Law & Order

Tabloid

Season 8, Episode 23, Aired May 13, 1998

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- Warren Abbott (explaining why he bought a gun): I was litigating a case against Local 904. I was advised to get some personal protection. Lennie Briscoe: Advised? By who? Warren Abbott: Local 904.
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- Jamie Ross (about Phil Marco): So what if he calls himself a journalist, he didn't have a First Amendment right to chase her into traffic.
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- Adam Schiff: Reporters and stalkers, the line gets blurred.
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- (Discussing Maggie Abbott) Rey Curtis: She was just appointed to the appellate court. Lennie Briscoe: Looks like she ran out of appeals.
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- Actor Alec Baldwin, who co-wrote this episode, based it in part on his own experiences with tabloid journalism.
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- Anita van Buren: A guy like that, a place that public, you really think he'd take the chance? Lennie Briscoe: It's more private than the Oval Office. A quick reference to the sex scandal involving Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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- This episode appears ripped from the headlines of the deaths of Diana Spencer and Dodi Fayed in 1997.
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