- Mike Gambit: What was Merton working on?
- Purdey: Ends and odds.
- Mike Gambit: Don't you mean odds and ends?
- Purdey: No. Merton had a different approach.
- Purdey: Any offers? Preferably of an unpredictable nature.
- Mike Gambit: A screeching sound.
- John Steed: Tires on tarmac.
- Purdey: Chalk on a blackboard.
- John Steed: Diamond on glass.
- Purdey: Five thousand robins with a wounded wing.
- Mike Gambit: A bird strike. A flock of birds hit a plane. They shatter the cockpit, jam the engines. It's got to be.
- Mike Gambit: Two feathers.
- Purdey: And one... egg.
- Mike Gambit: We have a problem.
- Purdey: And if it hatches out, a hostage.
- Mike Gambit: What do we do now? Build a nest? You could sit on it, Purdey.
- John Steed: [emerging from swimming pool with Prof. Waterslow] Birds can't swim.
- Mike Gambit: Ducks can.
- John Steed: I didn't claim my plan was perfect.