Law & Order (TV Series)
Pro Se (1996)
Jerry Orbach: Detective Lennie Briscoe
Quotes
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James Smith : I am a captain in Jabin's army!
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Really? I was a corporal in Uncle Sam's.
James Smith : I fought at the Kishon River.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Oh, you did? So, when you killed Linda Bowers and those other people, you were following orders, right?
James Smith : The chattering people across the street. They're with the CIA too, aren't they?
Detective Lennie Briscoe : This isn't the CIA, Jim, this is the 27th precinct of the New York City Police Department. You understand that?
James Smith : [laughing] It's a hell of a system. It's a hell of a system. They drive touch-tone dialing to work and they're still hungry.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Right.
[pause]
Detective Lennie Briscoe : I give up.
[exits interrogation room: to Van Buren and Kincaid]
Detective Lennie Briscoe : I think I need whatever he's supposed to be taking.
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Detective Gia : The prints matched up with a James Stephen Smith.
[hands file to Van Buren]
Lt. Anita Van Buren : Great, thank you.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Besides battling the forces of evil, what other trouble's he been in?
Lt. Anita Van Buren : [reading his file] Only one arrest, for stalking a woman 16 months ago. He pleaded out on harassment two, six months' probation and a 500 dollar fine.
Detective Rey Curtis : [sarcastically] I guess if he'd killed her, it would have been 1000 dollars.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : What idiot in the D.A.'s let him off?
Lt. Anita Van Buren : [to Kincaid] Say hello, Counselor.
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School Principal : [sarcastically] A tall black teenager. It figures - he's a criminal and he plays basketball!
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Well, we'll check out your chess team next!