Ron Carver quotes from Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Carver

From a Romanian orphanage to an American divorce. I hope New York State will prove a better guardian for these children.

Goren

Well, from your lips to God's ear.

Carver

He killed her to drive his partner back into his arms? That's almost juvenile.

Goren

It's primitive. Panic is a primitive emotion. That's how he felt without his partner.

Goren

Seven pounds, eight ounces.

Carver

[smiling] Excellent.

Bishop

It's great. You-- You should call her. I'll handle the booking.

Goren

[eating one of the pills] It's vitamin C.

Carver

I watched you very carefully, detective, but I missed you slipping them into his pocket.

Eames

Maybe because you watched the wrong detective? [Goren and Eames leave Carver to ponder that.]

Carver

Any bets which one the media will paint as the lesser evil?

Goren

There's no such animal.

Carver

You'd think two people with their credentials and education could raise a perfect child.

Goren

They thought they did. That's the problem.

Eames

[about Tagman] I hear he volunteered to be a guinea pig for an experiment on the criminal brain.

Carver

They should do tests on how one man can shed so many crocodile tears.

Carver

[subdued] Mr. Tagman was beaten to death by another inmate in Sing Sing this morning. He was in the laundry working when he was attacked.

Eames

I guess now everybody has what they want.

Carver

Congratulations, you've managed to unite atheists and Christians in common cause against police harassment.

Eames

We do what we can.

Carver

What you seem to be doing is playing musical suspects.

Carver

Since I have no intention of asking Mr. Radcliff any questions about that document, I see no basis to turn it over to him.

That is the lamest argument I've heard in a month; if it's evidence he has a right examine it!

Carver

He gives new meaning to the phrase "Give till it hurts".

Goren

He gives because he hurts.

Judge Barton asked us to reevaluate her surveillance. We'd been monitoring Brownfeld's group. There were no further threats, no chatter. We... We took a calculated risk.

Carver

You need a new calculator.

Do you recognize it, Detective Eames?

Eames

Yes. It's a letter I wrote to my superior officer five years ago.

Please summarize the contents.

Eames

It's a request for a new partner, but I withdrew my request.

Please read the highlighted passage.

Eames

"Detective Goren's erratic and antisocial behavior, his volatile and bizarre interrogation techniques, lead me to have seroius doubts about his judgment and his mental stability--" I want to explain.

Thank you. No more questions.

Carver

Redirect, your honor. Detective Eames, please explain why you withdrew your request.

Eames

I was used to working with more conventional detectives. Detective Goren's style is definitely unique and an acquired taste. Over time I came to see that his approach was based on a deep understanding of human behavior. I came to appreciate him as an ethical person, and an effective police officer.

Carver

Thank you. No further questions.