- Janelle Odami: The teacher said they were geniuses.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: They must of got it from their father's side.
- Janelle Odami: Hey, Uncle Tom, what's it like in the house?
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: Least I ain't sellin' it! Damn, white, black, I'm gettin' it from all sides today.
- Detective Chester Lake: Hey man, her pimp called me a Mexican.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: Is that good or bad?
- Latrice Munez: Look at you throwing gang, Papi. Like you know your thing.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: Little girl, I was through with it before you knew what to do with it.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: [to Lake] Now the only naptime you get is when you fall asleep at your desk.
- Traci Bell: [to Fin] Are you calling me a gold digger?
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: No, I'm calling you cold. Your fiance raped and murdered a young girl and you don't give a damn.
- Ezra Odami: You gotta believe me. J-Mac killed Julie.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: If J-Mac's the killer, I suppose we gotta led Jadon go.
- Ezra Odami: Really?
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: For a smart kid, you're really stupid.
- Detective Chester Lake: I don't think those boys had anything to do with Julie Donovan's murder.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: I swear I didn't see him smoking crack.
- Jadon Odami: [to Lake at the end of the episode] Hey, come on, man. You gonna tell us what the surprise is or what?
- Detective Chester Lake: I'm taking you guys to Red Lobster.
- Judge Arthur Cohen: On the charge of murder in the second-degree, how do you plead?
- James Woodrow: Not guilty, your honor.
- Jadon Odami: That's not what I told you to say.
- James Woodrow: You were coerced during interrogation.
- Casey Novak: Your honor, there was no coercion. The defendant freely confessed.
- James Woodrow: Really? What, his mother just happened to pop in during the middle of his interview.
- Jadon Odami: Your honor, I killed Julie Donovan. I plead guilty.
- Judge Arthur Cohen: Listen to your attorney, son.
- Jadon Odami: [to Woodrow] You're fired.
- Elliot Stabler: [to Lake] You gotta watch yourself. If you get too obsessed with these cases, you'll lose more than sleep.
- Detective Chester Lake: Like what?
- Elliot Stabler: Family.
- Detective Chester Lake: What, are you trying to bust my chops again?
- Elliot Stabler: I'm dead serious. This job nearly cost me mine.
- Jadon Odami: [to Lake] Look, dude. My moms, the state, the schools, they all failed me and my brother. I got about this much left of me and I'm gonna use it to do this time, so just leave me alone.
- Detective Chester Lake: I came up through the foster system. As soon as I was old enough, I took the police exam.
- Jadon Odami: I don't think I'd pass the background check.
- Detective Chester Lake: When I was in the Academy, my cousin and I went out drinking and we got in a fight. One guy was hurt bad. My cousin told me to take off. He knew if I got arrested, I'd get kicked off the job.
- Jadon Odami: What's this bedtime story gotta do with me?
- Detective Chester Lake: He took the collar for me so I could have a shot. You did the same thing for your brother.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola: [to Janelle Odami] What kind of piece of trash mother lets her kids get taken away over and over again, then when she finally gets a chance to help them, she turns her back?
- Janelle Odami: Don't you dare talk to me like you know what I've been through. Every time Children's Services snatched my boys, it took all I had not to kill myself the second the door shut behind them.
- Detective Chester Lake: [about Jadon and Ezra Odami] They were just kids. You know, they didn't have a chance.
- Elliot Stabler: What are you, a social worker now?
- Detective Chester Lake: They lived in 19 different foster homes. Someone's gotta help them.
- Elliot Stabler: Well, wait until you have your own family.
- Detective Chester Lake: Hey, what's that supposed to mean?
- Elliot Stabler: It means that when you have a daughter Julie Donovan's age, your heart'll stop bleeding for the mopes who killed her.
- Detective Chester Lake: You're saying that I don't give a crap about the victims?
- Donald Cragen: We keep it civil around here or you're gone. All right, go cool off.