Bobby, this doesn't have to affect you and me. It's a trial. But the only way it's not going to affect us is to admit right now and be clear about it. In this room we're enemies.
S2 E19The Trial (1)
S2 E20Cloudy with a Chance of Membranes (2)
LMLorraine Marks
No she wasn't ranting. She was calm and collected and she very clearly said that it was that man who was threatening her.
So. She was calm and collected.
LMLorraine Marks
Yes.
[Lindsay stands to make a motion]
Your honor, at this time we now move to strike the hearsay testimony of the witness. The excited utterance exception no longer applies.
Sidebar.
I'm afraid not.
S2 E21In Deep
Do you ever stop and think about the business we're in?
Why would I ever want to do that?
WWarren
One judge says no jail, then another judge say I gotta go on trial...again?
Let's not panic just yet, okay, Warren?
WWarren
Ellenor, I used to scam banks back when. This is my reward for scaling down?
Okay, well, you see, that argument is not gonna fly.
We all laugh at the way Eugene does his reasonable doubt thing to get people off and make bets. It doesn't seem so funny right now.
S2 E22Another Day
Bobby, I just want you to know, this is the best law firm I know.
You think just because you got away with it last time that you can get away with it whenever?
[Smugly] Yes.
S2 E23Checkmate
[At the very start of Helen's opening argument, Heric stands to address the judge]
I'm, I'm sorry, but I suppose that in all my, my preparation and my nervousness, I'm embarrassed to say, that I've uh, left something out.
JWJudge Walsh
What's that?
I have to pee.
S2 E24Trees in the Forest
[Girls are all on their desks since there's a rat running around in the office. Ellenor takes out a pistol from her drawer.]
You have a gun?
It's just a starter pistol.
What are you gonna do, race him?
[to Jimmy, about the rat running in their office] Why don't you do something, big head?
It's normal size!
[to Bobby] It means I might say that you're dysfunctional. Your father has worked his whole life as a janitor in a big law firm. It made you want to be a lawyer, it also made you hate them, for the way that they treated him. I mean, look at you. Fancy suits in a rat infested office? As you try to get ahead you fight yourself at the same time and it hurts everybody here. One on one I was afraid I might say that.
If that's the way you feel, why do you stay?
Because my best friends work here. I don't wanna leave. And I'm in love with you. [Bobby looks up at her in utter surprise] I say that with no hope of you loving me back - I don't even think I want it. But I don't know, I mean, maybe as a result of my loving you I also see you, and I know with you in charge and only you in charge, this firm is maxed out. And you might be, too.
S3 E3Body Count
What am I, a pineapple?
S4 E14Checkmates
[Helen is called in to question the son of a well-known police detective, when he is accused of murder. When she uses his father to get a confession, Bobby tries to have it thrown out because it was made to a police officer, even if he was the suspect's father. Meanwhile, Eleanor represents a slightly retarded young man accused of murder, and suspects a surprise witness who suddenly comes to his defense might be lying.]
RBRichard Bay
"There are heroes in this world. They're called district attorneys. They don't get to have clients – people who smile at them at the end of the trial; who look them in the eye and say thank you. Nobody's there to appreciate the district attorney because we work for the state. And our gratitude comes only from knowing there's a tide out there. A tide the size of a tsunami coming out of a bottomless cesspool. A tide called crime which if left unchecked will rob every American of his freedom. A tide which strips individuals of the privilege of being able to walk down a dark street or to take $20 out of an ATM machine without fear of being mugged. All Congress does is talk. It's the district attorney who grabs his sword, who digs into the trenches and fights the fight; who dogs justice day after day after day without thanks; without so much as a simple pat on the back. But we do it. We do it. We do it because we are the crusaders. The last frontier of American justice. Knowing that if a man cannot feel safe, he can never, never, feel free."
S4 E22Life Sentence
Here we go!
Don't “here we go” me! If you “here we go” me one more time I am going to scream, okay? Do you hear me?
Listen to yourself!
Ooh, and I hate that one too. Listen to yourself. “Here we go” and “Listen to yourself”. If you ever say those in our marriage, I will scream!! Okay? It's good to know these things before we become husband and wife. You know, this is very, very healthy!
[Lindsay storms out.]
LLucy
[to Bobby, smiling]Well. It's nice to know you can make her scream.
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