- Robert McCall: I see you're keeping out of trouble young man.
- Mickey Kostmayer: Always, old man.
- Robert McCall: You know what I'm doing these days Mick?
- Mickey Kostmayer: Well if you've turned Carny on me I don't want to hear about it.
- [McCall passes a newspaper clipping]
- Mickey Kostmayer: Well, this Equalizer, that's you?
- Robert McCall: That's me.
- Mickey Kostmayer: I bet you get a lot of weird phone calls.
- Robert McCall: Yes more than I ever imagined.
- Mickey Kostmayer: I like it. Been times I wished I had a number like that.
- Mickey Kostmayer: Blue before yellow kills the fellow.
- Robert McCall: Blue after yellow kills the fellow.
- Mickey Kostmayer: Wait wait wait wait, blue before yellow after, blue, it's blue.
- Robert McCall: Shut up Mickey.
- [McCall cuts the blue wire]
- Robert McCall: You know when I was with the agency, these afternoon trists used to bore me. Now they irritate me.
- Answering machine: Hiya this is Ronnie, I know I promised your car back this afternoon but I ran into a problem so you won't have it until tomorrow. Er, hope that isn't too much of a pr...
- [McCall presses fast forward]
- Answering machine: [Beep] Yeah I'm a waitress in a doughnut shop on eighth avenue, the manager keeps coming on and I want you to teach him a lesson.
- [Beep]
- Answering machine: Hello er Equalizer I'm a WF and I'm into bandanas and-an-an cross dressing, I'd love it if you...
- [McCall presses fast forward]
- Robert McCall: You've been Equalized enough already.
- Robert McCall: What are you doing?
- Mickey Kostmayer: Packing up. I figured you're here cause you need some whacko who's willing to stick his finger in the fan.
- Robert McCall: You know, when I was with the agency, these afternoon trysts used to bore me. Now, they irritate me.
- Control: I need your notes, I need your contacts on Cypress - otherwise I'll never get it together again.
- Robert McCall: No way! I'm not having my people burned by someone else's incompetence.
- Control: This is important.
- Robert McCall: To you, it's important to you.
- Control: Look, what do you want? Do you want me to kiss your ring? I will.
- Robert McCall: Ironic we should be meeting here.
- Control: I don't have time for this...
- Robert McCall: All right, you can have Cypress.
- Control: Oh, thank you.