- Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy: Why did you have Purcell take the body to New York? Why not just leave it in Baltimore?
- Walter Boyce: When you've got someone working for the White House telling you they want some bitch to be itched, the drama's going to be thick. I got business interests in Baltimore; you know that. I figured I drop the body somewhere else. Besides, Chesley wanted to see some show on Broadway. Uh, some musical thing with a lion. Part of the contract was that I got a hold of some seats for her.
- Det. John Munch: You paid a hitter with tickets to "The Lion King"?
- Walter Boyce: Third row, orchestra.
- Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe: [referring to Ned Burks] I specifically asked the shift commander to put him on suicide watch. Unfortunately, at Rikers Island that seems to mean they stand around and watch you commit suicide.
- Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe: Get ready for a federal subpoena.
- Det. Rene Sheppard: What are you talking about?
- Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe: Well, they laid one on us in New York this morning. They took every bit of evidence we had on this case. I figure you folks are next.
- Det. John Munch: You drove 200 miles south to tell us that? Good job, Paul Revere.
- Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe: I'm on my way to Washington anyway. You got a cup of coffee?
- Det. Rene Sheppard: What's going on there?
- Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe: The Independent Counsel shanghaied Chesley Purcell's shooter. When they found out he had nothing to say about any of the President's men, they got bored with him. They're returning him to our custody, and McCoy wants me to transport him back to Rikers, put him on suicide watch.
- Det. John Munch: You're telling me that Ned Burks killed Chesley Purcell over a lesbian's love lost? Yeah, and Jack Ruby was a grieving patriot.
- Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe: A ***cancer-ridden***, grieving patriot.
- Det. John Munch: Lennie, you precious rube! Amazing how all those years on the mean streets of New York have had so little effect on your sweet, childlike brain.
- Det. Rene Sheppard: We say all we want is the truth but we don't want the truth because the truth is nothing but a mess.
- Independent Counsel William Dell: [speaking to reporters live on TV] The motive for this contract murder appears to be an attempt by high-ranking members of this Administration to silence a witness who was prepared to testify about sexual impropriety at the office of the White House Chief of Staff.
- Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy: [switches off TV] 40 million dollars worth of misinformation.
- ASA Ed Danvers: And we helped him dig up the dirt.
- Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy: [to the Independent Counsel] What kind of railroad are you running, Mr Dell?
- Tim Bayliss: Welcome back, Lennie!
- Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe: Bayliss, right?
- Tim Bayliss: Yeah.
- [they shake hands]
- Tim Bayliss: So, as a rule, you can only cross the Mason-Dixon line if you bring a really screwed-up case with you?
- Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe: Hey; if it doesn't make sense, it belongs in Baltimore - right?
- Carla Bernardi: This William Dell - he's in our closets, he's in our bedrooms! This started as an investigation into the President's business affairs, policy matters. This thing has become its own sick argument.
- Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy: You son of a bitch! You offered Dawkins immunity to get whatever you can on the Administration.
- ASA Ed Danvers: But you refused immunity to Walter Boyce, who's already doing life in prison, just so you can torpedo our case.
- Independent Counsel William Dell: There are larger issues at stake. This is more than a murder here.
- ASA Ed Danvers: [scoffs] More than a murder?
- Independent Counsel William Dell: Corruption at the highest level.
- Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy: What proof do you have? Dawkins has no corroboration. All you've got is innuendo and allegation!
- ASA Ed Danvers: That's all he needs. He set it up so that is case will never get to court! You don't want a jury trial - a chance to determine who's guilty and who's not.
- Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe: [to agent of the Independent Counsel's office] You guys couldn't track a bleeding elephant through the snow!