- Detective William Murdoch: [Referring to the desiccated body that has fallen through the ceiling during a live performance of "Macbeth"] Must have made quite an entrance!
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: [Sarcastically] Audience lapped it up. Ignorant sods thought it was part of the play.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: What play is that?
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: The Scottish play.
- Detective William Murdoch: Scottish play? I thought it was Macbeth.
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: Murdoch! You don't say the real name in a theatre. The play's a bit cursed.
- Detective William Murdoch: [looking at the corpse] So it would seem.
- [last lines]
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: Mrs Smart. I'm very sorry, but you do realize I have no choice.
- Stella Smart: Of course.
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: You were, and will always be, spectacular.
- Stella Smart: Thank you. But this wretched, wretched play... it truly is cursed.
- Dentist Murphey: [referring to the patient whose tooth he was drilling] You'll have to make it quick, Detective. Leave them alone too long and they run.
- Detective William Murdoch: I understand the impulse.