- Chief Sturtevant: [why he didn't come back with Rabb] It all happened so fast.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Whoa. Whoa. Wait Chief. I've seen men drown. And it *doesn't* happen fast.
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: [on the phone with Harm] How are you?
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: Mac, take my mind off of this.
- [Harm holds out the phone]
- Petty Officer Mark DeMara: [offscreen] This is serious negligence that...
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: Well, petty officer Chinick was conducting his business in the main machinery room. Another petty officer on her afternoon watch saw De Mara leaving. When she went inside, she discovered the body. Could have been a deal gone bad.
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: Bad enough to provoke murder?
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: Why don't you talk to De Mara?
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: I would, but he's a little preoccupied with his mortality at the moment.
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: Is he getting worse?
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: To say he's unstable would be an insult to unstable people.
- Lt. Jenarette: You know sir. I had the instinct to check the brig and I failed to follow through. I feel real bad about it. That's why I should be the one going in.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Captain won't allow it.
- Lt. Jenarette: What about the two of us, sir?
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: The only reason I'm going in, because I outrank him.
- Lt. Jenarette: Yes, sir, you do.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: You have one minute to suit up!
- Lt. Jenarette: Yes, sir.
- Capt. Roy Salveras: How did you know they were alive?
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: We *didn't*, sir.
- Capt. Roy Salveras: But you were so confident.
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: I suppose it comes with our experience with the Commander.
- Capt. Roy Salveras: You're a tenacious man, is that it Commander?
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Ever try to get gum off the sole of your shoe.
- Lt. Jenarette: Well what happened down there was a... was a miracle
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Well, Lieutenant, that's a bit of an overstatement.
- Lt. Jenarette: Sir, what I mean, sir. The tank you grabbed, it was practically empty. I just checked. You had maybe 15 seconds of air left, sir. You must have misread the gage.
- Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: [to the Admiral] Well I'd say you nailed it, sir
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: Yeah.
- Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden: [after Col. MacKenzie asks Adm. Chegwidden to convince her that Cmdr. Rabb is still alive] Colonel, the Commander is too damned pigheaded to leave this world. He will find a way out.
- Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: Even if they offer him wings, sir?
- Capt. Roy Salveras: [after P.O. DeMara and Cmdr. Rabb are rescued from the flooding brig, with DeMara admitting to contraband purchase but exonerated for murder] P.O. DeMara, wait for me in my office. You're not out of the woods, yet.
- Petty Officer Mark DeMara: As long as I am out of the water, sir...