- C.C. Babcock: [seated at the dining table with a glass of water] So kids, what's new?
- Grace Sheffield: [referring to her pet hamsters that she named after Fran and her father] Miss Fine's having a baby.
- C.C. Babcock: What?
- [she has no idea it's a pregnant hamster]
- C.C. Babcock: Who's the father?
- Niles: Why Mr. Sheffield of course.
- [C.C. spits out her water]
- Grace Sheffield: [watching her hamsters] Oh no, they're fighting again.
- Brighton Sheffield: Hey they're not fighting, they're
- [Fran silences him]
- Fran Fine: Mr. Sheffield, get off of Miss Fine, she has a headache.
- Niles: Oh look at that, the little fellow's already passed out.
- Fran Fine: Here kids, get Miss Fine a chew stick, she's not satisfied.
- C.C. Babcock: [Walking into the dining room during breakfast] Hello, hello.
- Maxwell Sheffield: Oh, C.C., care to join us?
- C.C. Babcock: Well, is there enough?
- Niles: No.
- Maxwell Sheffield: Niles!
- Niles: Well, it's just that you know how I feel about her eating inside.
- Maxwell Sheffield: What was that?
- Niles: I asked what she would like on the side. Bacon? Sausage? Mighty Dog?
- Sylvia Fine: How could you turn your back on everything that I raised you to believe in? This is mink!
- Fran Fine: Ma, if you love the mink so much, why don't you keep it?
- Sylvia Fine: I'm too busty.
- Fran Fine: Didn't stop you from wearing a tube top to temple.
- Sylvia Fine: It's reform.