Law & Order (TV Series)

Fixed (2004)

Dennis Farina: Detective Joe Fontana

Quotes 

• [a paroled ex-con has been murdered] 

  Det. Joe Fontana : I love a public service homicide, don't you?

• Detective Ed Green : Sheryl, do you know why he was in prison?

  Sheryl : I was, like, in grammar school when that happened. If it happened.

  Det. Joe Fontana : So, uh, you're not worried about any of this?

  Sheryl : About what?

  Detective Ed Green : Okay, listen. We're gonna give you a card. If you need anything.

  Sheryl : What would I need?

  Detective Ed Green : How did you two meet?

  Sheryl : Oh, uh, I read an article about him, and then I wrote him a letter, and he wrote back. So I looked him up on the Corrections Department website. They even had a map and instructions.

  Det. Joe Fontana : Must have made visiting day a snap.

  Sheryl : Yeah, well, we just wanna put this all behind us. You know, get married, get on with our lives. Jake's so good with my kids.

  Detective Ed Green : You have kids?

  Sheryl : Yeah, a boy and girl. They've been so happy since he moved in with us.

  Det. Joe Fontana : Wait a second. This guy is living with you?

  Sheryl : Since he left the halfway house.

  Det. Joe Fontana : Well, what the hell is the matter with you? If you want to screw up your own life, be our guest, it's a free country. But to bring this guy into your house with your kids?

• Captain Donald Cragen : Lowenstein was a coked-out crazy creep. He used Carla as a punching bag for years. Bruises, broken bones. By the time we got there, her jaw was so swollen, she couldn't talk.

  Detective Ed Green : What about the little girl?

  Captain Donald Cragen : She was black, blue, and burned. When I'm having a bad night, this is the one that comes back and haunts me.

  Detective Ed Green : His P.O. said he had a son?

  Captain Donald Cragen : Ezra. Two years old. Malnourished, neglected. Spent most of his time tied to the radiator like a dog.

  Det. Joe Fontana : Parole officer also said that he's living on Long Island.

  Captain Donald Cragen : I'll get you a name and address. He was doing well last I heard.

  Detective Ed Green : Happy ending, considering.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Speaking of happy endings, how's Lowenstein?

  Det. Joe Fontana : Well, he's still on the critical list.

  Captain Donald Cragen : I hope he lingers a long time in excruciating pain.