Season One
Season One

Prescription for Death

"Did he walk on water?"

Dr. Auster: "When you practice medicine, Mr. Stone, sometimes the patient dies."
Stone: "And when you're a lawyer, Dr. Auster, some of the people you prosecute are convicted." QBS

Subterranean Homeboy Blues

"She walks, New York is Dodge City."

Shambala Green: "What have you got on your side?"
Ben: "Not very much, I agree--just the New York penal law." QBS

"Cops try to catch them and I try to cook them."

"Do you have any other personal views on this subject you'd like to air before we walk into court and Ms. Sham-ba-la Green hands us our asses on a platter?" QBS

"I don't believe this. The entire New York City police department has lost its mind!"

"It feels like all we did was make two wrongs seems like a right."

"This is not a question of win or lose; this is a question of justice."

The Reaper's Helper

[Scene: A day or two after Ben has taken a punch in the face from a gay activist.]
Max: "How's the jaw?"
Ben: "It only hurts when I prosecute, so keep me out of court until the swelling goes down." QBS

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

"Maybe they decide just because you're handsome doesn't mean you get away with murder."

"He changed identities like he changed underwear."

Robinette: "Well at least we gave [the victim�s parents] justice."
Stone: "Yeah, but justice doesn't give you grandchildren." QBS

Happily Ever After

"True love--they'd sell each other out for a nickel."

"She's either evil or she's two years old--she wants what she wants when she wants it."

Everybody's Favorite Bagman

"I'm sure it was an Oscar performance."

"I'm not certain, I'm positive!" QBS

By Hooker, By Crook

"I don't care if he's the Sultan of Swat."

Poison Ivy

"Truth will set you free. It won't always make you happy."

Indifference

"Put them both in a dungeon, put them on a wheel and annihilate them." QBS

Adam: "What bothers you the most about this case?"
Ben: "My own rage." QBS

Prisoner of Love

"She wants to dominate me. I'm going to give her the chance." QBS

Woman: "It's a hope chest."
Ben (pulling S&M stuff from trunk): "What were you hoping for?" QBS

Out of the Half-Light

"You want to do your Martin Luther King impression, be my guest."

"I don't care if Astrea's black, white, yellow, or polka-dotted."

Life Choice

"If you're going to stick your finger in my eye, clean your own nails first."

"That will get you in the papers but it won't help your client."
Stone: "What are they? Mary Poppins? Mother Theresa?"

"Throwing a bomb is a little nonverbal to qualify as speech, sir."

"Put your emotions in your briefcase."

When the defendant is testifying and trying to justify her actions by saying it was right in the eyes of God, Ben objects: "This case is being judged on the temporal plane, your honor!" QBS

"If you consider abortion murder, no matter how you felt about Mary Donovan, aren't you guilty of the murder of her unborn child?" QBS

"I'm having trouble convicting Celeste McClure of bad gardening!" QBS

A Death in the Family

"You pass the spelling test."

"And I'd like to spend an hour in a Jacuzzi with Cybill Shepherd." QBS

The Violence of Summer

"You plan to out-prosecute me?"

"All sizzle and no steak."

Greevey: "You're the one who dismissed the case; you got any ideas?"
Stone: "*No* I don't have any ideas! That's why I'm here!!" QBS

The Torrents of Greed (1)

The Torrents of Greed (2)

"Justice is blind, Detective. Nobody said it was fair."

"It all plays like opera, except they kill the singers." QBS

"I wasn't aware that tenacity in pursuit of a criminal was considered a character flaw."

Mushrooms

"This Chamber of Commerce routine is getting on my nerves."

The Secret Sharers

"We always care when we have a criminal conspiracy."

"The commandment says 'Thou shalt not kill,' not 'Thou shalt not kill nice people!'" QBS

Shambala: "I'm going for temporary insanity."
Ben: "Yours or your client's?" QBS

The Serpent's Tooth

"I'll draw 'em a Monopoly board!"

"I'd like to turn this one till he's dizzy."

"Next time, get yourself a better lawyer, sir."

Robinette: "This makes up for arresting them."
Stone: "I wish it could make up for being orphans."

The Troubles

"That's as subtle as a Mickey Finn."

"Or as God as my witness, I'll subpoena you!"

Sonata for a Solo Organ

"Miss Woodleigh, do you think your father would have acted any differently if you'd needed a heart instead of a kidney?" QBS

Defense Attorney: "Stone, what do you want?"
Ben (after thoughtful pause): "Peace on earth, the Mets in the series and Dr. Rebberty in Dannemora." QBS

"And he's able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. So what?"

The Blue Wall

"If I were conducting an orchestra, I'd say the violins were missing."

"The last time conspiracy was easy to prove was the Jews and the Romans". QBS

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