- Special Agent G. Callen: [to Sam] Being way too quiet amigo. If you don't do or say something worthy of my sarcastic ridicule in the next 10 seconds, I'm going to play nothing but showtunes in the car from now on. And don't think I won't do it.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: Men. They always find a way to leave you.
- Nate Getz: Thinking about Dom?
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: Dom, my father, my ex-boyfriend, my old partner. It's quite a body count, huh?
- Nate Getz: We all lose people we care about.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: I know. I'm a text book example right? Girl who can't commit because every man in her life dies.
- Nate Getz: No. You're just human Kensi.
- Eric Beal: I'm not comfortable with authority figures. That's why I do what I do. Computers don't talk back... Well technically, they can. But even then I can manipulate the voice to make it soothing if I want - sexy even.
- Special Agent G. Callen: Too much information.
- Eric Beal: Yeah.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Don't get me wrong, your presense is always valued and even welcomed. And I'd much rather converse with you face-to-face. But let's drop the pretense shall we? The only thing your presense is not going to do is this: change... my... mind.
- Leon Vance: Hetty...
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Leon.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: Dom was abducted to exchange for this guy. And they didn't let us know they had him?
- Leon Vance: There was a break down in the system somewhere.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: If we had known about this, we would've...
- Leon Vance: It would have made no difference. Isn't that right Ms. Lange?
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: We don't negotiate with terrorists.
- Eric Beal: He's a rat in a trap.
- Special Agent G. Callen: He's a needle in a haystack.
- Eric Beal: But it's a very distinctive needle.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Ah the proverbial sound of someone tightrope walking across red tape.
- Leon Vance: And falling.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: You seem to be afraid to speak with me privately. Knowing damn well that I won't do this in front of my co-workers. Smart. But ultimately ineffective. I've suffered a lot of losses over the years, Leon. We all have.
- Leon Vance: Yeah.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: But the loss of one of my agents, I cannot withstand. Agent Sullivan was my first, and I swore my *last*. But swearing seems to have proven a hollow gesture, and I'm left with no choice.
- [Hands Vance an envelope]
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: I thought I'd save Uncle Sam the postage.
- Leon Vance: This isn't over Hetty.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Oh, I'm afraid for me it is, Leon.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: We also know you tried to help our agent. You gave him a key, didn't you? So he could get away.
- Mowahd Dusa: Did he make it?
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: [Sam shakes his head] Come on. Come on.
- Special Agent G. Callen: [about Hetty] She doesn't just keep things close to the vest. She actually sews them in a vest and covers it with kevlar. Actually thought she'd take it worse.
- [Leon pulls out the envelope Hetty gave him]
- Special Agent G. Callen: Especially considering what happened in '99 with Agent Sullivan. Maybe this time's different... I hope so. This place would fall apart without Hetty.
- Leon Vance: ...That it would.
- Leon Vance: This is the exact same letter of resignation you turned in when Agent Sullivan was killed. You just changed the dates. Pencilled in a new one. Hetty, this is unacceptable.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Proving one thing that I always suspected: that I am not cut out for this job.
- Leon Vance: Hetty, you're more cut out for this job than anybody I've ever worked with.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: No. I was never cut out for this. I just happened to have the capacity for it.
- Special Agent G. Callen: You're not... quitting?
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: ...Resigning. It's different
- Special Agent G. Callen: Not from where I'm standing.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: You're gravely mistaken if you think I would let the death of *one* agent influence my occupational choices.
- Special Agent G. Callen: But you are... That's one of the things I love about you... Don't do this.
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: I'm afraid... my decision... is final... Mr. Callen.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: I brought you here, Mow. You were 7 years old. You remember what I told you?
- Mowahd Dusa: I am your brother. And you are my brother.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: That's right. I'm still your brother.
- Mowahd Dusa: And I yours.