Last Act
 
There's no problem!
What do you mean, there's no problem?  I ask you what's
going on and you bite my head off like a rattlesnake.
Okay, Okay.  Everything's fine.
...What is it?  A woman?
No, it's not a woman.
You constipated or...something?
  -- Nick and Stonetree, Last Act
 
Nice tie, Captain.
What?
Did your kid make it?
  -- Schanke and Stonetree, Last Act
 
You sir, are very skilled with your sword.  Do you wish
to run me through again?
And again and again...if we have the time.
  -- Erica and Nick, Last Act
 
You know what the problem with suicide is?  No one does it with
any flair or panache.  If I was going to buy an E-ticket out of
here, I'd do it with style.
Oh yeah, and how's that?
First a romantic gourmet meal for two, followed by a couple of
minutes of love-making and then a nightcap of nitro-glycerin.
Talk about going out with a bang, huh?
  -- Schanke and Nick, Last Act
 
There are no fast rules for suicide.  It's a very strange, 
personal thing.
  -- Natalie, Last Act
 
Your blood courses through me--so strong.  So many memories.
What do you see?
The fight in the blazing sun.  A castle.  Moorish, I think.
The Crusade.
You were wounded--nearly killed.
Yes.
I hate the thought of dying.
Then why do you think of dying yourself?
My blood told that to you?  Have I infected you with that thought?
No.  It's just that I don't understand, that's all, not from you.
  -- Erica and Nick, Last Act
 
Knight? Schanke.  Listen.  I just wanted to say *thank you* very
much for letting my drive the dead chick's fiancee home.  You take
advantage of me and I want to let you know that I know that.
  -- Schanke, Last Act
 
Next time try giving me a lead that goes somewhere.  Ciou baby.
  -- Schanke, Last Act
 
Are you a burden, Nicholas?
Erica...
  -- Erica and Nick, Last Act
 
Maybe it's time to move on, Nicholas.
Erica!
Maybe it's time to join me.
Why did you do it?
I was already dead.
You has so much life.
I was a burden.  I wasn't giving anything back.  I was so alone. Is
that how you feel?
Erica...
Come with me.  Join me.  Join me in the light.  Please, Nicholas. I'm
so alone.  Join me...
  -- Erica and Nick, Last Act
 
You okay?
That's a loaded question to ask a terminally ill patient.
  -- Nick and Dean, Last Act
 
You look awful.
(Nick sits down) Thanks.
Sit down Nick.
  -- Stonetree and Nick, Last Act
 
She had no good reason!
What the hell do you know about it?
Note enough! ... Yet.
  -- Nick and Stonetree, Last Act
 
Why is this so important to you?
I *need* it.
All right.  Twenty-four hours.
Thanks.
If you don't come up with something by then...case closed--suicide.
Deal.
  -- Nick and Stonetree, Last Act.
 
Why do you waste your time when there are those of us who want to 
live?  Isn't that more exciting?
  -- Janette, Last Act
 
Oh no.  This can't be hers...
Oooh.  If I'd known, I would have offered her my decorator.
  -- Nick and Janette, Last Act
 
You're talking of death again.
I'm talking of death and birth, my love.  Don't you see.  When
I die...
You don't have to die, Erica!
  -- Nick and Erica, Last Act
 
Playing it a little close aren't you?
Seconds to spare.
Ah, so we're feeling a little self-destructive?  Nick will you talk
to me.  It's like you've been living in a shell.
All right.  I lost an old friend the other day.
How old.
Oh...two-three hundred years.
Old friends take on a whole new meaning with you.  Sorry.
Yeah...
  -- Natalie and Nick, Last Act
 
Suicide is never the answer.
Isn't it?  I mean, for us?
Will you stay away from the window, Nick. You're frightening me.
Maybe when someone's lived almost 800 years, they've lived enough.
It's a crowded planet...
  -- Natalie and Nick, Last Act
 
Well, frustration is a part of life, Nick.
Well, then maybe it's time I died, Nat!
NO!  You don't want to die anymore than Marilyn Seagal did.
  -- Natalie and Nick, Last Act
 
Hey Knight!  Raise the drawbridge and there'd better be food in there!
  -- Schanke, Last Act
 
This is truly pathetic.  Should we be talking about an alcohol problem here?
Uh...they were presents.
Presents?
Uh...leftover from Christmas (Nat)
Uh...and my last birthday party (Nick)
Gifts! (Nat)
Yeah. (Nick)
Well, for your information--red wine is not supposed to be refrigerated.
Ohhh. (Nick and Nat)
  -- Schanke, Natalie, and Nick, Last Act
 
Isn't it a little dark in here?
I'll crack the blinds a little.
  -- Schanke and Nick, Last Act
 
Don't you even have any crackers here?  I mean, what am I doing here?  
Why am I wasting my lunch time?  For what reason?  So we know the 
woman was pregnant.  What does that give us besides a growling stomach 
and major need of souvlaki?
Maybe a motive.
  -- Schanke and Nick, Last Act
 
I'm married, you don't have to tell me.
  -- Schanke, Last Act
 
There's still something missing.  Something I can't get a handle on.
Like a suspect.
  -- Nick and Schanke, Last Act
 
I gotta go.  I'll be back in a couple of hours.
Hey, hey, hey.  Where are you going?
Let him go.  I like him like this.  Thinking again.  On the case.  A
cop doing his job with some passion.
At least tell me where you're gonna be.
The theatre.
  -- Nick, Schanke, and Stonetree, Last Act
 
Myra's cooked a fabulous pasta primavera.  I'm about to open a playful
bottle of Chianti.
Schanke!  If you're in love with someone, and knew that they were going
to die, what's the best way to keep apart of them with you?  A part of 
them alive?
Is this a trick question?  Because you interrupted my story about the
dinner that never was.
I think I'll wait for the movie.
You know, there's only one thing I like about working with you.
Oh yeah, what's that?
Overtime.
  -- Schanke and Nick, Last Act
 
What is this?  Check out time at Mercy Hospital.
  -- Schanke, Last Act
 
How was the theater?
Enlightening.
  -- Stonetree and Nick, Last Act
 
What are you guys up to?
Well, I may be wrong about this...but I think we're setting a trap.
  -- Stonetree and Schanke, Last Act
 
Do you believe in life after death?
In a strange way -- yeah.
I guess there's something in all of us that wants to live forever, huh?
Well, you're not going to get any argument from this guy.
  -- Dean and Nick, Last Act
 
I'm waiting, Nicholas.  Once you said you'd follow.
I don't know. I still find life exciting.  I think I've got more to give.
I always loved the romantic in you.  But the time will come.
No!  Not by my own hand.
By whose then?  You don't really think you can become mortal?  That's
no more than a fantasy, Nicholas.
Well, I believe it.  There's only two ways to escape eternity.  One
way is to join the dead, the other to join the living.
I'll be waiting.
  -- Erica and Nick, Last Act
 
Life that cheap to you, huh? Huh, is it?  IS IT THAT CHEAP!
  -- Nick, Last Act
 
Tell me why you deserve to live.  TELL ME WHY?
She was having his baby.  Don't let go...Please.
Police!  Nick--bring him back in.
Please....
He doesn't deserve to live, Schanke.
Nick, you've solved this thing.  Besides, think of the paperwork if
you drop him!
(Nick tosses him across the room)
Keep him away from me...He's...He's a monster!
Get him out of here!
You're alive pal.  Don't blow it by insulting my partner.
  -- Nick, Carl, and Schanke, Last Act
 
So, what did you think about it?
It was great.  I loved it.  I know it was all about death, but I found
it very life-affirming at the same time.
I don't know.  I don't know.  I found it sleep-affirming.  I hear the 
word play--immediately I think football.  Call me a boor.
Boor. (Nick and Nat)
  -- Nick, Natalie, and Schanke, Last Act
 
C'mon Natalie, C'mon Nick.  I'm so hungry I could eat the scenery.  
Wonderful performance.  Excellent play.  You gotta explain the plot 
to me.  The wife is gonna ask me about it.
I noticed you dozed through the middle of it.
The snoring was a dead giveaway.
What did I miss?  Something?  What did I miss?
Only the middle ages.
Damn.  Were they funny?
I enjoyed them....
  -- Schanke, Nick, and Natalie, Last Act