Stone and Robinette prosecute a surgeon and the wealthy father of a transplant patient for illegally obtaining a kidney.
Captain Cragen:(in disbelief) Her garbage has constitutional rights? Mike Logan: It was out on the streets, it's either the city's or it's hers. Paul Robinette: It is called curtilage. I'm not saying its inadmissible , but there is always a chance. Max Greevey: God bless America.
(Testifying in court about his kidney being taken.) Drew McDaniel: People talk about feeling violated when some punk breaks into their apartment and steals a TV set. I felt raped.
O.T.N. Executive: The public must understand that the Organ Transplant Network is the one true democracy. One of the few instances where money doesn't talk. At all.
Joanna Woodleigh: If you prosecute him, he'll die. I know he will. And for what? Mr. MacDaniel is going to be a very wealthy man. Ben Stone: With only one kidney. Joanna Woodleigh: Just like I have, Mr. Stone. The hope is we'll both live long and happy lives. Ben Stone: Please believe me, I'm glad you're healthy again. I know how close to death you were. But, Ms. Woodleigh, do you really think your father would have acted any differently, if you had needed a heart instead of a kidney?
Max Greevey: It's easier to bust out of Attica than to leave a hospital without paying.
Mike Logan: Whoa! Talk about getting your pocket picked!
Don Cragen: Grand theft kidney. Terrific.
Reberty's Attorney: What's it going to take to make you happy, Stone? Ben Stone: The Mets in the Series, peace on Earth, and Dr. Reberty in Dannemora.
The Law & Order: UK episode Sacrifice is based on this episode.
International Episode Titles: Germany: Geschäft mit dem Leben (Trade With The Life) Czech Republic: Jen jedna ledvina (Just One Kidney)
ER Resident: I saw Sweeney Todd three times. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim with a gruesome storyline. In 2007, it was made into a movie starring Johnny Depp.
This episode is based on the urban legend where a person wakes up in a bathtub full of ice with a fresh incision and a note that someone has taken one of their kidneys.
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