Law & Order quotes

It's time we had a chat with Mr. Pratt.

Oh, I love it when you rhyme.

My father told me to stand up for myself. Be strong. Someone hits you, you hit back. There's nothing wrong with that.

You brought a gun to a fistfight. You fired that gun and killed an innocent man. There's no walking that back.

If we have learned anything over the last decade, it's that locking up disturbed kids doesn't prevent more school shootings. It's proven to be an ineffective deterrent. We have to try a different approach. We need to send a message. We need to hold more people accountable, people who should intervene.

McCoy

Hell of a speech if you were running for office. But you're not. You're a prosecutor, and your job is to follow the law and get justice for victims.

You don't have to like the people you work with.

Is he sending us a message, Kate?

Probably. But luckily, I don't care.

Emails weren't hard to find. She saved them under a folder titled "Threats."

I haven't been subpoenaed in 15 years.

McCoy

That means you aren't trying hard enough.

I still think he's lying.

McCoy

My old boss, he used to say that lawyers who need to be right lose more cases than those who don't.

[about Ella] She was part of the Whitlock clan - old money.

The best kind there is.

You keep surprising me, Frank.

I don't sell shoes for a living.

My client has an opioid addiction.

Let's cut to the chase. You're asking me to send him to rehab?

Yes, in-patient rehab so he can get treatment.

He can detox in Rikers, like everyone else.

Don't let his looks fool you. Charles Ackman is nothing more than a drug trafficker. The only difference is the type of narcotic he sells. Oh, and the way he's treated by society. Heroin dealers get life. Oxy dealers get stock options.

It's hard enough being a cop these days. The last thing we need is losing one of our own.

You can't prove what actually happened. You can only guess. That's the issue. We don't know what happened. And in this political climate, there's no way a jury is going to convict a woman for murder one based on these facts.

You mean there's no way they're ever going to convict a Black woman for shooting a white cop. That's what you're really saying, isn't it? Because if Kendra Daniels was white...

But she's not. She's Black. There's a certain reality to that fact that if you don't understand that, or you can't appreciate that, that's on you. I'm doing the best I can with the facts and the evidence I have. I'm sorry you don't approve, but don't you dare question my integrity.

Or what?

Hey! That's enough. The man's just doing his job.

His job is to prosecute Kendra Daniels to the fullest extent of the law, not make excuses for her just because she's Black.

That woman shot and killed Jimmy Doyle, Kev. And she knew he was a police officer. That's it. That's all that matters.

That's what you believe, Frank? Hmm? You believe it's that simple? A Black woman and a white cop? Hmm? [Cosgrove walks off]

Hey, Price.

Yeah.

Frank is a good man. Says what he feels, and right now he's feeling a lot of pain. And for the record... I respect what you're doing. Takes a lot of guts to stare down NYPD on a case like this.

[after Price loses the case] You know, a really smart prosecutor once told that if you try a good case, the jury is always right, even if it doesn't feel good.

What about the bombing? Was that Rublev's idea? Did he tell Serenko to do that?

I don't know. Look, I wasn't in the loop on any of that. I knew Serenko was onto something big, but I just try to mind my own business.

Hold on. People who mind their own business don't get good deals, they go to jail for a very long time. Now.

I can't tell you something I don't know.

You're under arrest.