- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: There are no absolutes, Tim.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: Boss, you okay?
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: I got one with a swan. I got one with a kid. I got one with a plant.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: "One with a kid." You're talking about Jimmy?
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: I wanted to shake 'em all. I wanted to say, Rule 10.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: Yeah, but you didn't.
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: I couldn't. I burned Rule 10. No going back.
- Nick Torres: Okay, so swans, they look like they're really nice, but you push their buttons, you know, those birds can go dark real quick. Mass shootings just make me want to go swan.
- Jimmy Palmer: [Jimmy compares Bishop's plant to his green paper] No, no, there's not a lick of green in there, Bishop. I'm sorry, but this is very dead.
- Ellie Bishop: I wouldn't call that an official test.
- Nick Torres: Hey, the guy knows dead, Bishop.