- Mattie Grace Johnson: [to Rabb] Hey, Harm! Is this bald guy the jerk that fired you?
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: I didn't exactly fire him. I just didn't ask him back.
- Mattie Grace Johnson: Around here, that's called fired.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: You're bordering on insubordination, Rabb.
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: I'm a civilian now, A.J. I'm not in your Navy.
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: [Outside the Admiral's office, to Mac] When someone is that angry, you know they're hurting inside.
- [Mac braces to attention as the Admiral appears in the door behind PO Coates]
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Petty Officer?
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: [Coates executes a smart about-turn] Sir, I'm so sorry!
- [the Admiral glares at her, thrusts a stack of files into her hands, steps back into his office and glares again before closing the door]
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: [to Mac] I can't do anything right, ma'am!
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: None of us can.
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: [Urgently] Admiral, talk to him!
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Petty Officer, you're not going to make me sorry I made you my Yeoman, are you?
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: I can't promise you that, sir.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Petty Officer, you are flirting with in...
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: Insubordination, sir?
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Do you think I am incapable of finishing a...
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: Sentence? Sorry, sir. bad habit.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: I do not want...
- [the Admiral pauses deliberately to give Coates a chance to interrupt]
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: to hear what you have to say!
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: Yes, sir.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Not one word!
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: No, sir
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: I am not interested in you taking the Commander's side, or if you think I should take him back. I am not interested if... if you think I'm being unreasonable, or... or pig-headed, or... or unfair!
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: No, sir. There's no need for that. Because you already know it. Sorry, sir!
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: [the Admiral reaches into his office to pick up his cover and coat] You know, Petty Officer, people don't like to be *handled*.
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: Yes, sir.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: So if you do it, you damned sure better be right. As you were this time.
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: You're here, Admiral, because you *need* me. I'm an excellent lawyer. Plus, the officer you chose to replace me is looking at seven years of hard labor.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: All of that is true. If you come back, we'll start fresh. Let me know what you decide.
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: [Sturgis accused Mac of being conservative] My other faults? Since *you're* listing them.
- Cmdr. Sturgis Turner: Well you're sanctimonious. And a bit of a prig.
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: [incredulous] Where did *that* come from?
- Cmdr. Sturgis Turner: It's been building for a while.
- [Harm has been fired]
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: This has Webb written all over it. So, I guess using you as a reference is out of the question, huh?
- Allen Blaisdell: Anybody calls, they get the standard response.
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: I never worked for the company, you never heard of me.
- [reviewing all of Cmdr. Imes' overturned convictions]
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: Will you help me, or do you have some secret mission to fly?
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: Webb didn't tell you?
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: We don't spend a lot of time talking about you.
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: Gee, that's a surprise. He canned me.
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: What? I just saw you all over the TV.
- [realization dawns on Mac]
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: Oh.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: [Seated at his desk as PO Coates enters his office] What can I do for you, Petty Officer?
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: I wanted to explain my actions...
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: No, let me explain them *for you*. You are meddling in affairs that are none of your business...
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: All I wanted was...
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: No...
- [standing, removes his glasses and leans forward on his desk]
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Petty Officer, I am not interested in what you want, I'm interested in what I need, and what I need is an administrative assistant who does her job and that job only. Is that understood?
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: Sir, I'm still defining the parameters of my duties...
- [the Admiral glares at her]
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: with your input, of course, being paramount.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: [With rising incredulity] Petty Officer, did... did you just *handle* me?
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: Of course not, sir.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: [Suspiciously] You are not, by chance, going to law school at night, are you?
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: No, sir. Why do you ask?
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: [Stands up and replaces his glasses, sighs, and then in a grumbling tone] Starting to parse the truth like a lawyer!
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: No, sir. I am, however starting to look deeper into the truth, like a psychologist. 'The Human Mind, 101'; the course I'm taking on line.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: [Glares at her again, then in a forced whisper] Dismissed!
- P.O. Jennifer Coates: Aye, aye, sir!
- Catherine Gale: By the way, does Colonel MacKenzie know about our *marriage*?
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: Oh... uh... I don't know... I might have mentioned it.
- Catherine Gale: That's why I got the look.
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: What look?
- Catherine Gale: The 'get away from my man' look.
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: Oh... *That* look
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: For the past four months the Admiral and I are havng a failure to communicate.
- Lt. Bud Roberts, Jr.: Uh... well... we are communicating excellently; he yells at me and I say I'm sorry... kinda like married life.