- [last lines]
- Dr. Julia Ogden: William.
- Detective William Murdoch: Mn-mm.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: I had an interesting conversation with the inspector today.
- Detective William Murdoch: You did?
- Dr. Julia Ogden: Indeed. You defused a bomb that could have caused a war?
- Detective William Murdoch: I did.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: A bomb affixed to a rocket.
- Detective William Murdoch: Eh, yes.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: So, a hero again.
- [chuckles]
- Dr. Julia Ogden: He told me something else, as well.
- Detective William Murdoch: Well, the inspector certainly was talkative today.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: You rode in a balloon and jumped out of it. In some kind of suit.
- Detective William Murdoch: Mr. Pendrick assured me that it was safe.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: And flew!
- [sternly]
- Dr. Julia Ogden: William Henry Murdoch, if you *ever* do something like that ever again... you had better take me with you.
- [first lines]
- Detective William Murdoch: I'm merely stating that given that the film was based on a Jules Verne novel, it could pay at least cursory attention to scientific plausibility.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: I believe it's meant for children, William.
- Detective William Murdoch: Precisely. You wouldn't want them to go through life with a distorted understanding of physics.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: So it's not possible to reach the moon by way of cannon?
- Detective William Murdoch: Even if enough force could be summoned, the acceleration would crush you. I can't even begin to discuss the gravitational issues.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: I thought you said you loved this book as a child.
- Detective William Murdoch: Well, I know better now.
- Sir Wilfred Laurier: This project called for a policy of guaranteed reciprocal annihilation.
- Terrence Meyers: A series of enormous guns arrayed along the border capable of delivering an explosive device up to four hundred miles.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: So if one country starts a war, both are mutually assured destruction?
- Sir Wilfred Laurier: Enough! You're a good spy, Myers, but your skills as a toady are sadly lacking.
- Terrence Meyers: So... what is it exactly about our humble little country that you want so badly?
- Allen Clegg: Have you heard of Svante Arrhenius?
- Detective William Murdoch: The Swedish scientist who predicted that carbon dioxide emitted from coal burning would warm global temperatures by eight degrees by the end of the century.
- Allen Clegg: In a hundred years when America is nothing but a boundless desert, Canada will have the ideal climate. How could I not do everything I could to save my country?