- Sutton: Eh, I cleaned your windshield off. That ought to be worth something, don't you think?
- Lou Grant: [takes a good look] No, you didn't clean my windshield... you just spread the dust and the bugs around.
- Sutton: Well, shoot, there's a little spot in the center there you can see through if you duck your head a little.
- Lou Grant: You ever think of Vietnam?
- Charlie Hume: You mean the war? Not if I can help it.
- Lou Grant: I think there's a story there.
- Charlie Hume: Lou, we had the Vietnam War on the front page for over seven years. You really think there's something more to be said that hasn't already been chewed over?
- The Animal: Something to drink?
- Lou Grant: Oh, yeah, you, eh, you got any Scotch?
- The Animal: No, eh... I got some apple cider. The color's close...
- Lou Grant: Why don't you try me?
- The Animal: It's a long story, Lou.
- Lou Grant: I don't have to go to work 'till nine tomorrow morning.