- [first lines]
- Jessica Fletcher: [while typing during a storm with the lights flickering] Oh, please, three more paragraphs and I can go to bed.
- Capt. Ethan Cragg: Amos, you've been reading too many of Jessica's books.
- Sheriff Amos Tupper: Well, that's how much you know, Ethan. I haven't read any of 'em.
- [last lines]
- Jessica Fletcher: I'm gonna show you some of the finer points of deep-sea angling.
- Capt. Ethan Cragg: Is that so?
- Jessica Fletcher: Yep.
- Capt. Ethan Cragg: I suppose that means you're gonna want me to bait your hook, too.
- Jessica Fletcher: Of course. You always do, don't you?
- Jessica Fletcher: [seeing Ethan and Amos searching for clues] Sheriff!
- Sheriff Amos Tupper: [exasperated] Oh Lordy, help is on the way!