- [first lines]
- Title Card: I, who was born to die, shall live. That the world of animals, and the world of men, may come together, I shall live. - Inuit Legend
- Charlie, the Iceman: [Charlie brings a dark object to Brady]
- Dr. Diane Brady: What's that?
- Doctor Stanley Shephard: That's lunch.
- Dr. Diane Brady: What do we do now?
- Dr. Diane Brady: Eat it.
- Dr. Diane Brady: That's what I was afraid of.
- Doctor Stanley Shephard: It's kind of like popcorn, you get used to it.
- Dr. Diane Brady: Oh, thank God.
- Dr. Diane Brady: [She eats it and then gags]
- Doctor Stanley Shephard: It's alright, it's OK.
- Dr. Diane Brady: What was it?
- Dr. Diane Brady: A beetle. What'd it taste like?
- Dr. Diane Brady: A beetle. I think I'm going to throw up.
- Doctor Stanley Shephard: No, don't throw up, he'll take it as a bad omen.
- Dr. Diane Brady: [expressing trepidation at meeting the Iceman] You know Shephard, I was stepped on by a pony when I was 6.
- Doctor Stanley Shephard: I promise, I won't let him step on you.
- Doctor Stanley Shephard: [their first view of the Iceman] What do you think?
- Maynard: Looks like an Indian.
- Doctor Stanley Shephard: What kind of an Indian?
- Maynard: A Cleveland Indian. What do I know? You're the anthropologist.
- Loomis: [first lines - to co-worker barging in from the blizzard] Damn it Shephard, close the door please.