- Annie Blackburn: Go do that somewhere else. Why don't you go try that with one of your other girls.
- Dale Cooper: What other girls?
- Annie Blackburn: What do you think all the others were whispering behind my back at Miss Twin Peaks? Huh? That I was nothing more than a replacement for what's her name, Audrey?
- Dale Cooper: Audrey Horne.
- Annie Blackburn: Yeah, that's her. Apparently it was all over town that she had a thing for you and you were quite receptive to it. Maybe I would have heard about that sooner but as you recall, you met me the first day I got into town.
- Dale Cooper: I have nothing to say about this.
- Annie Blackburn: Spoken like a man who likes to keep secrets.
- Dale Cooper: Nothing happened with Audrey and I.
- Annie Blackburn: Maybe, maybe not--but can you really blame the new girl for not taking Agent Cooper's words at face value--especially when she was promised the world but instead was served up to The Black Lodge as part of her Miss Twin Peaks gift package.
- Dale Cooper: Agent Earle, correct?
- Windom Earle: Well now--either you have one of the finest detective intellects the world has ever known or someone cheated and tipped you off.
- Dale Cooper: The latter. Got a call from Washington last week saying you were coming. It's wonderful to have you here, Agent Earle. This office can use a man of your talent and expertise.
- Windom Earle: Well, with you here, I'll surely end up playing second fiddle.
- Dale Cooper: Oh?
- Windom Earle: I've heard about you. In fact, we've met before--but you may not remember. It was at one of those F.B.I. job fairs a few years ago and a rather brief encounter at that.
- Dale Cooper: Okay, yeah. I thought you looked familiar.
- Windom Earle: Maybe I just have one of those faces you can't forget. All joking aside. You were quite the star pupil up at Quantico. I've been hearing about your progress off and on since you arrived at the Academy--and you haven't disappointed me yet, Dale.
- Dale Cooper: Oh, that's very kind of you to say, Agent Earle--but I suspect there's an awful lot I can learn from you.
- Windom Earle: Nonsense, my boy. You can call me, Windom. Windom Earle.