- Sam Axe: So, uh, another Sam. This is gonna be confusing, huh?
- Madeline Westen: Have you ever been secretly engaged to my son?
- Sam Axe: No
- Madeline Westen: Then I think we'll be able to tell you apart.
- Sam Axe: [about bad guy's dossier] Mike, I don't know. This one you should be careful. I mean if half this crap is true, Victor's a lot like you, only with, ya know, rabies.
- Michael Westen: [narration - everyone has just met Michael's ex-fiancé] For a spy, compartmentalizing is second nature. Information is given on a need to know basis. In your professional life this approach keeps you safe. In your personal life that can be dangerous.
- Sam Axe: Oh ho ho come on, I thought this was the get-to-know-the-Ex lunch. Now it's a 19-government-agencies-are-chasing-me lunch?
- Fiona Glenanne: [knocking Michael's ex-fiancé] Well she *is* a professional thief.
- Sam Axe: Jealous Fi?
- Fiona Glenanne: Don't be absurd, I'm not jealous.
- Michael Westen: [sarcastically] You think you could pretend to be?
- Sam Axe: Buddy of mine did some research on Victor. Victor Stecker-Epps. I mean, he's got a last name like a female middle distance runner, but this is a bad man, Mike. Black ops, hard ass. You're not the first guy he tried to kill, either. Just the first one he missed. It's a great read.
- Michael Westen: [narration] Spend a career in covert ops, and you learn a lot about yourself. Will you lie to learn something important? Yes. Will you betray someone to serve a higher cause? Maybe. Will you trade another man's life for your freedom? You don't really know the answer until you face the question.
- Michael Westen: [phone call] Victor, sounds like you're enjoying Miami.
- Victor: Well, nothing like a near death experience to get the juices flowing. Am I right, or am I right?
- Michael Westen: I'm trying to cut back myself.
- Michael Westen: [caught breaking into bad guy's pad] I'm Michael, I used to work in covert ops, this is Fiona.
- Brennen: And you're here... to help me pack?
- Victor: [receiving phone call from Michael] Well you *are* an enigma wrapped in a schizophrenic, aren't ya sport? First you don't shoot at me, and then you set up a little firing squad.
- Michael Westen: [narration] From private homes, to financial institutions, to military encampments, security consulting is a multi-billion dollar industry. And while security consultants constantly tout new materials and technology, the basic techniques haven't changed in 4000 years. Get a better view of any danger headed your way, make your walls sturdier, and arm yourself well enough to fend off attacks. Hardening a target against attacks outside is pretty straight forward. Which is why
- [Sam & Samantha reveal fake wall inside box truck]
- Michael Westen: it's usually best to attack, if you can, from the inside.