Season Twelve
Season Twelve

Who Let the Dogs Out?

"Hey, you're Animal Control. Control it!"

"Dogs don't kill people, people kill people."

"Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'doggie bags'."

"You're howling at the moon, Counselor."

Armed Forces

Personal hygiene's the least of his problems."

"I didn't know mayors from New Jersey had diplomatic immunity."

Green: "You know, I hate to admit it, but she's right."
Briscoe: "Yeah, she does that every now and then."

For Love or Money

"Like I always say, parking in this city'll kill you."

"All I smell is beer and its byproducts."

"It's the Sopranos. Makes 'em think they can get away with anything."

"Killing off the competition. Good business plan."

"The dialysis defense. That's a new one."

Green: "He's in the clear for both murders."
Briscoe: "Perfectly good suspect. I hate when that happens."

"I knew these fake parking stubs would come in handy someday."

"Careful! Don't want to hurt that hat!"

Soldier of Fortune

"And they say diamonds are forever."

(holding knife) "It's a jungle out there, huh?"

Possession

"My grandmother had an apartment like this, only it was on Delancy, not Madison."

"The super's straight out of the Addams family and the lady who owns the place has a very pronounced pole up her ass."

Mrs. Ramos: "Miss Virginia is very, very kind. In this house, she is a saint."
Lennie: "Well, now it's official because somebody killed her."

"I'm not even going to ask what pinking is."

"Pinking shears -- and I don't think that's chocolate."

Formerly Famous

Ed: "Could be a robbery gone bad."
Lennie: "Or a marriage."

Ed: "I remember watching Vega's Christmas specials when I was a kid. What happened to him?"
Lennie: "He took up with a guy named Jack Daniels."

Ed: "It's a sucker's play."
Lennie: "What, killing your wife?"
Ed: "No, spreading your bet. You place a bet straight on the nose, you don't go back to cover your bases."
Lennie: "What about to cover your ass?"

Anita: "Maybe he thought a nine millimeter divorce would be cheaper."
Lennie: "Not to mention less bloody."

Ed: "Maybe I ought to get myself a manager."
Lennie: "Singing at a karaoke bar doesn't count."

"Thanks for the law lesson."

Lennie (reading a letter): "I enjoy clubbing, horseback riding, and phone sex."
Ed: "Sounds like your type, Lennie."
Lennie: "I don't club."

Cahill: "They're the next N*Sync."
Lennie: "Well, we're a little out of sync right now."

Myth of Fingerprints

Van Buren: "Girlfriends are always the last to know."
Lennie: "Girlfriends and probation officers."

"One more dead crack dealer. Practically a public service."

The Fire This Time

"Why spring for premium when regular'll do?"

"I guess I'm getting lazy in my old age."

"They wanted to raise carrots. He wanted to raise money."

"Safe sex...very responsible."

(to Ed): "You're so good at guessing, Dionne Warrick."

"You think Manhattan's a wasteland? Wait till you see Riker's Island!"

"Hey, trail mix!"

"A, he told us he was at work all day, B, our Mr. GreenJeans doesn't even own a car."

3 Dawg Night

"So how many of the A-list clients have A-list records?"

"Even I've heard of G-Trane."

"Nice to know the hip hop business is recession proof."

"You're parked in a no-standing zone."

G Trane: "I'm a suspect?"
Lennie: "Let's just say you're on our guest list."

Prejudice

Ed: "He's on the other side of the camera now."
Lennie: "He's on the other side, period."

Woman: "Mr. Reddick didn't really look forward to meetings with other lawyers."
Lennie: "I know the feeling."

"Guy sells Chippendale but he objects to porn."

Larson: "Can I at least change?"
Lennie: "Oh, don't worry. The kind of pictures we take are only from the neck up."

"'Hook up'? What, are these guys trying to get laid or tow her car?"

Burrows: "I don't have a gun."
Lennie: "Oh no? What do you do--throw the bullets?"

The Collar

Police officer (talking about a priest that had been shot): "Shot in the line of duty."
Lennie: "And no hazard pay."

Green: "This would put the shooter in the sinner's seat."
Briscoe: "Wonder how many Hail Mary's that rates?"

Ed: "Don Bosco newsletter."
Boswell: "We get it every month, so what?"
Ed: "Yeah, well, on the front page, it has the schedule of Confession. It has the priest's name, the day, and the time he's going to be there."
Lennie: "Oh, sort of like a 'how-to' for somebody who might want to kill him."

"We don't like it when people run, Angel. Kind of gets things off on the wrong foot."

Undercovered

"Guy goes out for a stroll and ends up at his own wake."

Reggie: "My age, my memory sometimes fails me."
Lennie: "Your rap sheet says you're 42!"

"I'm thinking another woman. I mean, it's the only thing worth lying to your wife about."

DR 1-102

"Keep working on your alibi. And in the future, no means no."

Kid: "There's an after-hours clubs down there."
Lennie: "After what hours? It's 10 o'clock in the morning!"

"I love it when they don't have an alibi."

Missing (a.k.a. Interned)

"I don't blame her. Isn't moving one of the seven major traumas? Death, divorce, colonoscopy..."

Hamilton: "We've been hemorrhaging jobs and money to Atlantic City and Connecticut."
Lennie: "My partner's done a little bleeding in both places."

"My idea of fusion is hamburger meets French fries."

Access Nation

"'If you know the name of the person you'd like to ID, press one.'"

"She makes Legal Aid feel like a day at the beach."

(To a suspect): "On behalf of the New York City Police Department, it's a pleasure to have you back with us."

"Reason number 37 for me not to open my email."

"How 'bout we just post your arrest on the internet instead?"

Born Again

Man: "These are good kids."
Lennie: "So were Leopold and Loeb."

"Any mother too good to be true usually is -- except mine."

Girl Most Likely

Lennie: "We need to talk to you."
Student: "About what?"
Lennie: "Oh, putting mayo on corned beef, for openers."

Student: "I'm going to file a complaint!"
Lennie: "Ahh, stick it on your message board, Lurch."

"You know, the next time you're in a laundry room, you might want to try doing some laundry."

Equal Rights

"I hate these repeat offenders."

"It's always a plus when your vices pay off."

"I'd kill one of my ex-brother-in-laws for free."

Slaughter

(Lennie and Ed get a victim's address that is in Massachusetts): Ed: "That must be the parents."
Lennie: "Or it's a hell of a commute."

"Pretty talkative for a dead guy."

"Consider yourself benched."

"Just once I'd like to make one of you bastards break the news to the parents."

Jimmy: "Blood on it. I didn't want to touch that. God diseases."
Lennie: "This from a guy who keeps his stuff in a dumpster."

"Get ready to open a vein, Jimmy, if you've got any left."

(Looking at pictures): "It's enough to make me want to take up tofu."

"What's the matter? You look like you're about to have a cow."

"You want fries with that?"

Dazzled

[A woman has fallen (jumped? pushed?) from the roof; when Ed notes the nice digs, including the marijuana buds on the patio,]
"No wonder the neighbors keep dropping in."

Ed: "That's the problem with you AA types. You see an alcoholic behind every bush."
Lennie; "Which is where they are."

"If anybody was going to bring out the mean in him, it'd be the ex."

Anita: "Stepmom's out doing her thing, dad's out drinking, kids are left home."
Lennie: "Welcome to the new American family."

"Home Alone's a movie, not an alibi."

"I'd swear too, if my DNA was under a dead woman's fingernails."

"A little dazz'll do ya, huh, Doc?"

Foul Play

Lennie: "You were going to take him to the cleaners."
Divorce attorney: "Sounds like you've been around the bock, Detective."
Lennie: "A much smaller neighborhood."

"Information is currency -- and in Drucker's business, it usually takes some to get it."

Father: "Half the kids on Leahy's team, they don't even speak English."
Lennie: "As opposed to the majors."

Leahy: "Warrant? For what?"
Lennie; "It's not for stealing home."

Attorney Client

Ed: "When are people going to learn to just give up the car? It's not worth a life."
Lennie: "Spoken like somebody who never owned a Jag."

"It's a side benefit for gang-bangers -- no reportable income and free counsel."

"He probably stumbled on the first step."

Leon: "I demand to see a lawyer."
Lennie: "All right. Just try not to shoot this one."

(after hearing an especially bad alibi): "Leon, that was five minutes of my life I'll never get back."

"You know, we'd ask you if you wanted a lawyer, but you are one."

"'One hour nap special.' Sounds like one of my honeymoons.,"

Ed: "This guy thinks he's Spiderman."
Lennie: "Yeah, only without the superpowers."

Jensen: "I'm on a call right now!"
Lennie; "Don't worry about it. If your client's in jail, you'll see him in person in about an hour."

Oxymoron

"Almost makes me nostalgic for an old-fashioned numbers racket."

"You know, your old man would have at least had a card game going."

Patriot

Ed: "I guess we're all a little jumpy since 9-11."
Lennie: "Everybody except Mr. Haden."

"This guy wasn't just flying below the radar. He was off the screen."

"I think I'll stick with [keeping my money under] my mattress."

"Nothing virtual about that reality."

"Hey, take a look, partner. There's supposed to be two towers standing over there."

"If we'd been a little more alert the first time, maybe there wouldn't have been a first time."

"I love it when they make it easy like that."

"Join the FBI, learn the pass the buck."

"'Search' doesn't always mean 'destroy'."

"Good morning, Yemen."

Miller: "I didn't murder anyone."
Lennie: "Oh yeah? There's someone down at the M.E.'s office doing a pretty good impression of a dead guy."

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