly to Penguin] Rest up, my feathered friend. We have a big night ahead of us.
- [Edward Nygma asks for Penguin's advice]
- Edward Nygma: I have no ill intentions towards you.
- Oswald Cobblepot: Then what are your intentions?
- Edward Nygma: I need advice, Mr. Penguin. These murders... changed me. And like the butterfly, I've come to realize that I cannot be a caterpillar once again. And you're one of the city's notorious killers. I brought you here, in part, because I was hoping you could guide me on this new path.
- [Edward Nygma gives Penguin a riddle as Penguin lays in bed missing his mother]
- Edward Nygma: I can bring tears to your eyes and resurrect the dead. I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?
- Oswald Cobblepot: A memory.
- [Edward Nygma and Penguin go into Edward's closet to get the tied up Galavan lackey]
- Oswald Cobblepot: My mother always said a party is not a party without entertainment.
- [Edward Nygma reintroduces himself to the Penguin]
- Oswald Cobblepot: You drugged me.
- Edward Nygma: That was for your own benefit, Mr. Penguin. You have extensive injuries.
- Oswald Cobblepot: I know you.
- Edward Nygma: Ed. Nygma. We met once before at the GCPD.
- Oswald Cobblepot: You're not a cop.
- Edward Nygma: [Nygma laughs] Oh, no, no, no. No, I'm in forensics. Do you believe in fate?
- Oswald Cobblepot: [Penguin realizes he's in Nygma's pajamas] Where are my clothes?
- Edward Nygma: Oh, I threw them away. They smelled.
- [the Lady calls Eduardo Flamingo to do a little job for her]
- The Lady: [the Lady hears a gun shot over the phone, she chuckles] Are you on a job?
- Eduardo Flamingo: It's not a job if you love what you do.
- The Lady: Oh, fair enough. Listen, um, I'm in a bit of a pinch over here.
- Eduardo Flamingo: I thought my membership was revoked?
- The Lady: Bygones, darling. Live and let live. So you eat people. Who am I to judge? The target is a Detective Gordon. I'll make it worth your while.
- Eduardo Flamingo: Send me the address.
- [Penguin tells Edward Nygma a story about his mother]
- Oswald Cobblepot: [Penguin sniffles] Every night when I was young, my mother would sing that song to me when I was going to bed. And every time, she would tell me, 'Oswald... don't listen to the other children. You're handsome and clever. And some day, you will be a great man'. She said that every time. That's all I have left now. Memories. And they're like daggers in my heart.
- Edward Nygma: [Nygma replies with a stern face] Not forever.
- [Jim Gordon admits to Leslie Thompkins that he had visited Barbara Kean in the hospital]
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: [Lee reminds Gordon] This isn't jealousy. That woman is... How do I put this? She's the devil.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: [Gordon turns his head] No she is. She's the devil.
- [Tabitha Galavan sits with, The Lady]
- The Lady: So is this business, personal...?
- Tabitha Galavan: What's it matter to you?
- The Lady: Personal costs extra. There's always complications.
- Tabitha Galavan: It's business. A cop.
- The Lady: Seems personal to me. Anyhow, cops also cost extra.
- Tabitha Galavan: Fine. I want it done today. What kind of guarantee do I get?
- The Lady: I accept the job, the job gets done. Period. You see, I believe in the beauty of extreme measures. So who's the lucky fellow?
- [Tabitha hands The Lady a photo of Detective Gordon]
- [Jim Gordon holds up with the rest of the officers at Galavan's residence, keeping the rookie cop calm, Officer Parks]
- James Gordon: Parks, take cover behind the desk. Remember your training, aim for center mass.
- Officer Parks: Right. Center mass.
- James Gordon: And don't stop firing until you're sure. And Parks?
- Officer Parks: Yes, sir?
- James Gordon: Breathe.
- [Eduardo Flamingo kills Jim Gordon's back-up before calling Detective Gordon]
- James Gordon: Who is this?
- Eduardo Flamingo: This is Eduardo Flamingo.
- James Gordon: Is that name supposed to mean something to me?
- Eduardo Flamingo: Not yet, but it will. I'll be upstairs in a few minutes. I'm going to feast on your friends first. Save you for dessert. You try to run, I will find you.
- James Gordon: I won't. In fact, I'm coming down.
- [last lines]
- Father Creal: [Father Creal welcomes the arrival of the monks in Galavan's order] Welcome, brothers. Welcome.
- Young Guard: Hey! Docks are closed. I need to see some I.D.
- Young Guard: Wait... No!
- [the young guard grunts and gasps, laying dead as the monks walk forward into the city night]
- Silver St. Cloud: I wasn't sure you'd ever want to see me again. When you called You don't believe what they're saying about my uncle do you?
- Bruce Wayne: No. Of course not. Silver, I asked you here because I need your help.
- Silver St. Cloud: Anything.
- Bruce Wayne: Before he was arrested, your uncle made me an offer. - I want...
- Alfred Pennyworth: Right, Master Bruce! On your feet. Bought us a lovely couple of rakes from the ironmonger's. I suggest we get outside and get Hello, Ms. St. Cloud. Did not expect to see you here.
- Silver St. Cloud: Hello, Alfred.
- Alfred Pennyworth: That must have been your car I saw, idling on the main road. Now, in light of recent events, I suggest you get in it and you leave. Immediately.
- Bruce Wayne: I invited her, and I want her to stay.
- Alfred Pennyworth: And I'm ordering her to leave. And it's my house, and I give the orders.
- Alfred Pennyworth: Oh, is that so?
- Silver St. Cloud: It's okay. I don't want to cause any trouble.
- Alfred Pennyworth: Smart girl. Off you pop.
- Silver St. Cloud: I'm at the Kane Hotel.
- Bruce Wayne: You had no right to do that.
- Alfred Pennyworth: I had every right. What were you thinking, asking her up here? Oh, wait, you think she was gonna tell you something.
- Bruce Wayne: If Galavan really has the name of my parents' killer in that envelope, it's worth a shot.
- Alfred Pennyworth: Well, my guess is there was absolutely nothing in that envelope. It was just a ruse to get you to sign away the company.
- Bruce Wayne: Galavan is smart. He wouldn't enter a multibillion-dollar offer without his end of the bargain. He has the name.
- Alfred Pennyworth: And you think that little minx is gonna tell you something, do you?
- Bruce Wayne: We're friends.
- Alfred Pennyworth: No, you're not. Getting information out of a girl like that requires a level of deception that you do not yet possess, Master Bruce. - It is too dangerous.
- Bruce Wayne: It's worth the risk.
- Alfred Pennyworth: No. You will not see Ms. St. Cloud again or pursue Galavan's wild claims.
- Bruce Wayne: You have no right to make that decision for me.
- Alfred Pennyworth: Well, someone has to. If you force me to be your jailer then that is who I will be.
- [first lines]
- Elderly Man: [Tabitha Galavan walks into a bar] Good morning, help you?
- Tabitha Galavan: I was told to order a Highsmith Royale.
- Elderly Man: A bit early, don't you think?
- Tabitha Galavan: I said Highsmith Royale. No ice.
- [Tabitha pays the elderly man, as he opens a hidden door in the wall]
- [Eduardo Flamingo is introduced while eating the ear off of one of his screaming victims]
- Eduardo Flamingo: Why just smell the fear on your victim when you can taste it, right?
- [Jim Gordon defeats Eduardo Flamingo, leaning over him with a gun down his mouth]
- Eduardo Flamingo: [Gordon screams into Eduardo's face, taking back the gun] Oh, baby. You disappoint me.
- James Gordon: You have the right to remain silent. I recommend you use it.
- [Tabitha Galavan talks to Theo Galavan in prison]
- Theo Galavan: Hit men? You sent hit men after Jim Gordon, after I expressly told you to do nothing until I gave you orders? Nothing. Tell me this isn't about Barbara.
- Tabitha Galavan: He hurt her.
- Theo Galavan: [Theo scoffs] I'm disappointed you let a woman get in your head. If you're feeling upset, find yourself a nice librarian to torture. That always cheers you up. Everything is ready. The brothers' arrival is imminent. Bruce Wayne will die, and his company and this city will be mine.
- Theo Galavan: [Tabitha looks at Theo] Ours. Everything that we have worked for so long will be ours. Endanger that prize again, and though it breaks my heart, I will cut your throat.
- [Tabitha stares at Theo]