- Nun: [finds Lou's bottle of Scotch] This explains a lot. The nurses have been wondering why you've been turning down the pain killers.
- Lou Grant: Explain to me why while I was hearing Ted's voice describing the arrival of the new water buffalo at the Minneapolis zoo, I was watching film of the vice president returning from his trip, and Ted's voice saying,"And here's the big ox now, lumbering down the ramp with his handler."