Law & Order (TV Series)
Progeny (1995)
Jerry Orbach: Detective Lennie Briscoe
Quotes
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Detective Mike Logan : [pouring coffee] Well, they make a lot of noise on the sidewalk to try to convince the women going in to change their minds.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Then they refer them to a pro-life pregnancy crisis center.
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren : [scoffs] Pro-life? You ever notice how some people's concern for life stops at birth? They want those babies to come out, after that, they don't give a damn what happens to them.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Well, they seem to give a damn about what happened to Dr Reed, their official policy is anti-murder.
Detective Mike Logan : Apparently when the doctor was across town getting shot, Bryant and his people were waiting for her at the clinic.
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren : All of his people?
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Hey, they claimed they didn't even know her name.
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren : Mm. Whoever shot her knew her name, her address and her office hours.
Detective Mike Logan : Uh, the clinic kept that information secret.
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren : Her private patients knew where to find her.
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Detective Mike Logan : You see, Miss Gunther, you being such a pro-life activist and all, we're wondering why you showed up at a clinic asking about ending your pregnancy.
Nancy Gunther : I never said I wanted to do that.
Detective Mike Logan : You never said your real name, either.
Nancy Gunther : [smiling] A lot of people give false names, it's very personal.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Mm-hmm: you gave a false name but you picked up a real one: Eileen Reed. The only people they tell the doctor's names to are the patients.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Yeah, you called and made an appointment with her but you never showed up.
Nancy Gunther : I changed my mind. I'm keeping my baby.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : [disbelieving] You were always gonna keep it, weren't you? You asked for the last appointment of the day so you'd know exactly when she was leaving the office.
[leans forward]
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Who'd you tell, Nancy?
Detective Mike Logan : [firm] If you told the shooter, that's conspiracy to murder.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Better help us out, Nancy or you're gonna be raising your baby in a cell block at Bedford Hills.
Nancy Gunther : [unruffled] If that's God's will.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : She's got nothing to say, she asked for a lawyer.
Detective Mike Logan : Hey, let's arrest her for murder, that might motivate her.
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren : It's not enough to hold her, her lawyer will say the missed appointment's a coincidence.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : [computer beeps] Oh, how's this for a coincidence? That protest in Schenectady where she was arrested, 27 people were taken in, including her and Harold Malcolm.
Detective Mike Logan : [surprised] What, the guy who shot the doctor in Buffalo?
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Yeah, two months later. Protest was led by a Drew Seeley of Manhattan.
[smiles]
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Oh, boy, this one's a real nut, defrocked priest, listen to this. The diocese of Schenectady has a restraining order on this guy, he can't come within a hundred yards of any of their churches.
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren : Well, maybe he'll think confession is still good for the soul.
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Mark Bryant : [to passersby at the abortion clinic] If your wives are in there, drag them out!
[sees Mike and Lennie and takes pictures]
Mark Bryant : Hey, you men! Protect your children.
Detective Mike Logan : [blocking the camera] We're the police, Mr Bryant.
Mark Bryant : Good. They're committing murder in there, do your duty.
Detective Mike Logan : Yeah, well, we're investigating the murder of Dr Eileen Reed.
Mark Bryant : [surprised] And you're looking at us?
Detective Lennie Briscoe : [sarcastic] Your people aren't exactly handing out bouquets to these doctors.
Mark Bryant : Listen, yesterday I had twice as many rescuers here. Every time anyone fires a shot in our name, it smears us and reduces our numbers.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Sure, no one wants to get in the way of a stray bullet.
Mark Bryant : [firm] Nobody wants to be associated with killing, we're here to prevent killing.
[points to the clinic]
Mark Bryant : Do you know what's going on in there?
Detective Lennie Briscoe : [losing patience] Hey, what's going on in there is legal. We've got a dead 35 year old woman on our hands.
Mark Bryant : [sincerely] And we mourn her: violence begets violence, we want it all to stop.
Detective Mike Logan : [prevents Bryant from leaving the scene] Hey Bryant, how's your hobby? Get any good pictures of Dr Reed?
Mark Bryant : Several, but I didn't know her name until I saw it on the news.
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Drew Seely : Oh, yes, I know Nancy, she's a fine Christian woman.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : And you know Harold Malcolm too?
Drew Seely : [smiling] I've prayed with him often.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : You know, the reason we're here is that some of your people have been doing un-Christian things.
Drew Seely : [surprised] What do you mean?
Detective Mike Logan : Well, Malcolm blasted a doctor with a shotgun in Buffalo. We think Nancy Gunther might be involved in the murder of a doctor in Manhattan.
Drew Seely : Ah yes, the abortion doctors. Four dead.
[smiles]
Drew Seely : Isn't that wonderful?
[Mike and Lennie look on stunned]
Drew Seely : Come in, come in.
Drew Seely : Those doctors were committing a holocaust.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : And your solution is murder? Whatever happened to 'turning the other cheek', 'loving thine enemy'?
Drew Seely : Ah, I will love my enemy but a child in the womb doesn't have that opportunity. Please.
[gestures for Lennie and Mike to sit]
Drew Seely : The Bible commands us, it commands us to protect the weak and the powerless.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : [dryly] Well, the State of New York commands us not to kill, I think that's also mentioned in the Bible someplace.
Drew Seely : My only goal here is saving lives.
Detective Mike Logan : Do you tell your followers to shoot doctors?
Drew Seely : They draw their own conclusions, they don't need me.
Detective Mike Logan : Do you happen to know who drew a conclusion to shoot Dr Reed?
Drew Seely : [firmly] No, I don't.
Detective Mike Logan : Or who talked to Nancy Gunther lately?
Drew Seely : [drinking coffee] Nancy. Nancy gathered some information on Dr Reed for me. I wanted the doctor's name and address to try to persuade her to stop.
Detective Mike Logan : Persuade her how?
Drew Seely : Well, I tried to call her and I sent her some literature.
Detective Mike Logan : [angry] A "Wanted" poster?
Drew Seely : Yes, that was mine.
Detective Mike Logan : So you think that calling her a criminal was going to persuade her?
Drew Seely : Well, nothing else had.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Uh, where were you around noon on Tuesday?
Drew Seely : Ah, well, I was at a conference of the Council On Choice.
[smiles]