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  • Holly giving her jerk of an ex-boyfriend a taste of his own medicine by flashing her breasts at him while he's tied up and duct taped to a chair. Jane humorously warns Holly "Don't tease the animal!".
  • When Holly, Jane and Robin panic over accidentally killing her ex-boyfriend in self-defense. Leading to Holly to reveal in a bit of Bait-and-Switch that she's unaware of who's the father of her baby.
    Holly: To think it's possible I killed my baby's daddy!
    Jane: To think it's possible? You hit him on the head with a baseball bat; he's dead!
    Holly: No! I mean it's possible that Nick is the daddy.
    Jane: (Beat, shocked, silence)
  • Deciding to stay in Tucson.
    Jane: "Sometimes, if you don't have anyplace to go, it's probably a good idea to stay where you are."
    Robin: "Yeah?"
    Jane: "Yeah. ...this may be the wrong time to bring this up, but where the fuck are we? I mean really, where are we?"
    Robin: "Tucson."
    Jane: "As in Arizona? Are you serious? You know what this means. I'm going to have to go out and get some cowboy boots. What about a horse?"
  • Holly's new boyfriend's entrance, during Jane's birthday party. He's a cop, and their on the lam. Luckily, he just wanted to dance with Holly. But Jane and Robin's brief panic is priceless.
  • When Abe and Jane rush over to where the newborn babies are with lots of stuffed toys for Holly's new baby girl, they discover that Holly's baby is actually biracial. Abe is briefly shocked (though he gets over it) and he quizically looks over at Jane who shoots him this quip:
    Jane: Don't look at me.

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