- Sofia Curtis: What's the problem?
- Greg Sanders: I'm fine.
- Sofia Curtis: You're not.
- Greg Sanders: I feel like a wuss. Grissom told me I should take a break, and I did.
- Sofia Curtis: Your burn victim.
- Greg Sanders: How do you get an image like that out of your mind?
- Sofia Curtis: You go home. You, ah, hug your cat, your dog, your pillow. You have a beer, you watch a movie, and then you come back tomorrow.
- Greg Sanders: Is that supposed to make me feel better?
- Sofia Curtis: Rumor has it you used to be a pretty funny guy. Don't lose that.
- [first lines]
- Chief Rick Dysart: Local homeowner called it in early. We got it contained pretty quick. We were lucky.
- Gil Grissom: [about charred body] Luckier than he was. Low humidity, dry brush. Perfect conditions for maximum damage.
- Chief Rick Dysart: Firebugs listen to the weather reports just like we do. Only for different reasons.
- Sara Sidle: Maybe some moron just threw a cigarette out the car window.
- Chief Rick Dysart: You're an optimist.
- Sara Sidle: I've got the business end of a disposable lighter. Could be an ignition source.
- Gil Grissom: Hey. What's that?
- Sara Sidle: Possible accelerant.
- Gil Grissom: Or possible Martini.
- Sara Sidle: I didn't think you could smell vodka.
- Gil Grissom: Well, that depends on how long it was distilled.
- Sara Sidle: Cheap stuff.
- Gil Grissom: Ironically, the word for "vodka" comes from the Russian phrase "zhiznennaya voda" - "water of life".
- Gil Grissom: I hear our victim is still alive.
- Greg Sanders: I don't see why.
- Gil Grissom: Well, she's not ready to let go yet.
- [Hodges watches Mia work in her lab and sighs]
- Catherine Willows: [enters his lab] It's hard to look and not touch, isn't it?