- Deidre French: I'm sure it's about another one of your sex-starved Southern women, but from what I've observed, women in the South are rarely starved for sex.
- [first lines]
- Eugene McClenden: [reading] "I've often wondered what it really means to love. I pride myself on knowing how to please, but I never compromised myself for someone else. Never risked it all. In the end, you arrive at the same place no matter what you risk."
- [last lines]
- Jessica Fletcher: Eugene, I heard typing in your bedroom this morning. Are you rewriting?
- Eugene McClenden: Matter of fact, I've started a new play.
- Jessica Fletcher: Oh, that's very exciting. What is this one about?
- Eugene McClenden: Same old thing.
- [chuckles]
- Eugene McClenden: My nearest and dearest friends. Whatever would I do without them?