- Nate Getz: You think I can pull off a bow tie?
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Not without a red rubber nose, and those *big* floppy shoes.
- Nate Getz: [Referring to his tie] Should I get it dry cleaned?
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Well that's an option.
- Nate Getz: Soda water?
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: I'd recommend either donation or incineration. Not in that order.
- Nate Getz: You don't like the tie? It - it was a gift.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Obviously not from a loved one.
- Nate Getz: You're wondering about the suit?
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Oh, no. A man doesn't need an excuse to be fashionable. And besides, you look so professional.
- Nate Getz: I tried the whole West Coast casual thing, and I think it was working against me. You know, with the agents.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Ah.
- Nate Getz: I know undercover work is difficult and dangerous, and I know they've been forced to take on roles and do things that they're not proud of. But they think that burying memories is better than talking about them.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: [giving Nate a new tie] Come, let's try a half Windsor this time. It can make such a difference. There you go. You know, in my experience, if you're patient, sooner or later the people who need to talk will seek you out. Often under the guise of some other intention. You just have to listen.
- Nate Getz: Hey, listen to this. "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God."
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: Sounds like the Koran quote Olin put on his car.
- Nate Getz: It's essentially the same, only this is from Thessalonians.
- [realization dawns on Nate]
- Nate Getz: Oh, boy.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: What?
- Nate Getz: The bible was a gift from Olin.
- [Kensi shrugs her confusion]
- Nate Getz: Giving away prized possessions, it's a warning sign of suicide. Olin doesn't want to harm innocent people. He wants to punish himself and those in his unit out of some strange, twisted sense of penance.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: [after Sam and G have put up a Palm tree] what is that?
- Special Agent G. Callen: It's a Christmas Tree.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: You're joking. No. No. Douglas fir, Scotch pine, Bruce spuce. These are Christmas trees.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: This is L.A., Hetty. Wait 'til you see the Menorah.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: I am *so* alone.
- Special Agent G. Callen: Uh huh, you backed into Hetty's jag.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: Again.
- Nate Getz: No! Don't even kid about that.
- Hastings King: We're closed! Now get lost!
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: Your customer service needs some work. I'm NCIS. Asher Ross is dead. Now show me your hands and come out before I pull you out.
- Hastings King: [Emerges from under the car] Seriously, you need to get lost now. I've got a little problem here.
- [Goes back under the car]
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: Hey.
- [Looks under the car and sees a bomb]
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: Yes, you have.
- Nate Getz: [as Sam's working on a bomb] The million dollar question is: do *you* know what you're doing?
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: Oh, this is not good.
- Nate Getz: Sam?
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: He hid a secondary micro detonator inside. It has a mercury switch. Don't anybody move.
- Special Agent G. Callen: [pause. Callen enters behind Nate] HEY!
- [Nate spills his drink on his shirt]
- Special Agent G. Callen: Oops. Sorry about that.
- Special Agent G. Callen: What are the chances this place is wired?
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: I'd say between 99 and 100%.
- Special Agent G. Callen: Always the optimist.
- Special Agent G. Callen: You had a falling out?
- Mister Ross: No. I - just - working a lot. Trying to make sure my family was taken care of. One day you're missing little league. The next thing you know, they're moving out. And all the times in between... it's just lost.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: Well it's got quite the view.
- Special Agent G. Callen: Yeah. Sit on his porch and watch the drive bys.
- Hastings King: You lying bitch! You set me up.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: I'm NCIS. But my father *was* a Marine.
- Hastings King: Oh yeah? How does he feel about his daughter growing up to become a professional liar?
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: I just think that when it comes to going undercover. I deal with the danger a lot better than the deception.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: I see.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: Like with Hastings King, for example, today. Some of what I said was true. Some of it was a complete lie. And some of it was a... was combination of both.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Deception you perpetrate is a necessity. Kensi. You need to embrace it. Not fear it. I'm sure your father would agree. Anyway, if men wanted the truth all the time, I wouldn't have a... a French Maid's outfit in my boudir, would I?
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: ...You have a...?
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Just drink your tea, dear.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: The stuff he's wired with is unstable. Put a bullet in it, he could go off.
- Special Agent G. Callen: What about a head shot?
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: Just the impact of it falling could trigger it.
- Special Agent G. Callen: You're just chock-full of good news, aren't you?
- Stanton Olin: [to Kensi] You can leave. It's just King and I. We seek absolution for what we did in Iraq.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: [Entering] No one gets absolution by killing themselves!