- [first lines]
- Carson Robbins: Listen, Hank, I'm not stalling. It's just that the producers keep potchkeeing with me. Cutting, re-cutting.
- [last lines]
- Boyce Brown: Oh, uh, Jess, I know this may sound like a broken record, but with all that's been happening...
- Jessica Fletcher: I know. You never got a chance to read my book. Well, I kind of figured that might be the case, so I took the liberty of letting Elaine see it.
- Elaine Brown: I read it last night. It's great. The only change I would make is moving it from Northern California to the French Riviera.
- Boyce Brown: Hold-Hold-Hold-Hold it, young lady. I mean, you've just upped the budget by several million dollars.
- Elaine Brown: Now, Dad, I would hope that you would read the book before you make a judgment like that.
- Boyce Brown: I don't have to, I know. And don't forget, I've been down that road before.