Law & Order (TV Series)

Ain't No Love (2005)

Fred Thompson: DA Arthur Branch

Quotes 

• D.A. Arthur Branch : You know, Serena, if you were right, you were right for the wrong reasons.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : Meaning?

  D.A. Arthur Branch : Emotions, not facts. What was it you said, everyone you talked to said he couldn't have killed that man?

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : My emotional responses make me...

  D.A. Arthur Branch : ...an advocate. You're a superb attorney; you ought to be involved in cases that feed your passion.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : That would be wonderful.

  D.A. Arthur Branch : Serena, you must know, that will not happen in this office. It can't. Now, a prosecutor can be zealous, but not passionate. Advocacy is warm-blooded, enforcement's got to be cold-blooded, and blind, and even angry.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : Does Jack feel as strongly about this as you do?

  D.A. Arthur Branch : No, but it's my office and my decision, and he accepts it.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : Decision? You've already made a decision?

  D.A. Arthur Branch : I have. You're fired.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : Is this because I'm a lesbian?

  D.A. Arthur Branch : No. Of course not. No.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : Good... good.