you're the one that winds up with your behind in the fire.

Sorry, buddy. No one like her has been in here with a guy like that.

Once in a while, one comes along. I am a private investigator.

You know, the writer. The one with all those best sellers.

The one you were working on last night? No. A different one.

just because one has an oasis in the desert, doesn't mean one drowns people.

During a stint in college, he was associated with a couple of radical groups.

Oh, well, now, that's the Thomas I fell in love with-- as a schoolgirl.

he had in the one about the missing pieces of jade. No.

what were you doing with the original in the first place?

It's a one-way mirror. We can see out, but they can't see in.

You're the ones who want to hire a private investigator?

With the budget cuts we've had, we're lucky they didn't send us out here in a canoe.

Now, you gonna fill me in, Hooker, or do I have a little talk with the brigadier?

You and your people are the only ones on the Islands with enough coke to burn 1 0 ounces on a murder.

No. As a matter of fact, I wanted to have a few quiet words with you in private.

And since you're the only one who's doing anything about it, I'm sticking with you.

From the expression, in a lot of pain.

Not figuring Ensign Healy to have the duty was a big one.

The authorities thought that some of their friends might have a try at killing me.