Law & Order Season 21 quotes

[about Swanson] He would tell me to take off my clothes, and he'd tell me to pretend like I was his... servant. He would use a different word, of course, but I refuse to say it out loud. Then, ah... he would tie me up, and start to shoot me up with meth.

He would just just watch you get high? That was exciting to him?

No, man, it was way more screwed up than that. It was like he would walk your ass up to Heaven's gates and decide whether you would get to live or die. Sick son-of-a-bitch thought he was God, or somethin'.

[to Maroun] You'll never convict me. You know that, right?

Swanson is a very dangerous, evil man.

McCoy

But, at the moment, he's still a very well-respected, very well-connected businessman, with ties to some of the most influential politicians in the country. Not to mention he supported my opponent in the last election. So, he'll claim we're biased, that this is all payback.

What are you saying?

McCoy

If we're going to try to kill the king, we can't miss.

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.