Emerson: Uh, we need to prove Hallie Hundin was innocent.
Ned: Your conscience calls you on the telephone?



Chuck: Am I seriously the first person to question
your aversion to change? What about your ex-girlfriends?
Ned: Emerson doesn’t want to hear about any of this.
Emerson: I must admit, I am curious. Hell, before Dead Girl came along,
I didn’t know what you liked, or if you liked or if you had anything to like with!
For all I know, you could have been one of those people
who was born with both but didn’t use either!
Ned: I’ve had girlfriends, but there were always extraneous factors.
Emerson & Chuck: What kind of extraneous factors?
Ned: You know … grew apart and lost interest … had intimate relations on a bearskin rug.
Chuck: Oh, no, did it – ? [makes clawing gestures with her hands]
Ned: It did enough to be upsetting.



Ned: You're the only one for me.
Chuck: I know you feel that now, but there are things you want, there's things we both want.
Ned: So? Everyone wants stuff. We wake up everyday with a list of wishes a mile long and
maybe we spend our lives trying to make those wishes come true,
but just because we want them doesn't mean we need them to be happy.
Chuck: What do you need to be happy?
Ned: You.