Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Taken (2000)

Richard Belzer: Detective John Munch

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• John Munch : There should be a special level of hell for this pus-sucking, gangrenous malignancy of a mental amoeba.

  Capt. Donald Cragen : Did somebody steal your parking space again?

• Det. Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : He lives at 1634 Broadway.

  Det. John Munch : Not unless he's one of the nuts lobbying for yet another extension of "Cats". That's the Winter Garden Theatre.

  [Fin gives Munch a look] 

  Det. John Munch : Don't ask.

• [after Olivia's mother dies] 

  John Munch : Did you talk to Benson?

  Elliot Stabler : Yeah.

  John Munch : You know, my brother's a mortician in case she has any questions.

  Elliot Stabler : You have a brother?

• Det. John Munch : Whatcha got there, Spanky?

• Russell Ramsay : What'd I do?

  John Munch : Aside from defying the laws of rhythm?

• Det. John Munch : Ramsay just sent in his first victim to defend him against his second.

  Capt. Donald Cragen : From the statutory rape case?

  Det. John Munch : Shelly Leevak, the sweet little thing he deflowered at 15. She's five years older but none the wiser.

  Capt. Donald Cragen : Don't tell me she's trying to alibi him.

  Det. John Munch : Everything but. Explain to me how shmoes like us spend every night at home alone watching the History Channel while a scum like Ramsay has this nice girl's complete devotion. She's so convinced.

  Capt. Donald Cragen : Well, if there is any karma, Ramsay won't be doing much sitting down in Rikers.

• John Munch : Front desk, room key, no forced entry. Put me down for $100 on "connected."

• John Munch : [to Shelly Leevak]  Did Ramsay ask you to come down here?

  Shelly Leevak : I would've anyway. He looked me in the eye and he said he didn't do it.

  John Munch : He looked me in the eye and said that he had sexual intercourse with the victim.

• Russell Ramsay : Look, I'm guilty of bad judgment, all right? That's it. Siobhan propositioned me, I accepted. Now I get the crap beat out of me every day for it. You gotta help me.

  John Munch : You've done a stint before. Didn't you learn how to cover your back?

  Russell Ramsay : It's worse this time. Come on. Rape and battery of a minor? Look, I can't sleep, all right? I gotta stay awake at night so I don't get ambushed.

  John Munch : You should have remembered the pecking order before you raped Siobhan.

• Winston : You know, we just opened.

  Det. John Munch : Yeah, the grand opening banner out front was our first clue.