- Mercenary #1: [referring to Mary Richards] Is it true what they say about her?
- Lou Grant: What?
- Mercenary #1: She can turn the world on with her smile.
- Lou Grant: Yeah.. yeah, she could...
- Mercenary #2: And could she really take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?
- Lou Grant: No, of course not! Don't be stupid!
- Pamela Stephenson: Now, being a stranger in your country, how was I to know I was being hoodwinked by some sleazeball Yankee jerk?