- Leslie Claret: [about his son's song-writing] They're pretty good. But they're becoming more honest. Which is probably a good thing for folk singers, in general, but not a good thing if you're one who works in intelligence.
- Title Card: N.O.C. - Non-official Cover, pronounced knock. Intelligence work conducted under the assumed identity of private-sector employment - oil companies, construction firms, etc. - with limited governmental protection.
- John Tavner: [standing at urinal] I'm not going to pass this urine test, so I need yours. It's not just me. The country. The USA. The USA needs my pee? Yeah. I know it's weird, but, uh, okay, so will you pee in my cup, Dennis, and then not tell anybody ever?
- Dennis McClaren: [turning] Okay, w-why don't you hold it?
- Detective Agathe Albans: What do you do at work?
- Agathe's Daughter: Sometimes, when we make pastries, you take your sister's from her when you think she's not watching.
- Detective Agathe Albans: Myna. She gets mad.
- Agathe's Daughter: Oui. She gets mad because it's not nice. Well, sometimes a person will take another person's life.
- Detective Agathe Albans: Their whole life?
- Agathe's Daughter: Yes. They take their whole life. So I'm flying to America, to Milwaukee, America, to learn who took someone else's whole life.