Law & Order (TV Series)
Corpus Delicti (1996)
Benjamin Bratt: Detective Rey Curtis
Quotes
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Detective Rey Curtis : [arriving at crime scene] Victim: Mister Wickets. You got a first name?
Susan Bauer : His first name IS Mister. He's a horse.
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Detective Lennie Briscoe : Brandson calls the insurance company and says he doesn't want the money.
Detective Rey Curtis : Necropsies are expensive, so they called it off.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : No necropsy, no proof Mister Wickets didn't die of natural causes. You think the department would go a couple of grand to find singe marks on a horse's ass?
Lt. Anita Van Buren : To investigate no crime? I can't even get pencils with erasers.
Detective Rey Curtis : So the guy has a zillion dollars. He just buys his way out of a beef?
Lt. Anita Van Buren : [sarcastically] Unbelievable, in the United States!
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Detective Rey Curtis : [after phoning a cruise ship looking for Ruth Thomas] They can't find her.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : Maybe she's on the poop deck.
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Detective Rey Curtis : How about we at least get a search warrant.
A.D.A. Claire Kincaid : To search what - earth?
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Detective Rey Curtis : I didn't become a detective to investigate dead animals.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : [voice imitating Mr. Ed, the talking horse of the eponymous 1960's TV series] Oh come on, Wilbur. Somebody killed a horse. You're not going to let him get away with it, are you?
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Lt. Anita Van Buren : You've got your assignment, Detective.
Detective Rey Curtis : Fine. You want me to question the horse's friends and neighbors? Find out if maybe he was having some problems in his love life? It's a nothing case.
Lt. Anita Van Buren : Say something one... more... time.