Jesse Stone: En l'absence de preuve

Abby Taylor: [to Jessie Stone] Larry, Curly, and Moe want to talk with you.

Comden: On behalf of the town council, Jim, and Carter, and I thought we ought to get brought up to speed on things.

Hansen: So, what's really going on?

Chief Jesse Stone: We have two killings. We're not sure whether it's the same weapon or weapons.

Hansen: That's all you know?

Chief Jesse Stone: Correct.

Hansen: You don't have any clues, nothing?

Chief Jesse Stone: Correct.

Jim Burns: Well, hell.

Comden: I told you he wasn't a talker.

Hansen: So what do we tell the press?

Chief Jesse Stone: I like "no comment."

Comden: Well, what is it you have your officers doing over at the high school?

Hansen: Maybe you could allocate your personnel a little better.

Jim Burns: Damn it, don't you talk?

Chief Jesse Stone: Only when I have something to say.

Hansen: Couldn't we get this thing resolved quicker with F.B.I. or state help?

Chief Jesse Stone: The F.B.I. and state police bring the national media. You won't like this town when they're through with it.

Hansen: Look, we think you should take all the resources you have and concentrate on the killings.

Chief Jesse Stone: I'm a cop. I've been a cop for a long time. I'm good at it. I know how to do this. You don't.

Jim Burns: Damn it, we can fire you.

Chief Jesse Stone: You can. But you can't tell me what to do.