Law and Order Quotes
Briscoe: [final line before leaving the series] It's nice to go out on a win.
TV Show: Law and Order
[Branch has just fired Southerlyn]
Southerlyn: Is this because I'm a lesbian?
Branch: [stunned] No... of course not, no.
Southerlyn: [pause] Good... good.
Southerlyn: Is this because I'm a lesbian?
Branch: [stunned] No... of course not, no.
Southerlyn: [pause] Good... good.
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Ron Drexler: Is that a threat?
Det. Fontana: A threat? No. A threat would be more like... 'If you stonewall this investigation any more I'm gonna break your jaw. And when you're on the ground, I'm gonna kick you 'till you spit blood you cheap shyster.' That would be a threat. This is more of a request.
Det. Fontana: A threat? No. A threat would be more like... 'If you stonewall this investigation any more I'm gonna break your jaw. And when you're on the ground, I'm gonna kick you 'till you spit blood you cheap shyster.' That would be a threat. This is more of a request.
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Borgia: So mostly he was a good guy?
lawyer: Sure, if you like hypocritical, narcissistic, cold-hearted frauds.
lawyer: Sure, if you like hypocritical, narcissistic, cold-hearted frauds.
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[about Det. Green's shooting]
McCoy: I'm sorry about your partner.
Fontana: Thanks.
McCoy: Are you alright?
Fontana: I'm thinking...just...thinking.
McCoy: I'm sorry about your partner.
Fontana: Thanks.
McCoy: Are you alright?
Fontana: I'm thinking...just...thinking.
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[Jack meets with the defense lawyer after Green has been shot and the main witness killed]
McCoy: Forgive me, Rosalie, if I'm not in a very generous mood.
Rosalie Helton: What do you mean?
McCoy: Peluso's body is still warm, Detective Green is fighting for his life. And you called me in to make a deal.
Helton: Jack, the case goes forward today and I'm afraid the prosecution doesn't have a chance without Peluso. I'm willing to take man one with a possibility for parole.
McCoy: [angrily] I'm not having this conversation.
Helton: I'm just trying-
McCoy: [raises voice] I'm not having this conversation!
McCoy: Forgive me, Rosalie, if I'm not in a very generous mood.
Rosalie Helton: What do you mean?
McCoy: Peluso's body is still warm, Detective Green is fighting for his life. And you called me in to make a deal.
Helton: Jack, the case goes forward today and I'm afraid the prosecution doesn't have a chance without Peluso. I'm willing to take man one with a possibility for parole.
McCoy: [angrily] I'm not having this conversation.
Helton: I'm just trying-
McCoy: [raises voice] I'm not having this conversation!
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[Main cast wait outside Green's hospital room. McCoy talks to Van Buren, then addresses Fontana, who is slouched in chair.]
McCoy: How are you doing?
Fontana: Still thinking. [There is a pause]
McCoy: [Helplessly] Is there anything I can do?
McCoy: How are you doing?
Fontana: Still thinking. [There is a pause]
McCoy: [Helplessly] Is there anything I can do?
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[Det. Fontana and temporary partner Det. Falco investigate the murder of a porn star, followed by the death of her killer.]
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[The detectives discuss Samantha Savage's body.]
Det. Fontana: Samantha Savage? The porn star?
Det. Falco: Kind of hard to tell with her clothes on.
Det. Fontana: Samantha Savage? The porn star?
Det. Falco: Kind of hard to tell with her clothes on.
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[Helen DeVries, an editor, talks to a subordinate ]
DeVries: You've got to stop thinking here[points her head] and start thinking here[points to her abdomen]
DeVries: You've got to stop thinking here[points her head] and start thinking here[points to her abdomen]
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[Someone leaves an SUV on the railroad tracks seconds before the train comes, leading to the death of twelve people and the injury of hundreds. The possible causes range from terrorism to murder to a failed suicide.]
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Lt. Van Buren: If this case doesn't help to bring back the death penalty to New York state I don't know what will.
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Rodney Fallon (defense lawyer): Millions spent on prisons and almost nothing for health insurance...
DA Jack McCoy: I don't make social policy.
Fallon: No. You just have to clean up after those who do.
DA Jack McCoy: I don't make social policy.
Fallon: No. You just have to clean up after those who do.
TV Show: Law and Order
[last lines]
[ADA Rubirosa is upset with EADA McCoy over McCoy's methods to convict a female CEO for second-degree murder]
McCoy: [to Rubirosa] Night.
[After receiving no response, McCoy walks over to Rubirosa]
McCoy: Ask me how I sleep at night.
Rubirosa: [stops packing her briefcase and looks at McCoy] How do you sleep at night?
McCoy: [pause] Like a baby.
[McCoy leaves]
[ADA Rubirosa is upset with EADA McCoy over McCoy's methods to convict a female CEO for second-degree murder]
McCoy: [to Rubirosa] Night.
[After receiving no response, McCoy walks over to Rubirosa]
McCoy: Ask me how I sleep at night.
Rubirosa: [stops packing her briefcase and looks at McCoy] How do you sleep at night?
McCoy: [pause] Like a baby.
[McCoy leaves]
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[Detective Lupo returns from abroad when his brother dies under mysterious circumstances.]
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Det. Cormack: Hey, there was another hooker rip-off two weeks ago at the McGarrick on 12th. It's almost enough to make a man swear off infidelity.
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Green: [to Lupo] Look, man. Don't think I don't know what's going through your head. But you can forget about working on this case, okay?
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[Detective Lupo has obtained evidence in a way that might be unconstitutional]
Lieutenant Van Buren: Tell me you were tying your shoe when he did that.
Det. Green: I was tying my shoe when he did that.
Lieutenant Van Buren: Tell me you were tying your shoe when he did that.
Det. Green: I was tying my shoe when he did that.
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[A doctor involved in the case was investigating a genetic marker for homosexuality]
DA McCoy: I hear Pandora's box creaking open
DA McCoy: I hear Pandora's box creaking open
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McCoy: That's one area where science has been no help- how to keep decent people from making lousy decisions.
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Victor Vargas: I used to think law was exciting, but politics, campaigning... it's like holding the beating heart of America in your hand.
[Green and Lupo stare]
Vargas: [Grins sheepishly] That must sound pretty terrible.
[Green and Lupo stare]
Vargas: [Grins sheepishly] That must sound pretty terrible.
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[ D.A McCoy convinced politician Melanie Carver to wear a wire to gather evidence on her former aide. He later talks to her privately about some things Vargas said during the trial. ]
McCoy: Victor said something about more of the tape. But there was no more on the tape. Did you stop recording?
Melanie Carver: [chuckles quietly] Primary's on Tuesday. Don't forget to vote.
McCoy: Victor said something about more of the tape. But there was no more on the tape. Did you stop recording?
Melanie Carver: [chuckles quietly] Primary's on Tuesday. Don't forget to vote.
TV Show: Law and Order
Connie Rubirosa: [about one of their witnesses] Timmy came off as an opportunistic, criminal piece of crap.
Michael Cutter: He is an opportunistic, criminal piece of crap.
Michael Cutter: He is an opportunistic, criminal piece of crap.
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[A woman's alibi witness is her 12 year old daughter, who suddenly changes her story]
Michael Cutter: [to McCoy] I'm going to do something about her alibi witness. You don't want to know.
Michael Cutter: [to McCoy] I'm going to do something about her alibi witness. You don't want to know.
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