- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: [as the dead body is turned over] It's not Murdoch. That's a relief.
- Detective Hamish Slorach: [sarcastically indicating the corpse] Not for him.
- Detective Hamish Slorach: Well, gentlemen, it's been my experience that when a man chooses to diappear, he stays disappeared.
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: [defensively] ... and your meaning, detective?
- Detective Hamish Slorach: He's off on a bender.
- Constable George Crabtree: Oh, sir, Detective Murdoch is a teetotaler. He practices teetotalism.
- Detective Hamish Slorach: Well, then, it's a woman.
- [He uses a flamboyant hand gesture to which Brackenreid reacts]
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: You've got him all wrong. Detective Murdoch is probably the most buttoned-down man you'll ever meet.
- [last lines]
- Dr. Julia Ogden: [as the precinct celebrates Murdoch's return] Welcome home, detective.
- Detective William Murdoch: Thank you, doctor.
- Detective William Murdoch: [the officers cheer when they kiss] How have you been?