- Tony Curtis: [about early 70's] Everybody knew your name in those days.
- Frank Gorshin: You could dress up in drag.
- Tony Curtis: Me, dress up in drag? Who do you think you're talking to? Jack Lemmon?
- David Hodges: You know, far be it from me to wax nostalgic, but, uh, I kind of miss the old Greg: Ugly T-shirts, goofy hair, semi-pornographic magazines...
- Greg Sanders: Yeah, well, at least I had a style to change.
- Officer Michaels: Anonymous 911 caller reported body parts in this area. I rolled and found this.
- [shows some insides in a bloody puddle]
- Nick Stokes: Hm. Tasty.
- Walter Gordon: You're telling me there's a million dollars in here.
- Gil Grissom: Yes.
- Walter Gordon: Along with some cute little booby traps? Which is it? A tracer? A dye pack?
- Gil Grissom: Normally, you'd be 100% right, but this time, you're 100% wrong. We want Nick back, no tricks.
- [last lines]
- Walter Gordon: [to Grissom] What does Nick Stokes mean to you? How do you feel when you see him in that coffin? Does your soul die every time you push that button? How do you feel, knowing that there's nothing you can do to get him out of that hell? Helpless? Useless? Impotent? Good. Welcome to my world.
- [unbuttons his jacket and shows explosives hooked up around his waist; puts his finger on the button]
- Walter Gordon: Uh, if I were you, I'd back up a little.
- [presses the button]
- David Hodges: Oh, and by the way, uh, this is just the work me. You haven't had the full David Hodges experience.
- Greg Sanders: I think I'm having it right now.
- Warrick Brown: You know, Tina doesn't like me carrying a gun. I play down the fact that I'm a cop when I'm with her anyway.
- Nick Stokes: Yeah, yeah, you play the scientist card: You're a "copologist".
- Sara Sidle: Ether? That's old school.
- Warrick Brown: Yeah, stuff is volatile, flammable. Outside of meth cooks, no one uses it anymore.
- Gil Grissom: People use what they know.
- Captain Jim Brass: [to witness] I'm gonna get right to it, because time is of the essence here. Where did you get that package, bud?
- Delivery Man's Attorney: [to Brass] I'd like to advise my client.
- Delivery Man's Attorney: [to witness] Careful how you answer that, son. This man here's slicker than a snake in the curly green grass.
- Captain Jim Brass: [to witness] He's right. So you'd better be careful.
- Conrad Ecklie: I'm proposing we eliminate all overtime on lab work except for priority cases, stop hiring based on attrition, reassign existing personnel based on peak staffing needs. Over the next fiscal year, that should clear at least a million.
- Undersheriff McKeen: Assuming any of those measures actually saves money, which isn't really the issue here, is it?
- Conrad Ecklie: I'll take the heat.
- Undersheriff McKeen: You want to do something for your people? Get them ready for a funeral.
- Catherine Willows: One of my guys is in trouble: He's been kidnapped. I need a million dollars in cash. Large bills. And I need it now.
- Sam Braun: Let me guess: The department won't pay the ransom.
- Catherine Willows: No.
- Sam Braun: Why should I?
- Catherine Willows: Considering the problems that you've had with the law, you could use some good publicity.
- Sam Braun: Do I look like a man that needs publicity? If you're coming to me like a cop with a tin cup in your hand, the answer is no.
- Catherine Willows: I'm not here as a cop.
- Sam Braun: Then ask me like you were my daughter.
- [Nick turns the tape recorder on]
- Walter Gordon: [taunting] Hi, CSI guy. You're wondering why you're here? Because you followed the evidence. Because that's what CSIs do. So, breathe quick, breathe slow. Put your gun in your mouth and pull the trigger. Any way you like, you're gonna die here.