- [last lines]
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: Judge Steinman gave Amy Beltran one and a half to four and a half years in prison.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: With one year for Jimmy Beltran, that's less three years between the both of them. Talk about a throwaway child.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: [Adam leaves] I'm not happy about this.
- Jack McCoy: You tried the case you had.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: But I chose the case.
- Jack McCoy: Tomorrow is another day, Abbie.
- Detective Ed Green: How many of these you done?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Stakeouts?
- Detective Ed Green: No. Dead babies.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Hey, we don't know the baby's dead.
- Detective Ed Green: [skeptical] Right.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: To answer your question, too many.
- Detective Ed Green: It's my first.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: That's too many.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: It's never a happy ending.
- Detective Ed Green: We found blood in the apartment.
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: I don't know yet whose it is. Haven't done the autopsy.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Cause of death?
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: At first glance, it looks like the baby was more than likely put in the bag and buried alive.
- Detective Ed Green: Looks like skin and bones. What did he die of?
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: Hard to tell. Asphyxiation. Dehydration. Exposure. I won't know until I do the autopsy.
- Detective Ed Green: How long can a baby live like that?
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: The Mexican earthquake, babies survived nine days buried alive.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: Arrest the son of a bitch.
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: The bag the baby was placed in was filled with sawdust and plaster. Only I didn't find anything in either the baby's lungs or nasal cavities.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: The baby was dead before it was placed inside the bag?
- Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: Thank god.
- Jack McCoy: [a murder suspect has declined a plea deal] Well, you gave her a chance.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: Yeah.
- Jack McCoy: Only one thing to do now. Stick the dagger in.