Law & Order (TV Series)

Grief (1998)

Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy

Quotes 

• Jack McCoy : Ms. Russo, did you tell the police that you had sexual intercourse with George Harding, an orderly at the hospital?

  Leslie Russo : I don't think I said that, but if I did say that, I didn't mean to say that.

  Jack McCoy : But is it true? Leslie?

  Leslie Russo : It was true, but now it's not.

  Jack McCoy : So you lied to the police?

  Leslie Russo : There was no Bible or any other religious icons. My spiritual advisor says if you say what's in your head, it cleanses your brain, so you can't put that on my permanent record.

• Jack McCoy : Harding raped a comatose woman for profit. I won't make a deal with him.

  Jamie Ross : How about the mother? She sold her own daughter to a stranger.

  Jack McCoy : She acted out of despair. Harding acted out of greed.

  Jamie Ross : Harding was just fulfilling the mother's wishes. Instead of protecting her daughter, she turned her into a baby machine.

• Greta Singer : I know you don't believe this, but I loved my daughter.

  Jack McCoy : Then you should have taken better care of her.

  Greta Singer : I did. I did! It was God that didn't take care of her. God took Wendy and John, God took our baby and God owed me a grandchild, Mr. McCoy. God owed me!

• Jamie Ross : It's the ultimate betrayal, Jack. Wendy Singer was helpless. Her mother was supposed to protect her.

  Jack McCoy : And Harding? He took the money, he pushed Wendy's IV aside, he removed her catheter and climbed on top of her. That's monstrous.

• Harry Singer : With all that's happened, what good will this do?

  Jack McCoy : Mr. Singer, your wife and Mr. Harding plunged into a moral quagmire that the law can only begin to address. Maybe they'll both drown in it.