Law & Order (TV Series)
Corpus Delicti (1996)
Jerry Orbach: Detective Lennie Briscoe
Quotes
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Tibor Nichols : [Accused of electrocuting horses] Trust me, sir. The horses don't feel a thing.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : I'd like to shoot 120 volts through his rectum and see what he says then.
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Susan Bauer : [referring to the dead horse's manure] Solid fecal balls, and it's warm.
Detective Lennie Briscoe : I'll take your word for it.
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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 : 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?