Season Eleven

Season Eleven Season Eleven

Endurance

Peck: "When you get to know me, you'll see I don't take it outside the courtroom."
Abbie: "I don't plan to get to know you."

"Once you get past her being pretty, I don't think she's got a lot else going for her."

Jack: "And the long version?"
Skoda: "For a murderess, she's very appealing."
Abbie: "And when she's released from prison, you can ask her out."

"Well, I don't think the penal code has been amended to include fatigue as a defense for murder."

Turnstile Justice

Suspect: "I�m.....Regis Philbin."
Lennie: "Is that your final answer?"
Abbie: "Ok, how about this? You let us fingerprint you and when the prints come back, they'll confirm that you're Regis Philbin."

Dissonance

"I'm pretty good at deciphering financial records."

"We're sure one of them killed her. We're just not sure which one."

Standoff

Nora: "The officers at Rikers are doing everything by the book."
Abbie: "Which means not handing over prisoners for arraignment or trial unless all the paperwork is done perfectly."

"And the victim makes Larson look like Mother Theresa."

Return

Burn, Baby, Burn

Amends

Jack: "You're not his lawyer, Mr. Sarno."
Sarno Sr.: "That's right, I'm his father!"
Abbie: "He's 39 years old."

Thin Ice

Nora: "Sports rage? 'Evidence of a mental disease will e offered to show that at the time of the offense, the defendant lacked the capacity to appreciate the consequences of his conduct."
Abbie: "Basically, he's saying he was angry."

"I don't know what's worse-- this or the Twinkie defense."

Hubris

Jack: "Make sure Briscoe and Green have a warrant in hand this time."
Abbie: "And no toothpicks."

"There is more flirting going on in there than at spring break on Padre Island."

Gibbons: "He did it, didn't he?"
Abbie: "Yeah, he did."

Whose Monkey is it Anyway? (a.k.a Curious George)

"Based on the number of jurors ordering hamburgers for lunch, I'd say we have more than a sporting chance."

Maxine: "George actually knows his own mind pretty well."
Abbie: "Does he?"

Sunday in the Park with Jorge

Seth: "I was also afraid that you'd think that I'd killed her and I was making the whole thing up."
Abbie: "Good call."

Defense Attorney: "How much time do you think he deserves?"
Abbie: "Well, we're charging him with man two. That ought to give you some idea."

"We started off with a white guy, put a Brazilian behind bars for what happened at a Puerto Rican Day parade."

Teenage Wasteland

"Let the games begin."

Sims: "It wasn�t supposed to be like that."
Abbie: "You mean, like murder?"
Sims: "We just went into the city to have a good time."
Abbie: "Killing a man's a strange way of having a good time."

"I'm sure shaving is a legitimate male rite of passage, but it certainly shouldn't be the standard to decide a capital case."

Nora: "What should be the standard to take the life of a teenager?"
Abbie: "Where I come from, it's when what a person's done is so vicious, so cruel, he forfeits the right to get any older."

Phobia

A Losing Season

Swept Away: A Very Special Episode

Nora: "Fifth call from Hollywood. Everyone's very concerned about the First Amendment."
Abbie: "More like their fall season."

Bronx Cheer

Partell: "Why would I want to make a deal when he says I can't lose?"
Abbie: "Is he going to take the time for you?"

Ego

"No man is worth 25 years in prison."

"Killing someone's a pretty sick way of saying 'I love you.'"

White Lie

Lawyer: "It was a cry for help."
Abbie: "Well, it's too bad nobody heard it."

Whiplash

"I guess they were cured as soon as their coverage ran out."

Petrie: "I'd imagine chiropractic problems are common in the moving business."
Abbie: "And so are car accidents?"

"This is Chad Patel's car. That will be our first exhibit to the jury. That doesn't look like a minor fender-bender to me."

"Petrie's painted himself as a cross between Robin Hood and Cesar Chavez."

"Gives new meaning to the term jailhouse lawyers."

All My Children

"I love litigating in the dark."

Jack: "His lawyer told Jessie Lucas she'd be committing a felony if she persisted in her demands."
Abbie: "Just what a girl wants to hear from her father."

"Nothing like pouring gas on a fire."

"Being a bastard isn't a defense to blackmail."

Brother's Keeper

School employee: "It sure showed something to the rest of the kids."
Abbie: "That they were thieves?"

"So he gets a free ride on murder? That's your idea of an acceptable arrangement?

"It's Judge Constatine. She allows bail for everything under murder two."

School Daze

"We can't just send him to bed without dinner."

"There's no middle ground here."

Mrs. Semple: "You think you can look at your child and know he's capable of doing this?"
Abbie: "I think it depends how hard you're looking, Mrs. Semple."

"What about the rights of kids not to be shot at when they go to school?"

"Gentlemen, if we could just lower the level of testosterone...a little bit."

Ross: "Someone better remind her of her ethical obligations as a prosecutor."
Carmichael: "You mean the one that says I should put someone on trial who I think is guilty?"
Ross: "No, the one that says you need evidence to do it."
Carmichael: "I just told your our evidence."

"We all went to high school. We all had problems. None of us picked up a gun and killed someone."

Nora: "With what's waiting for him, it might have been kinder to give him the needle."
Abbie: "Either works for me."

Judge Dread

"His only way out was the ultimate in judge shopping."

"It's a tough question. Does the man make Rikers or does Rikers make the man?"

Deep Vote

"As long as I get the byline when the story breaks."

"Bipartisanship at its best."

"It's over, Jack."

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