Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Ghost (2005)

Dann Florek: Captain Donald 'Don' Cragen

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• D.E.A. Agent Jack Hammond : [barges into Cragen's office]  What the hell are you people doing?

  Captain Donald Cragen : Agent Hammond. Most people knock first.

  D.E.A. Agent Jack Hammond : You should have called me before your detectives arrested Liam Connors for the murder of Alex Cabot.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Connors blew up one of your agents. I didn't expect flowers, but I thought you'd be pleased.

  D.E.A. Agent Jack Hammond : If Connors goes to trial and I'm called to testify, what am I supposed to do?

  Captain Donald Cragen : Do your job.

  D.E.A. Agent Jack Hammond : [angrily]  That's exactly what I'm gonna do. I just came to tell you that you're on your own. I'm not gonna ruin my career by committing perjury. Do we understand each other, Captain?

  Captain Donald Cragen : [realizes, stunned]  She's alive. You son of a bitch, you stashed Alex in Witness Protection.

  D.E.A. Agent Jack Hammond : [equally surprised]  You didn't know.

• Alex Cabot : I would like nothing more than for Liam Connors to pay for what he did to me. But it goes against every principle I had as a lawyer to try a man for a crime he didn't commit.

  Captain Donald Cragen : You understand, I didn't have a choice.

  Alex Cabot : I know you can't commit perjury. You're going to have to tell the court I'm still alive.

  Captain Donald Cragen : I'm only sorry that the bastard won't have to answer for what he did to you.

  Alex Cabot : Oh, he will. I want him charged with my attempted murder.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Now, you'd have to go back to testify. That's stepping right into their crosshairs

  Alex Cabot : For years, I convinced victims to face their attackers. Now, it's time for *me* to step up.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Your testimony won't help the case. You can't ID Connors as your shooter

  Alex Cabot : If I don't go back, the defense will issue a missing witness charge, and then you will lose your case.

  D.E.A. Agent Jack Hammond : No, we've still got Connors on four counts of murder.

  Alex Cabot : Because an eight year old boy has the guts to testify. After being shot twice.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Alex. If you go back, they will try and kill you again.

  Alex Cabot : I have lost my home, my job, my friends... My mother died and I couldn't go to the funeral. Liam Connors isn't going to take my conscience too.