Law & Order (TV Series)

Causa Mortis (1996)

Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy

Quotes 

• [about ADA Claire Kincaid's death] 

  Jack McCoy : You know, before it happened... she wanted to quit. I talked her out of it.

  Det. Lennie Briscoe : Yeah, well... I could have kept walking past that bar.

• D.A. Adam Schiff : You're taking the Salva case.

  Jack McCoy : Salva will plead out. An answering machine can handle it.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : Nothing on the front page of The Post is that easy. You'll need a second chair.

  Jack McCoy : I'm doing fine on my own.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : You're not getting paid all that money to look up cases in the library.

  Jack McCoy : If I need somebody, I can borrow Crocker for the afternoon.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : Crocker... What do you know about Jamie Ross?

  Jack McCoy : Not much. She used to work at Gorton and Steinhart.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : She was married to Neal Gorton. She asked to stay on the case.

  Jack McCoy : She's been in the office for less than six months.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : She's had five years as a criminal defense attorney. Eight homicide trials, seven acquittals

  Jack McCoy : ...and a kid in day care. I need somebody who can put in the late hours.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : ...to watch the answering machine? I like her. So will you.