Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series)
Sideshow (1999)
Jerry Orbach: Lennie Briscoe
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Quotes
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Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe : [referring to Ned Burks] I specifically asked the shift commander to put him on suicide watch. Unfortunately, at Rikers Island that seems to mean they stand around and watch you commit suicide.
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Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe : Get ready for a federal subpoena.
Det. Rene Sheppard : What are you talking about?
Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe : Well, they laid one on us in New York this morning. They took every bit of evidence we had on this case. I figure you folks are next.
Det. John Munch : You drove 200 miles south to tell us that? Good job, Paul Revere.
Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe : I'm on my way to Washington anyway. You got a cup of coffee?
Det. Rene Sheppard : What's going on there?
Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe : The Independent Counsel shanghaied Chesley Purcell's shooter. When they found out he had nothing to say about any of the President's men, they got bored with him. They're returning him to our custody, and McCoy wants me to transport him back to Rikers, put him on suicide watch.
Det. John Munch : You're telling me that Ned Burks killed Chesley Purcell over a lesbian's love lost? Yeah, and Jack Ruby was a grieving patriot.
Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe : A ***cancer-ridden***, grieving patriot.
Det. John Munch : Lennie, you precious rube! Amazing how all those years on the mean streets of New York have had so little effect on your sweet, childlike brain.
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Tim Bayliss : Welcome back, Lennie!
Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe : Bayliss, right?
Tim Bayliss : Yeah.
[they shake hands]
Tim Bayliss : So, as a rule, you can only cross the Mason-Dixon line if you bring a really screwed-up case with you?
Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe : Hey; if it doesn't make sense, it belongs in Baltimore - right?
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Det. Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe : [to agent of the Independent Counsel's office] You guys couldn't track a bleeding elephant through the snow!
