Law & Order (TV Series)
Atonement (1996)
Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy
Quotes
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D.A. Adam Schiff : If you'll pardon my ignorance, isn't your theory getting to be like theirs? They say he was an outraged boyfriend, you say he was an outraged would-be boyfriend.
Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : There's a world of difference between a jealous lover and some horny bastard who's mad he can't get to first base.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Eloquent. Can't wait for your closing argument.
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D.A. Adam Schiff : [last lines] This kid falls in love with a girl he has no chance in the world to get.
Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : And in a stupid, hopeless attempt to impress her, he shows her a million dollars worth of cocaine.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Yeah, I guess etchings don't work anymore.
A.D.A. Claire Kincaid : And as a result he ends up having to kill her.
D.A. Adam Schiff : A story for Sophocles.
Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : Or Larry, Moe and Curley.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Yeah. I always loved those guys.
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Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : She told you someone showed her a trunk full of cocaine.
Frederick Scannel : Did she?
Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : Yes, and I think it was your cocaine.
Frederick Scannel : And that's not very likely. I don't have any cocaine.
Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : And you didn't like hearing that from some dizzy bimbo at a party.
Nance : Do you have a theory here, McCoy, or are you just spraying Cheez Whiz into the wind?
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Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : [discussing Johnny Stivers' claim that Sharon Lasko was in love with him] Men have a way of deluding themselves.
A.D.A. Claire Kincaid : I hope you're not speaking from personal experience.
Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : [suggestively] Not recent, I hope!