Law & Order (TV Series)

Fools for Love (2000)

Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy

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  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Police found the other two girls. Killed the same way as Anneke Ullman.

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : Know who they were?

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Two runaways from Indiana.

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : We'll use it Peter Williams' sentencing.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : What about Laura Kendrick?

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : Parole board will hear about it twenty-five years from now.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : How do you wash it off, Jack?

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : I wish I knew.

• Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : [to Laura Kendrick]  So you lured your little sister to his apartment, you drugged her, you helped Mr. Williams undress her...

  Laura Kendrick : I had to.

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : And you had sex with her while she was unconscious while Mr. Williams took pictures. How did you feel when you did that?

  Laura Kendrick : I wanted to make Peter happy.

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : That made Peter happy. How did it make you feel? Excited?

  Laura Kendrick : Yes. So what?

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : And when you watched Mr. Williams brutally rape and brutally sodomize your little sister, did you feel excited?

  Laura Kendrick : Yes.

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : And were you excited when you helped him dispose of Janey's body and Miss Ullman, and you both raped the other girls?

  Laura Kendrick : He said he would marry me, he would buy me a two-karat ring from Tiffany's and he would love me and take care of me for the rest of my life.

  Judge Pamela Jensen : That's it. Counsel, step up. Mr. McCoy, what the hell kind of deal did you make with this woman?

• Dr. Emil Skoda : [after talking to Laura]  Classic case. Predator zeroes in on a vulnerable woman, twists her around 'till she doesn't know which end's up.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : She knew him for six weeks. How vulnerable was she?

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Nothing to do with that. Given the right combination of his skill and her self-esteem problems, he could do it in six days.

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : Did she explain the scratches on her thigh?

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Every time I asked her about details, she got too emotional to answer.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : So we don't know any more than we did.

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Whatever her level of involvement, she was abused and manipulated into participating.

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : She didn't try to stop him.

  Dr. Emil Skoda : She was afraid.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : She didn't run. She didn't call the police.

  Dr. Emil Skoda : She couldn't. Psychologically, she was in thrall to him and suspended her judgment.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Abused or not, she was there. It's her own sister, for God's sakes. We can't let her off the hook.

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Like Abbie says, her own sister. She'd have to be a monster. I saw no sign of it. Want me to talk to her again after she calms down?

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Peter Williams is back on the street in twelve hours.

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Sounds to me like you have no choice.

• Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : He's a rapist. But nobody ever died until after he hooked up with her.

  Adam Schiff : Correlation?

  Dr. Emil Skoda : He might have escalated to murder on his own.

  Adam Schiff : Might have? Who cares? Has the girl lied to you?

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : Not to prove. She forgot this, didn't remember that...

  Adam Schiff : You can't prove she's lying, you have no basis to rescind her deal.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : If we don't find a basis, in three years she'll be out on the street looking for another soul mate. She's a monster.

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Not necessarily. Could've been a one-shot thing.

  Adam Schiff : You ever give a straight answer? Might as well consult a phrenologist. Bottom-line it.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Bottom line it, hell. Our backs are to the wall. Help us find a way out.

  Adam Schiff : Another county heard from.

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : We can't convict him without her.

  Adam Schiff : Then stick to the deal, no matter how much it turns your stomach. And mine.

• A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : How do you wash it off, Jack?

  Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : Wish I knew.

• Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy : Did Peter Williams kill them?