Recap
Jim arrives at the hotel set aside for a convention of Federal judges. Artie is there already, disguised as a pastry chef. He’s found no trace of a crate of dynamite Jim goes to see Judge M’Guigan, who is with Judge Vickerman...
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Episode Quotes
James: I'd better find Judge M'Guigan. Where is he?
Artemus: Billiard room, playing a game he calls "pool."
James: It's billiards with working clothes on.
Inspector Bulvon: How does that give you call to poke your nose into my investigation of a murder? Which as you ought to know is not a Federal crime.
James: I know some people that don’t think of it as a crime at all.
James: Bombs are like women, gentlemen. You should never let them know you don’t trust them.
Cefalu: A dog would not eat that!
Artemus: Of course not. It wasn't meant for you.
Cefalu: I will teach you to insult the cooking of Sicily!
Artemus: You don't need to teach it. Your cooking is insult enough.
James: I found the bomb.
Artemus: A billiard ball. He stole that idea from me!
James: I want you to search every place in this hotel where a crate of dynamite could possibly be stored.
Artemus: Right. And if I find it?
James: I’ll arrange for someone to pour cold water on your face to revive you.
James: Don’t touch it. It’s one of the things I get paid for. Touching the untouchable.
James: I beg your pardon.
Zeno Baroda: Never beg while you’re still man enough to steal.
Zeno Baroda: I’ve always believed a man who’s lost a wife and a nickel, has lost a nickel.
Cultural References
M’Guigan: And all its learned advocates and judges merely players. They have their entrances… and exits.
The judge paraphrases Shakespeare's As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7: "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances;"