- [first lines]
- Lisa Mullins: You'd better just forget about helping Spike, too. Next time it could get serious.
- Marty Jackson: I can look after myself, okay?
- Lisa Mullins: Sure. You can tell that by the way those thugs handled you.
- Kath Maxwell: You're really sticking your neck out this time, Simpson.
- 'Spider' Simpson: Not a lot you can do about it, is there, Maxwell? Connors would just love if you ran blabbing to her. She might think twice about giving you protection if she thinks I can do the job better than you can.
- Kath Maxwell: I dont need Connors to handle you.
- 'Spider' Simpson: [holding up a wad of cash] Not without this you can't. You can't buy protection, and I know you wouldn't stick your gorilla onto me because she'd be counting beeds faster than you can say loony bin.
- Rita Connors: Well, the girls'll be happy. I must admit you had me going there for awhile. I didnt think you could pull it off.
- Kath Maxwell: I'm taking orders now if you're buying.
- Rita Connors: Yeah, why not. Stick me down for a couple of scotch.
- [she passes a sad looking Merle on the way to the table and says, jokingly]
- Rita Connors: Oh what's the matter, Merle? Did someone kidnap your mouse?
- Kath Maxwell: [trying to comfort her] Merle, come on, your lunch.
- Merle Jones: I'm not hungry!
- [she leaves]
- Rita Connors: Was it something I said?
- Kath Maxwell: Oh, she lost her mouse.
- Merle Jones: Hard isn't it?
- 'Spike' Marsh: What?
- Merle Jones: Writing words and stuff
- 'Spike' Marsh: It sure is, Merle.
- Merle Jones: And sometimes writing them isn't the hard part... sometimes you can't even think 'em.
- 'Spike' Marsh: What sort of words are you talking about?
- Merle Jones: Oh, words of how me and Muscles used to feel about each other.
- 'Spike' Marsh: Well, that shouldn't be too hard, you were friends; you loved him.
- Merle Jones: Yeah. And now he's gone. And I dont know what words there are for when you love something and it isnt there anymore, cause you can't love something if it isn't there, can ya?
- 'Spike' Marsh: Well, you can. But... if they dont feel it or they dont know it...