Sam Waterston credited as playing...
Executive ADA Jack McCoy
- Jack McCoy: A man so self-absorbed, so arrogant... it never occurred to me he might be innocent.
- Abbie Carmichael: Or that Cecilia Knowles might be so desperate.
- Jack McCoy: Ninety percent of cases are circumstantial. We can only go where the best evidence leads us.
- Abbie Carmichael: And if we stumble across justice along the way, great.
- Jack McCoy: Abbie, he confessed. Case over.
- Abbie Carmichael: You count it as a touchdown. I'll wait for the instant replay.
- Charles Garnett: All right, Your Honor. Then I want to present evidence Ms. Knowles tried to frame my client for attempted murder.
- Jack McCoy: Fine, then I'll present the jury with Mr. Taylor's offer to plead guilty.
- Judge Ida Boucher: And neither or you will present anything about those incidents to the jury.
- Charles Garnett: Your Honor, you're denying my client the right to offer an alternate theory of the crime?
- Judge Ida Boucher: You can present your theory. Just not with this evidence.
- Jack McCoy: You love your kid brother very much, don't you Mr. Taylor?
- Larry Taylor: Yes.
- Jack McCoy: I'm sure he feels very kindly toward you right now.
- Ken Taylor: I spent two days in prison before I got bail. I'm not going back.
- Jack McCoy: Mr. Taylor, once you're indicted, it's too late.
- Ken Taylor: Oh to hell with this. You deal with them. I'll be downstairs.
- Charles Garnett: Ken...
- Jack McCoy: Mr. Garnett, if you haven't explained the facts of life to your client...
- Charles Garnett: I had the talk with him. But he tells me he's innocent. What am I supposed to do?