- D.A. Nora Lewin: Why do you always believe the worst in people, Jack?
- Jack McCoy: Who, me?
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: Spend a few more years in this place, you'll be right there with us.
- D.A. Nora Lewin: I'd like to think I can do this job without becoming a cynic.
- Jack McCoy: I'm not a cynic. I get up every morning hoping to find an honest man.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: [referring to Randall Wylie] This guy's about as menacing as Jeff Van Gundy.