Law & Order Season 2 quotes

Sir, please explain the facts of life to your client

What? The birds, the bees, the penal code?

Banks kill with a thousand cuts, not a blow to the head.

[about a case] Mike, I've had week-old flounder that smelled better than this!

Half the smack in the country blows through here. You seen a lot of arrests lately?

Cerreta

Well, maybe they’re paying you off.

Oh yeah, millions. My mortgage is a front.

Tomorrow's Post. Says we're negotiating a plea. No attribution.

Schiff

Dragging us to the altar.

And I don't like shotgun weddings.

Docket #51423. The People vs. Marian Borland and Randall Borland. The charge is murder in the se ... What's happening? Didn't I already see this case on my docket?

Robinette

People's motion charges against a previous defendant were dismissed, Your Honor. The People regret their error.

Regret? We're talking about murder, Mr. Robinette. You oughta publish an apology in The Times. How do the defendants plead?

Not guilty.

Not guilty.

I'll hear a few spirited words on the subject of bail. [to the defense attorney] Leonard, it's nice to see you. Please be brief.

Thank you, Judge. Nice to see you, too. My clients are not a flight risk. They're bound to the community, and any high bail would be a hardship.

Mr. Robinette?

Robinette

The People request $50,000 on each defendant. Flight is not an issue, but the severity of the crime...

Go no further. When you're right, you're right. And, Leonard, he's right. This is Murder Two. 50,000 each defendant.

Why the hell else would he pay me?

Logan

I don’t know. Blackmail comes to mind.

You obviously don't have enough evidence to arrest me. Which means you don't have enough to insult me, either.

My father wanted me to be a doctor. I went so far as to study organic chemistry.

Schiff

What happened?

I grew up.

I'm getting behind here, counselor. May I ask why Mr. Vilanis refuses to enter a plea?

He wants to represent himself.

I hate pro se cases. Did he bring his own soapbox, or does he expect the court to provide one?

Schiff

You look like the messenger who’s afraid he’s going to be killed.

I'm afraid the message might kill the recipient.

Schiff

[to the bailiff] George, take him out by the back stairs.

Thank you, Adam. I could use a friend.

Schiff

You always did, Dwight. That was the problem.