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Det. Lennie Briscoe: I'm trying to decide what to arrest you for - obstruction of justice, harboring a fugitive or just being a general pain in the ass.

Det. Lennie Briscoe: Boy, I'd hate for somebody to trace me by what I read.
Det. Rey Curtis: You read, Lennie?

Det. Lennie Briscoe: You know, if I didn't already know you don't have kids, I'd know you don't have kids.

Det. Lennie Briscoe: Love - a dangerous disease instantly cured by marriage.

Det. Lennie Briscoe: Even though you are a taxpayer, you know, we don't actually work for you personally.

Det. Lennie Briscoe: I specifically asked for him to be put on suicide watch. Apparently here at Riker's that mean that they watch you commit suicide.

Lt. Anita Van Buren: I'd like it if you two became real partners.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: And I'd like it if my ex-wives got partners. No more alimony.

A.D.A. Paul Robinette: Could be he's lucky.
Capt. Donald Cragen: Could be next week I'll be doing shampoo commercials.

D.A. Arthur Branch: Sometimes the good you do won't do you any good.

Lt. Anita Van Buren: If he's not Fallon, who the hell is he?
Det. Lennie Briscoe: Well the FBI says he's not in the witness protection program but they mighta had their fingers crossed.

Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers: I got another body coming in. Guy took a javelin to the chest.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: Why are you still in this line of work?
Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers: Free javelins.

Det. Lennie Briscoe: I told you, you should have gone to bed with her. You're getting the grief without getting the gravy.

Det. Rey Curtis: You're a Catholic.
Jack McCoy: Not at work. Sorry.

Jack McCoy: Your grief might seem a little more real had you not just admitted you cut off your wife's head.

Adam Schiff: Flipped a coin in my head. Came up tails. Talk to the boy.

Cookie Molina: I can see the future.
Sergeant Max Greevey: Oh yeah?
Cookie Molina: You are going to read me my rights.

Sergeant Max Greevey: Patient is dead. But don't worry, the doctor is fine.

Det. Mike Logan: Praise the Lord, pass the ammunition.

Capt. Donald Cragen: What'd he say?
Det. Mike Logan: He told us to go to hell.
Capt. Donald Cragen: Well, at least he's got a way with words.

Ben Stone: I'm not the one on trial here, and I'm the one who asks the questions.

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Factual error: Detective Nina Cassady (who was introduced towards the end of Season 17) frequently wears casual tops that show far too much cleavage for a police officer on duty. If she showed up for duty dressed like that she would be sent home to change.

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Trivia: Both Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe) and S. Epatha Merkerson (Lt. Van Buren) played guest roles before joining the cast. Orbach played a lawyer in the episode "The Wages of Love" in season two, and Merkerson played the mother of a victim in "Mushrooms" in the first season.

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Question: I don't remember if it was this show or another L&O, but there was an episode where a reporter was overseas at a military encampment, reporting on a war. While there, he explains the military's plans by drawing them in the sand. Shortly later, the encampment is attacked. How could the enemy figure out where the encampment was? The reporter never said where the location was at, only what the soldiers were planning.

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