Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series)

Sideshow (1999)

Richard Belzer: Detective John Munch

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• Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : Why did you have Purcell take the body to New York? Why not just leave it in Baltimore?

  Walter Boyce : When you've got someone working for the White House telling you they want some bitch to be itched, the drama's going to be thick. I got business interests in Baltimore; you know that. I figured I drop the body somewhere else. Besides, Chesley wanted to see some show on Broadway. Uh, some musical thing with a lion. Part of the contract was that I got a hold of some seats for her.

  Det. John Munch : You paid a hitter with tickets to "The Lion King"?

  Walter Boyce : Third row, orchestra.

• 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.

• Det. John Munch : I am too damn sober.