Law & Order (TV Series)

Compassion (2003)

J.K. Simmons: Dr. Emil Skoda

Quotes 

• Dr. Emil Skoda : What can I tell you? She's one of the smartest people I've ever examined. Warm, compassionate.

  Serena Southerlyn : [teasing him]  You are still married, aren't you, Emil?

  Jack McCoy : As long as you can say she was legally sane, I don't care how warm she is.

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Well, she was sane at the time of the murder.

  Jack McCoy : But?

  Dr. Emil Skoda : She pisses me off. Any rational doctor with her specialty knows the emotional toll it can have. They take measures to protect themselves.

  Serena Southerlyn : You mean like therapy?

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Medical counseling, religious counseling. And not some John Edwards/Dionne Warwick hocus pocus. And then to actually use that as an excuse to commit murder, it's unconscionable.

  Jack McCoy : So you're saying this is an act?

  Dr. Emil Skoda : Yeah. Unfortunately, this woman is smart enough and sympathetic enough to just maybe get away with it.