Anita Van Buren's father served in the Korean War and was seriously wounded.
Ed Green: (looking through the suspects' hotel room) Ew, must be into water conservation, they didn't bother to flush.
Vet: First human I work on and he dies. Ed Green: At least you tried.
Ed Green: (after the vet explains how a man died) I thought you said you never worked on humans. Vet: I have x-ray hands, it comes from years of working with patients who can't tell you what's wrong with them.
Arthur Branch: I wouldn't worry too much about jail. You'll have the best legal representation at your contempt hearing. Jack McCoy: You? Arthur Branch: And at a reasonable fee.
Arthur Branch: I just got off the phone with the U.S. Attorney's office. They're seeking contempt charges against you. Talking about jail time. Connie Rubirosa: I'm gonna go bake you a cake. Put a hacksaw in it. Jack McCoy: Make it chocolate.
Jack McCoy: When we send our soldiers, no, strike that. When we send our children to fight in a war of choice don't we have the moral obligation, the patriotic duty, to care for those who come home alive, whatever the cost?
Jack McCoy: Before Cole was a murderer, he was a wounded soldier, who received sub-standard care.
Connie Rubirosa: Defendants have no ties to the community, no fixed addres– Arraignment Judge: They do now. Remand across the board.
Ed Green (about David): Iraq veteran. From Tikrit to our street. Nena Cassady: Some homecoming.
René Balcer rejoins Law & Order as an Executive Producer with this episode. He originally left to develop and run Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Special billing was given to Matthew Del Negro (and) in this episode.
This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the scandal resulting from the substandard conditions at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington.
Mr. Fetzer (about the tape of the beating): Ms. Rubirosa hyped it as the second coming of the Zapruder film. He's referring to the film Abraham Zapruder made of the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The film figured prominently in Oliver Stone's movie JFK.
S 20 : Ep 23
Aired 5/24/10 (44:00)
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Aired 5/17/10 (44:00)
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Aired 5/17/10 (44:00)
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Aired 5/10/10 (43:00)
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