- Deputy Jonathan Martin: And I know if I have to rely on Sheriff Tupper to find the real killer, I'll be sent up the river before you know it.
- [first lines]
- Loretta Speigel: So, I said to her, I said, "Lucille, I don't care what your husband says. You wear your hair any way you like."
- [last lines]
- Sheriff Amos Tupper: Mmm. I must admit, that's pretty good. What are those little things floatin' around in there?
- Jessica Fletcher: Escargot.
- Sheriff Amos Tupper: Escar-what?
- Dr. Seth Hazlitt: [chuckles] Do you want to tell him?
- Dr. Seth Hazlitt: [answering the phone since his secretary is out] All right, all right, all right! Doctor's office! No, Beverly is not here. No, I don't know when she will be here, and I cannot take any messages, I simply can't find those little ol' pink things!