- Special Agent Kensi Blye: [Waking up after being knocked out] I had a dream. I was um, being visited by the Three Wise Men, and then I saw Deeks.
- Special Agent G. Callen: Dare I ask what we did to deserve this, Hetty?
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: Rest assured, Mr Callen, I *never* give gifts unless they pefectly suit the recipients.
- Special Agent G. Callen: And perfection struck 4 times today?
- Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: ...Happy Holidays everyone.
- Special Agent G. Callen: I don't run around... giving gifts to just anyone. Takes a cold woman to do me like that.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: And you took a lot of thought into that spice rack, and the sweater.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: You still have those steak knives I gave you?
- Special Agent G. Callen: ...Yes.
- Special Agent G. Callen: Okay.
- NCIS Special Agent Former Navy Lieutenant Lance Talbot: You know your ex was right. It's exactly like falling through the sky. And - and that's why what you're suggesting scares me. I already hit the ground when I came back from Afghanistan. What if it happens again?
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: I will be right there to catch you.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: Kensi, I know what you're going through. I've been there.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: I watched Jack... slip away. Maybe I didn't try hard enough.
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: I don't believe that for one minute. I know what it's like to have someone I care about come back from a deployment a different person.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: After all that Talbot's been through, I'm going to do everything in my power to help him!
- Special Agent Sam Hanna: Kensi, Talbot's not Jack.
- Special Agent Kensi Blye: When he thought I was getting suspicious, he confessed to killing both of them, thinking his PTSD would cover him. I should have seen through it.
- Special Agent G. Callen: L.A.P.D., the entire U.S. Navy, his own psychologist didn't get it. What makes you so special?
- Kensi Blye: Hetty's never given us anything for Christmas before. Why this year?
- 'G' Callen: Exactly.
- Marty Deeks: Because she knows I like surprises.
- Sam Hanna: You guys ever feel like we're stuck babysitting some kid whose parents won't come to get him - ever?
- Sam Hanna: No, no, no, no, *that's* a nice spice rack.
- Marty Deeks: I know.
- Sam Hanna: I bought it myself. I bought it for Hetty Christmas 2008!
- 'G' Callen: Scented candle? Smells like sage.
- Kensi Blye: Jasmine... I gave that to Hetty 2 years ago.
- 'G' Callen: Same scent?
- Kensi Blye: Same candle.
- Kensi Blye: What if we take him back to the crime scene to jog his memory?
- Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill: I wouldn't recommend that. There's a strong chance that if he's re-exposed, it'll trigger a major panic episode.
- Marty Deeks: So we may *never* know what happened in the house last night?
- Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill: This man has no family, and no friends. The trauma he experienced while deployed has driven him into complete isolation. Frankly, forgetting what happened last night may be the best thing for him.
- Kensi Blye: [about her ex-fiancee] He said life over there was like falling through the sky. Constant rush of adrenaline. Everything felt vivid and real... And coming home to me - coming home to me felt like hitting the ground. And I did - I did everything I could.
- [Kensi starts sobbing]
- Kensi Blye: Oh my... I worked with a psychiatrist. I helped with his meds, and I listened. I always listened - *always*. It was Christmas morning, I woke up and he was gone.
- NCIS Special Agent Former Navy Lieutenant Lance Talbot: Where he go?
- [Kensi shakes her head]
- Marty Deeks: [From observation] She's - she's playing him. She's trying to get him to open up, right?
- [G and Sam exchange looks]
- Marty Deeks: Were you ever tempted to go looking for him?
- Kensi Blye: Maybe I was hoping one day, he'd come looking for me.
- NCIS Special Agent Former Navy Lieutenant Lance Talbot: So what do we do now?
- Kensi Blye: We'll, uh, we do what most families do on Christmas Eve.
- Marty Deeks: Watch Uncle Bob get drunk and pee in the toaster?
- Marty Deeks: Turkey sandwiches for everybody?
- Kensi Blye: Actually tradition in my house was ice cream and beer.
- Marty Deeks: Really?
- Kensi Blye: Don't knock it til you've tried it.
- Marty Deeks: Oh, I've tried it. Although it was 7th grade and didn't end pretty for anyone. Unless of course, you like Jackson Pollock.
- Marty Deeks: Kensi. Kensi!
- Kensi Blye: I'm good to go!
- Sam Hanna: I don't think you are. And it has nothing to do with the head wound.
- Marty Deeks: I'm driving.
- Kensi Blye: [Kensi tosses him the keys] Fine. Scratch my car, I'll Ben Gay your shorts.