Law & Order (TV Series)

Refuge: Part 1 (1999)

Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy

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• A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Maletkov's gotta be making a quarter of a million a month by massaging sore muscles.

  Jack McCoy : Ain't America grand?

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : You've gotta hand it to him though. He's been here six years, he's working the system like a slot machine. I'm still trying to figure out alternate side of the street parking.

• Jack McCoy : Emil, we're facing a motion to dismiss, our witnesses won't cooperate. This boy is our last, best hope. Couldn't you treat him?

  Dr. Emil Skoda : I'm not a child psychologist. I don't have the expertise. I'm sorry it screws up your case, but...

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : If it was your kid, who would you get?

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Well, since she's gone back to teaching, Liz Olivet. Specializes in kids with crime-related trauma.

• Jack McCoy : I want him off the case, Your Honor! He endangered witnesses, he interfered with the prosecution...

  Nick Margolis : If Mr. McCoy had evidence to go with his huffing and puffing, I'd be in handcuffs right now.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : We can meet the standard of proof required to remove a corrupt attorney. It's all there in the moving papers.

  Judge Harrison Taylor : Yes. Fascinating reading.

  Nick Margolis : Your Honor...

  Judge Harrison Taylor : You're out, Mr. Margolis. There's only one inference to be drawn from the fact that the VDF got into the wrong hands.

  Nick Margolis : Well, that's unwarranted. I'm filing an appeal.

  Judge Harrison Taylor : Yes, and in the meantime, you're still out.

  Nick Margolis : All right. I want two days to get new counsel for my clients.

  Jack McCoy : And replace Bonnie with Clyde? His entire firm should be barred.

  Nick Margolis : My clients have the right to choose their counsel.

  Jack McCoy : They have the right *to* counsel. Period. Anything beyond that is a privilege.

• Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : It's called omen formation. These kids want to have a sense of control over the terrible event they witnessed, so they come to believe that they dreamed it before it happened.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Then they feel guilty because they didn't do anything to stop it.

  A.D.A. Toni Ricci : Poor kid gets it coming and going.

  Jack McCoy : Would he recognize the killers?

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : He said he could.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Do you think it's healthy putting him through the witness grinder?

  Dr. Elizabeth Olivet : He told me he wants to help the police punish the bad guys. It might give him closure.

• Jack McCoy : Tell Mr. Margolis he can stuff his motion to dismiss.