- Det. Mike Logan: What the hell is this? You expect me to sit on my ass while my partner's killer walks around free?
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: Either way, that is exactly what is going to happen. Because if the first confession is coerced, then so is the second, and the third, no matter how many times you Mirandize the suspect.
- Capt. Donald Cragen: Coercion is a judgment call, Stone. My guy never laid a glove on the son of a bitch.
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: That doesn't matter. If he coerced the first confession, it is still "fruit of the poisonous tree."
- Det. Mike Logan: What "fruit!" What's it some stupid technicality?
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: [to Cragen] Perhaps you can explain the concept to your men, so they don't let another cop killer walk.
- [starts to leave, then pauses and turns back]
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: I doubt if Max Greevey would've considered it a "technicality."
- Det. Mike Logan: I need to find a way to forgive myself.
- Dr. Elizabeth Olivet: Acceptance, Logan, it's...
- Det. Mike Logan: I know, the last step.
- [pause]
- Det. Mike Logan: Okay. I accept Max's death, but I'll *never* accept it, you know?
- [about Max Greevey's killer, who'd also considered trying to kill Max's wife]
- Capt. Donald Cragen: 'Maybe threaten his old lady'... too bad he didn't take that route. Marie would have kicked his ass!
- Judge Manuel Leon: Technically, Mr. Magidan, you have been convicted of Murder in the First Degree, which is reserved for the killing of a Police Officer in the line of duty. The death penalty, having been ruled unconstitutional by the Court of Appeals in Albany, renders me powerless to sentence you to the punishment you so richly deserve. Therefore, this court sentences you to twenty five years to life imprisonment. The People have requested the strictest possible limitations on any possibility of parole, and I see no reason to disagree.
- Marie Greevey: Oh Mary, Mother of God!
- Det. Mike Logan: [hearing Marie's screams over the phone] Marie? Marie! MARIE!
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: You violated his civil rights.
- Det. Mike Logan: His rights? Oh sure, what about *Max's* rights?
- Dr. Elizabeth Olivet: You ever hear about the seven stages of grief?
- Det. Mike Logan: No
- Dr. Elizabeth Olivet: The first one's denial