- Det. Mac Taylor: [sitting next to a comatose woman] I'm so tired. I used to sit like this with my wife. Her name was Claire. She died on 9/11. Nobody saw it coming. I was cleaning out the closet the other day, and I... I found this beach ball. And I remembered it was my wife who blew it up. I never told anybody this, but I got rid of everything that reminded me of Claire. Too painful. The one thing I couldn't throw away was that beach ball. Her breath is still in there.
- Danny Messer: You hear about that body?
- Det. Stella Bonasera: The one by the River Cafe? Yeah, I caught it on the police portable when I was in the shower.
- Danny Messer: Why doesn't that surprise me?
- Det. Stella Bonasera: The job never stops, Danny.
- Dr. Leonard Giles: [explaining "locked-in syndrome" to Mac] I think your Angel of Mercy patient is the victim of a... perverted science experiment.