Samantha: Heard you got a little wet.
Martin: Beats sweating my ass off in the doghouse.

Samantha: You think it's easy being surrounded by guys with guns all day?
Martin: I thought you liked guys with guns.
Samantha: I like the guns.

Samantha: You train every waking hour, you get beat in the head for a living, all the money you win gets stolen by some corrupt manager, and the benefits are what? Getting to wear satin shorts to work?
Danny: Don't knock it 'til you try it.

Vivian: Buying a dream house, talking about starting a family... Doesn't sound like a guy who was planning to run.
Martin: Want to know the part I heard? This guy felt trapped by his life and he wanted a clean start.
Viv: You sound pretty convinced.
Martin: Just speaking from experience.

[Barry Mashburn is keeping several people, including Sam, hostage in a bookstore.]
Barry Mashburn: No one's hurt. [pauses] Yet.

[Danny and Martin are discussing the condition of an apartment.]
Danny: Here's what eighteen hundred gets you in the city.
Martin: Aw, come on, they can't all be this bad.
Danny: You're right--most of the time the bathtub's in the kitchen.

[Danny and Martin are watching a hospital surveillance video.]
Danny: We have a doctor, a man in a wheelchair, a pregnant woman that's not her...a fat guy in a robe, a nurse...
Martin: Is it important that you narrate?
Danny: You know, I'm sorry, I forgot...you can't think and listen at the same time, and...
Martin: That's pretty good for someone who can't think without speaking.

[Jack approaches the bookstore where the hostages are being held.]
Jack: Barry!
[Barry drags a hostage to the window and looks out. He and Jack call to one another]
Jack: Come to the door. I want to talk to you! Come on Barry, open the door. Open the door, I want to talk!
Barry: Who the hell are you?
Jack: I'm the guy you've been talking to [shows badge] Jack Malone, FBI.
Barry: Well, what do you want?
Jack: I want to come in.
Barry: No way!
Jack: Yeah, yeah, come on, let me in. Look, I got nothing, alright, Nothing! [He takes off his jacket] Nothing! No gun, I'm not wired...[shows] Nothing, see? [yells] Nothing!
Barry: What do you want?
Jack: I want Samantha!
Barry: And why should I give her to you?
Jack: [Shouts] Because she's bleeding to death... and I know you're not a murderer!
Barry: Well... what do I get in return?
Jack: Me. You get me.

[Jack is talking to an auctioneer after his daughter-in-law's kidnapping.]
Jack: Why didn't you contact us when you got the call?
Mr. Beckworth: They said that they would kill her
Jack: And you thought your extensive knowledge of selling Ming vases would help you prevent that?

[Martin has been fielding calls about the team's latest case, and marking locations on a map.]
Samantha: Lots of little red dots.
Martin: Phone's ringing every 15 seconds. Must be a lot of little brown-haired kids unaccounted for. Look, I know people are trying to be helpful but...for example, this lady? She keeps calling me. She's convinced that she saw Gabe on T.V. this morning ringing the bell to open the stock exchange.
Samantha: Trouble is, just when you think you've got every nutcase in America calling your number that's the exact moment you get a live one.
Martin: Well, one better come in soon, 'cause I'm running out of push-pins.

[Martin has just tackled a suspect, and they have both landed in a pond.]
Jack: Where did you learn that? White collar?
Martin: No, sixth grade swim class.

[Martin is on the phone with Jack, who is inside a bookstore with a suspect.]
Martin: I'll take care of it.
[Martin hangs up the phone and turns to the other agents.]
Martin: Jack wants us to send in a pizza.
Season 2

[Martin's father has just made a brusque exit.]
Jack: Didn't even wait for me to say, "Yes, sir."
Martin: He never does.

[Samantha is looking through Eve's modeling photos.]
Samantha: Eve Cleary as J-Lo. Eve Cleary as Britney. Who the hell are we looking for?

[Talking to the stepson of a missing person]:
Danny: You know what I used to do when I was your age and I missed someone?
Robert: What?
Danny:: I used to lay in my bed at night and I used to look out the window and I'd stare up at the sky and I would name each of the stars after someone that I missed. So whenever I felt lonely, I'd look up at the sky and I'd see Daniella, Erica and Andrea right there. It made it a little better.