Law & Order (TV Series)

Embedded (2003)

Jerry Orbach: Detective Lennie Briscoe

Quotes 

• Ed Green : Looks like Denise Meacham cares for Elliott just about as much as you do.

  Lennie Briscoe : Well, he did put her husband in harm's way.

  Ed Green : Please.

  Lennie Briscoe : What?

  Ed Green : As if the dude living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue ain't had nothin' to do with it? Same dude who lied to us?

  Lennie Briscoe : And you know he lied because...?

  Ed Green : I don't see any weapons of mass destruction. Do you?

  Lennie Briscoe : Hey, they were there, and you know how I know? 'Cause the daddy of the guy at 1600 sold them to a certain son of a bitch who used to live in Baghdad. That's how I know.

• Lennie Briscoe : [arriving at a crime scene in a cab]  Always a nickel short and a dime late.

  Ed Green : What the hell does that mean?

  Lennie Briscoe : What do you want from me? It's two o'clock in the morning.

• Lennie Briscoe : Okay, a shooter nobody saw, a bullet everybody uses, and a guy half the world wants dead.

  Ed Green : The EMT says he's probably gonna make it

  Lennie Briscoe : Yeah. Only the good die young.

• Ed Green : Let me ask you something, Colonel. Do you know of any soldiers getting tattoos that say "business is good"?

  Lt. Colonel Doug Denton : It's a slogan. Second half of one, anyway. Harcore members of the 81st put it on their left arm.

  Lennie Briscoe : Uh-huh. And, uh, what do they put on their right arm?

  Lt. Colonel Doug Denton : "Killing is our business".

  Ed Green : I can't wait 'till the press gets a hold of this.

• Lennie Briscoe : Hey, is that Frank Elliott?

  Ed Green : Mm-hmm. The one and only. Took one in the back.

  Lennie Briscoe : Aw, what a shame.

  Ed Green : Hey, man, pretend to be concerned, okay?

• Ed Green : Hey, Lennie, he comes out this club loaded, he makes it around the corner, somebody starts shooting.

  Lennie Briscoe : Anybody see the shooter?

  Ed Green : No. Looks like Elliott finally made it to a crime scene before we did.

• Dr. Binder : Afraid he won't be much help tonight.

  Ed Green : He's gonna make it, though, right?

  Dr. Binder : Bullet perforated his liver. He managed to seal it off, so as long as it doesn't go septic on us, we should have him stabilized relatively soon.

  Lennie Briscoe : We talking hours, days?

  Dr. Binder : Mm, best guess, twenty-four, forty-eight hours. He's gonna be in a lot of pain, though. I don't know how long it'll be before he feels strong enough to talk.

  Lennie Briscoe : Well, knowing Frank, it won't be that long.

  Ed Green : Okay, that's not funny anymore.