- Officer Bill Gannon: Absolutely senseless. Never saw the man before.
- Sergeant Joe Friday: Yeah?
- Officer Bill Gannon: Blew his head off.
- Sergeant Joe Friday: [Mrs. Rustin comes in from shopping] Your boy is under arrest, Mrs. Rustin.
- Mrs. Eunice Rustin: For what?
- Sergeant Joe Friday: Suspicion of murder.
- Mrs. Eunice Rustin: [Drops her bags] Dear God in heaven!
- Harold F. Rustin: Oh, come on, Mom! Don't listen to these guys!
- Mrs. Eunice Rustin: [to Friday and Gannon] Are you sure?
- Officer Bill Gannon: Yes, we're sure.
- Mrs. Eunice Rustin: [Starts sobbing and screaming] Haven't I given you everything? Why, Harold? Answer me! Answer me!
- Sergeant Joe Friday: I don't think he can, Mrs. Rustin.
- Mrs. Eunice Rustin: Why can't he?
- Sergeant Joe Friday: He doesn't have one.
- Sergeant Joe Friday: This is the city. Los Angeles, California. It's not a bad place for a boy to do his growing up. He can get a fine education and it's free. Read all the books he wants for nothing. The scenery's hard to beat, and it doesn't cost anything either. There are a fair number of jobs available, and the pay's pretty good. He can go surfing in the morning, and skiing in the afternoon.
- [the latter is known as a "California Double"]