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Law & Order · Season 21, Episode 2

“Impossible Dream” quotes from Law & Order

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“Impossible Dream” · Season 21, Episode 2

In this episode: Price (4), Lt. Dixon (2), Jack McCoy (1), Bernard (1), Cosgrove (1), Maroun (1)

Big tech has changed the world. Electric cars, artificial intelligence, virtual reality.

Hard to keep up.

Is that your way of saying that you're not happy with it?

Just because it's shiny doesn't mean it's good.

There are a lot of reasons Kyle's DNA could be on that coat.

That is correct. But the most obvious one is that she was wearing it when she shot his ass in cold blood.

[to Price] I want Nina Ellis off the streets and the public to know that these tests are phony. We're arresting her today. Whether or not you charge her with murder is on you.

Nina Ellis thinks that she's special, that the rules of society don't apply to her. That the ends always justify the means. That killing your fiancé is just another cost of doing business. But make no mistake - the poised, successful woman you see at the defense table is a cold-blooded killer, as cold-blooded as they come.

[looking suspiciously at Price's takeout] What's "jiang reed"?

Better not to ask.

What's that mean?

It means it's really good, but it's better not to know what you're actually eating. [pause] It's sauteed crickets.

Seriously?

"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar."

Abraham Lincoln?

Yeah, well, things have changed since he was around. Honesty isn't exactly in vogue any more. People lie. Even worse, people have gotten used to it. It's become an accepted part of our society, which is why it's so dangerous.

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