- Sergeant Pat Mallory: Patrol responded to a 911 call. Victim is male, white.
- Kevin Bernard: Oh. Kid is sixteen; seventeen, tops. Looks like a single stab wound to the chest.
- Sergeant Pat Mallory: My guys are looking for a weapon.
- Cyrus Lupo: [searching the victim's pocket] Five dollar bill and some change. No wallet, no ID.
- Sergeant Pat Mallory: Could be a rich kid from the neighborhood with that preppy outfit.
- Cyrus Lupo: Preppy, maybe. Rich? No. Look at his cuffs. They're all frayed and his pants are too short. Hand me downs. He shops right out the bin at Goodwill.
- Kevin Bernard: Fresh haircut, nails are clean. He's too well groomed to be living on the street. He even tucked his shirt in.
- Cyrus Lupo: And he buttoned his top button.
- Kevin Bernard: Did you ever walk around like that when you were his age?
- Cyrus Lupo: Not unless my mother made me.
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: The blood on the phone belonged to our John Doe.
- Kevin Bernard: Okay. What kind of knife are we looking for?
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: Oh, it wasn't a knife. It's as sharp as a knife blade, but massier.
- Kevin Bernard: Massier? What kind of word is that?
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: It's a term of art. The blade was wider and thicker than a knife blade.
- Cyrus Lupo: Those his clothes?
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: Mm-hmm.
- Cyrus Lupo: And what else can you tell us about our John Doe, in plain English, please?
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: Well, he was well muscled, his hands are calloused. Probably saw his fair share of manual labor. And he had lentil stew and milk shortly before he died.
- Cyrus Lupo: Yummy.
- Luke Friendly: [to Bernard] Can I go be with Patrick now?
- Kevin Bernard: First, we're going to have to call your parents, so, I'm going to need a number.
- Luke Friendly: I want to talk to the other policeman.
- Kevin Bernard: My partner? What do you want to talk to him about?
- Luke Friendly: He's just more like me.
- Kevin Bernard: So, you mean he's more slim? Or more white? Do I scare you because I'm black?
- Cyrus Lupo: [about two Mormon boys who have come to New York] So what are these boys doing thousands of miles from home?
- Kevin Bernard: With home-made magic underwear.
- Cyrus Lupo: You still believe in the good book, Patrick?
- Patrick Friendly: Yes. I still believe.
- Cyrus Lupo: [places the bible in front of Patrick] Swear to us that you were not in the park that night with Caleb.
- Patrick Friendly: No.
- Cyrus Lupo: Take it in your hands and swear to us. Swear it on the good book, Patrick.
- Connie Rubirosa: Greentree County just issued an arrest warrant for Michelle for child abandonment. The DA just flew in to take her into custody.
- Michelle Landon: They're gonna take me back to Boyd Canyon?
- Connie Rubirosa: Only to Greentree County and they'd have to send you back here to testify against Landon.
- Michelle Landon: You don't understand. The police back home do whatever Wyatt says. If you hand me over, they're never going to let me go.
- Michelle Landon: [to Cutter and Rubriosa] I can't help you put Wyatt in jail. I need him. Maybe this is God's plan. I'm sorry I let you down.
- Michael Cutter: Let us down? What about the other young girls in True Path who'll be married off like you. You think...
- Connie Rubirosa: Mike. Don't.
- Michelle Landon: Maybe it won't be so bad. Maybe it is my place.
- Jack McCoy: [about Michelle refusing to testify against Wyatt Landon] Landon is the devil she knows.
- Michael Cutter: He'll annihilate her.
- Connie Rubirosa: She's doing this for her kids.
- Michael Cutter: We can't let her.
- Jack McCoy: Yes, we can. This may be the last decision she makes of her own free will and we'll honor it. We have Caleb Friendly's murderer. Dismiss the charges against Wyatt Landon and his co-defendants. It's over.
- Kevin Bernard: Now, Mr. Landon, I'd advise you not to leave Palmyra. The sheriff, he'll be keeping an eye on you.
- Wyatt Landon: Persecution and harassment are nothing new to me. Have a blessed day.