Law & Order (TV Series)

Girlfriends (1996)

Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy

Quotes 

• Jack McCoy : [confronting Barry and Shelly Taggert on the courthouse steps, after Shelly has been acquitted and implicated Barry in the crime]  I'm afraid your celebration ends now, Mr Taggert.

  Barry Taggert : You're arresting me for murder?

  Jack McCoy : I would, if I thought you were guilty.

  Detective Rey Curtis : Barry Taggert, you are under arrest for enterprise corruption.

  [cuffs Taggert] 

  Detective Rey Curtis : You have the right to remain silent...

  Barry Taggert : [referring to Shelly]  You dropped all that after I brought her back.

  Jack McCoy : That was before you took part in this charade.

  Shelly Taggert : Daddy, I'll get your lawyer.

  A.D.A. Claire Kincaid : That's nice of you, Miss Taggert. Your father's business is gone. He's going to prison.

  Barry Taggert : It's all right, honey.

  Jack McCoy : Sure. If she's half as good to you as you've been to her, maybe she'll visit!

• Jack McCoy : [referring to Barry Taggert]  So this was a full-service family business? He provided the shoes; his daughter provided her friends?

• Jerold Spector : [testifying before grand jury]  I'm a forensic accountant. I perform audits for the purpose of uncovering business fraud

  Jack McCoy : And at the request of the District Attorney of New York County did you analyze the books and records of the Taggert Shoe Company?

  Jerold Spector : I did.

  Jack McCoy : What did you find?

  Jerold Spector : Among other things, a lot of questionable tax deductions.

  Jack McCoy : Including payments to Shelly Taggert?

  Jerold Spector : Yes, she was on the payroll.

  Jack McCoy : As a provider of prostitutes?

  Jerold Spector : No, as a consultant. Her specific duties weren't listed.

  Jack McCoy : Did you find any pattern in the payments to her?

  Jerold Spector : Yes. They were very high after trade show weekends. They correlated with certain business entertainment expenses.

  Jack McCoy : That would be the entertainment of certain male shoe buyers?

  Jerold Spector : Yes, at $400 per occasion.

  Jack McCoy : Was the nature of these entertainments described anywhere in Mr. Taggert's records?

  Jerold Spector : The IRS requires it. Mr. Taggert called them "guided nature hikes".