- Emily Thorne: [opening voiceover] Every human is born of collusion. We come into this world the result of a covenant. Sometimes made of love... sometimes of circumstance... but almost always made in secret.
- Ashley Davenport: Good morning.
- Conrad Grayson: Oh, good morning.
- Victoria Grayson: Charlotte, would you excuse us for a minute? It seems that the cat has dragged itself back in.
- Ashley Davenport: [handing file to Conrad] There's the report you requested.
- Conrad Grayson: [taking it] Thank you.
- Victoria Grayson: [smirking] So this is the new communications director? Don't you know that politicians tend to keep their concubines in the closet?
- Ashley Davenport: [sarcastically:] Spoken like a woman that no one is sleeping with.
- Conrad Grayson: You'll be happy to hear that Miss Davenport and I have put our past behind us, and we are now looking to the future.
- Victoria Grayson: Well, I can only imagine what kind of horrifying footage that will yield.
- Charlotte Grayson: What does it mean when your Mom cancels your birthday?
- Amanda Clarke: I'd say it's her gift to you.
- Charlotte Grayson: [giggles at that, then...] I guess being a Grayson just means learning to live with disappointment.
- Amanda Clarke: You're not a Grayson. Not really.
- [causing Charlotte to ponder]