- DS Charlie Nelson: [about Kam] Of course she's good with babies!
- Sarah Barnaby: That's a problem?
- DS Charlie Nelson: D'you ever met someone that just gets right under your skin, Sarah?
- Sarah Barnaby: Yes. Yes, I have.
- DS Charlie Nelson: What did you do?
- Sarah Barnaby: I married him.
- [first lines]
- Sarah Barnaby: We could take friends out to dinner.
- DCI John Barnaby: Bad idea.
- Sarah Barnaby: Well then, we'll have them over here.
- DCI John Barnaby: Even worse.
- Sarah Barnaby: Fine, no friends. We could go to Brighton for the weekend, just the three of us.
- [Sykes barks]
- Sarah Barnaby: Sorry, four of us.
- DCI John Barnaby: Sounds like driving to me.
- Sarah Barnaby: John, you have to do something. A bottle of wine and an old film is a feeble way to celebrate your birthday.
- DCI John Barnaby: It's *my* way.
- Sarah Barnaby: Are you sure you need me there?
- DCI John Barnaby: Well, of course. You can pour the wine.
- DCI John Barnaby: Aren't the armed forces tolerant of same sex relationships nowadays?
- Sgt Yasmin Ali: Not when it's the C.O.'s daughter.