- David Phillips: [as he arrives at the crime scene] Sorry, got held up at the "meet the future in-laws" dinner.
- Sara Sidle: Did they love you?
- David Phillips: I got a little too excited talking about work. They stopped eating.
- Sara Sidle: Oh.
- Greg Sanders: Cirque du Soleil has cameras all over that theatre. They use them for performance review. I went through all the feeds the Cirque guys sent over and I have to tell you, Siegfried & Roy's disappearing elephant no longer impresses me.
- Gil Grissom: I'll tell you how they did that later.
- David Hodges: I perfected my butterfly technique on chicken breasts. I sauté them in a chardonnay reduction with herbes de provence. Drives women wild. Well, mom. Now say the magic words.
- Warrick Brown: Shut up, Hodges?
- David Hodges: No. "Open sesame."
- Catherine Willows: I always liked the circus.
- Gil Grissom: Yeah, it's fun trying to figure out the magic tricks.
- Catherine Willows: Well, that's taking the fun out of it.
- Jim Brass: [to Sheriff Burdick] What can I do for you?
- Sheriff Burdick: This is about what I can do for you.
- Jim Brass: Really?
- Sheriff Burdick: I've asked the mayor to give you a commendation. Medal of Valor. Congratulations.
- Jim Brass: Well, that's... that's nice, uh, do I have to be there?
- Sheriff Burdick: As a matter of protocol, I'd say you damn well better be, Captain.
- Jim Brass: Well, you know, Ben, if...
- Sheriff Burdick: [interrupts him] Look, I'm going to say a few nice things, hand you a plaque, we'll shake hands. A whole lot of reporters will be there to take pictures of the big event. It'll be magic.
- Jim Brass: Yeah.
- Sheriff Burdick: My office will call you to set it up.
- [walks off]
- Jim Brass: I was going to vote for you anyway.
- David Hodges: [to Grissom] The green powder on your vic's dress is open-celled phenolic foam, holds more than 40 times its weight in water. Reminds me of this girl I knew in college...
- Gil Grissom: I don't need to hear about that.
- David Hodges: She was a florist.
- Warrick Brown: [as Warrick and Sara are watching Brass get a commendation on TV] Brass looks like he's about to puke.
- Sara Sidle: Or punch someone.
- Nick Stokes: [Prepares to drop a purse over a balcony to see where it lands so they can find the victim's missing purse]
- Nick Stokes: Okay, go find your friend!