Law & Order

Adam Schiff: "Pity the poor child." It's a good defense. (pause) And it works.

Arraignment Judge: How does the defendant plead? Sean McKinnon: Not guilty, sir. Arraignment Judge: How nice. Nobody calls me sir anymore.

Claire Kincaid: Parents beating their kids isn't all that unusual, but the other way around? How often does that happen? Lennie Briscoe: So this guy's the exception.

Mike Logan: (about the McKinnon family) They say somebody broke in, we say maybe nobody broke in. You see the problem?

Maureen McKinnon: They don't need me at home. Lennie Briscoe: Your dad was just killed last night.

(After detailing Frank McKinnon's suspicious injuries.) Dr. Grace Henderson: If that man fell off a ladder, then I got hit by a truck and stubbed my toe.