Law & Order (TV Series)

Darwinian (2004)

Elisabeth Röhm: ADA Serena Southerlyn

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Serena Southerlyn : Twelve years in Ossining.

  Jack McCoy : At least he'll have plenty of food. Shelter.

  Serena Southerlyn : Careful, Jack. That almost sounded like sympathy.

  Jack McCoy : Don't get me wrong. He killed a man for an orange. He deserves to be in prison.

  Serena Southerlyn : But?

  Jack McCoy : We just moved him from one jungle to another.

• Arthur Branch : You got to admit, it's a brand new spin on the time honored defense strategy of beating up on the victim.

  Serena Southerlyn : Rems had a very compelling argument. He's a good lawyer, Jack.

  Jack McCoy : The best that money can buy.

  Arthur Branch : Poor victim, rich defendant?

  [Jack nods] 

  Arthur Branch : Well, Lady Justice may be blind, but nobody ever said the old broad was fair.

• Arthur Branch : [as Serena bemoans people who shun the homeless]  And when was the last time you ever picked up a ladle in a soup kitchen?

  Serena Southerlyn : [proudly]  Every Thanksgiving as a matter of fact.

  Arthur Branch : *One* day a year, you and all the other limousine liberals so you can feel good about yourselves.