- Detective Lennie Briscoe: So all we have to do is find the invisible man, see if he has roof tar on his shoes.
- Medical Examiner: [after Andrea Blake is found murdered] Beaten and stabbed, broken neck.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: At least she can't say, "I told you so."
- Anita Van Buren: [to Briscoe after hearing about his testimony] Where the hell do you get off pulling a stunt like this?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: They were gonna dismiss the charges.
- Anita Van Buren: So you lied to a judge?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: I didn't lie.
- Anita Van Buren: I'm looking at the transcript, Lennie. You're an inch away from perjury!
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: More like a foot, foot and a half.
- Anita Van Buren: [slams the transcript on her desk] I am not laughing. How dare you go behind my back on something like this.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: We owe this girl something. We called her a liar and we sent her straight into Lowry's arms. Well, I don't think she lied, and that's what I said.
- Rey Curtis: And thanks to you, Lowry's gonna walk.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: What the hell's that supposed to mean? I stopped him from walking.
- Rey Curtis: What, for a couple of minutes? His lawyer just subpoenaed me to testify at the trial. For the defense!
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Fine! So back me up.
- Anita Van Buren: One of my detectives lying under oath is more than enough! Thank you! That's it!
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Anybody with you tonight?
- Robertson: Only the shrew I'm married to, now if I were going to throw *anybody* down the stairs...
- Mrs. Blake: I hope he stays in prison for a long time.
- Jack McCoy: We'll be asking for life without parole. Perhaps that's not much comfort.
- Mrs. Blake: It helps.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: So I ask him, "Was it the same old problem?". He said, "Yeah." He wanted to have sex twice a day. She wanted to have it twice a year.
- Detective Tony Profaci: So what did you do?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: I wrote them a summons that said, "You must have sex once a week and only once a week."
- Rey Curtis: And they bought it?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Yeah. I'm the police.
- Jamie Ross: I ordered a desk for Katie from Homebody last year. I gave my name, address, phone and credit card numbers to a convict?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: [to McCoy] I hear some judge threw out the tape.
- Jack McCoy: We're waiting for the other shoe to drop.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Which is?
- Jamie Ross: Motion to dismiss which we're going to lose.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: The tape's out 'cause she lied about the first attack?
- Jack McCoy: Yes.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: I don't think she lied. I think the guy pushed her down the stairs.
- Jamie Ross: Did it occur to you to mention this sooner?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: I didn't know there was going to be a problem.
- Jamie Ross: Do you have anything besides an opinion based on hindsight?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Twenty-eight years experience.
- Jack McCoy: [to Briscoe] Why did you change your mind?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: You saw the crime scene photos and you have to ask me that? We made a mistake and she paid for it.
- Jack McCoy: Do you understand the implications?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Yeah. The defense has a police report that says the opposite of what I'm saying.
- Jack McCoy: Manetti will tear you to shreds on the stand. I can't stop it.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: I can make the case.
- Jack McCoy: Under oath?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: You set it up. I'll be there.
- [leaves the room]
- Jack McCoy: We're indicting Lowry for attempted murder.
- Jamie Ross: For the incident on the stairs?
- Jack McCoy: I'm not sending Briscoe to the lions without backup.
- Jamie Ross: What about the police report?
- Jack McCoy: You heard the man. The police made a mistake.
- Judge Quinn: [to Mr. Manetti] You're accusing a police detective of lying under oath and two Assistant D.A.s of suborning perjury. Do you have anything to back up your charges?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Yeah. His opinion.
- Judge Quinn: All right, that'll do, Detective Briscoe. Move on, Mr. Manetti.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: How many recordings of "Don Giovanni" do you have?
- Russell Lowery: All but two of them.