- [first lines]
- Jessica Fletcher: [opens letter] Oh.
- [reading]
- Jessica Fletcher: "May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and heaven accept you. As if there were any doubt. Happy birthday, love O'Malley."
- [last lines]
- Lt. James Ignatius O'Malley: Welcome to Homicide, Detective Rawley.
- Officer Frances Xavier Rawley: Oh, Uncle Jim! Uncle Jim!
- Lt. James Ignatius O'Malley: Now, here. Now, here. Detectives don't kiss Detective Lieutenants, especially when on duty.
- Officer Frances Xavier Rawley: [looks at clock] 5:01.
- Lt. James Ignatius O'Malley: Oh. Well, uh, do this side.
- [gets kissed on both cheeks]
- Lt. James Ignatius O'Malley: Oh, that's lovely. Thank you, girl.
- Det. Sgt. Vinnie Grillo: [Talking at a crime scene, Det. Grillo has just sarcastically congratulated Det. Rawley on her new promotion.] I always figured O'Malley would make me his assistant but, then, I don't have your qualifications, Sweetface.
- Officer Frances Xavier Rawley: Two things, Grillo. One my name isn't Sweetface, it's Francis. And two, if I ever hear you say something like that to me or anyone else, I'll show you what I learned at my last self-defense class.
- Det. Sgt. Vinnie Grillo: Oh, yeah, what's that?
- Officer Frances Xavier Rawley: Well, let's just say that it might seriously impair your love life for a few days.