- Shelby Woo: [about 3 men brought into the station] They're heading in for a lineup. We got a report about a guy with a mustache breaking into cars, but we want to be certain we got the right suspect before we make an arrest. Even victims' identities can be confusing: we just had a case that had us all doing double takes. See if you can crack it.
- Shelby Woo, Cindy Ornette: [Leo enters the house] Noah!
- Cindy Ornette: Noah, you had us scared to death!
- Shelby Woo: Sit down! Did they attack you? What's with the glasses?
- Det. Whit Hineline: Did you get a good look at them?
- Leo Mitchell: [sees May] There you are! Mother!
- May Mitchell: How was your trip, darling? Where are your bags, Leo?
- Shelby Woo, Cindy Ornette, Mike 'Grandpa' Woo, Det. Whit Hineline: Leo?
- Mike 'Grandpa' Woo: Excuse me, Doctor Mitchell, do you know this young man?
- May Mitchell: Well of course, he's my son, Leo Mitchell. He just came back from, let's see, the chess championships in Geneva.
- Leo Mitchell: No no, that was last week, this week I was studying the migratory habits of the Emperor Penguins in Antarctica, you know, they stink like you wouldn't believe.
- Cindy Ornette: You do all that?
- Leo Mitchell: When my academic schedule allows it, who's Noah?
- Cindy Ornette: [about Leo] You don't think...
- Shelby Woo: Well what other explanation is there?
- Det. Whit Hineline: A young man was kidnapped tonight.
- Cindy Ornette: A good friend of ours.
- May Mitchell: Oh no.
- Shelby Woo: His name is Noah, he and your son could be twins.
- Cindy Ornette: Except for the clothes.
- Mike 'Grandpa' Woo: Oh and that hair.
- Det. Whit Hineline: And the glasses.
- Shelby Woo: And the traveling, Noah barely moves.
- May Mitchell: Oh your poor friend... oh! Surely you don't think...
- Shelby Woo: I think someone grabbed Noah when they meant to kidnap your son.
- Mike 'Grandpa' Woo: [on the phone] Si, I mean yeah, uh gracia por fer a sue, ioda, aborda, uh, adios amigo-san.
- [hangs up]
- Mike 'Grandpa' Woo: Uh, Noah's parents are either visiting ruins or else I just booked a room for two at Mazatlan.
- May Mitchell: I have to drop off the ransom money at 3 o' clock in three days.
- Leo Mitchell: Three days?
- Shelby Woo: What's wrong?
- Leo Mitchell: That's when Mother's supposed to make her presentation about the vaccine to the grant committee.
- Shelby Woo: Wait, what if, what if the kidnapping is not about the money? What if it's about ruining your chances at getting funded for your research?
- May Mitchell: Why would anyone want to stop the progress on a new vaccine?
- Shelby Woo: Well I know three people who could benefit, and they're all under one roof: this one. Dr. Shortino wants that grant money pretty badly, if you can't go, he clinches it.
- May Mitchell: But he's so kind, Shelby. Even if he isn't much of a scientist.
- Shelby Woo: Maybe that kindness is just an act. We also know how desperate Nadine is to get her hands on your vaccine for Zolmax. And Greg...
- Leo Mitchell: Oh, he not only lost a good job as your research assistant.
- May Mitchell: He also lost his scientific reputation.
- Shelby Woo: Revenge is a powerful motive.
- Leo Mitchell: Cindy said that there were two people in the car.
- Cindy Ornette: That's right, maybe Greg and Nadine are working together.
- Shelby Woo: Or maybe the kidnapper hired someone to help.