[Randy is reciting a car's VIN to the Captain so he can enter it into a database search]
Lt. Randall Disher: First letter, "T" as in "tsunami".
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: "Tsumani"?
Lt. Randall Disher: Silent "T".
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: What? No. "T" as in "Tom". Just say "Tom".
Lt. Randall Disher: What's the difference?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: It doesn't... The "T" is silent.
Lt. Randall Disher: It's not completely silent. "Tsumami".
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: All right. All right. Let's go.
Lt. Randall Disher: Second letter, "P" as in...
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: "P" as in "Paul".
Lt. Randall Disher: No.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: Too late. I typed it. "P".
Lt. Randall Disher: Yeah, but the person reading the letters gets to say the word. That's how we do it.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: That's how who does it?
Lt. Randall Disher: Society. We live in a society.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: Yes, we do, Randy. Meanwhile, the "P's" been sitting on my screen for 10 minutes.
Lt. Randall Disher: Fine. "P" for "Pam". No! "Panavision". "Tsunami", "Panavision", next letter, "L".
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: "L".
Lt. Randall Disher: As in... No, we'll come back to that one.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: No, we can't come back to it, Randy.
[the phone rings and the Captain answers]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: Whoever this is, thank you very much for callling.