Law & Order (TV Series)

DWB (1998)

Steven Hill: DA Adam Schiff

Quotes 

• D.A. Adam Schiff : Two of New York's finest on Death Row. There's going to be fallout.

  Jack McCoy : You think we should have let the Feds take the heat?

  D.A. Adam Schiff : We'll know the next time one of us needs a cop.

• D.A. Adam Schiff : [after the US district court has ruled that federal plea bargains are illegal]  Preposterous decision. Hogties every federal prosecutor in the country. And, thanks to you, we're part of it.

  Jack McCoy : The decision will be reversed on appeal. Six months from now. By then Dietrich and the other two will be on death row.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : ...or your letter of resignation will be on my desk.

  Abbie Carmichael : [pointing to wall of McCoy's office]  My longhorn pennant will look good over there.

• D.A. Adam Schiff : For all you know, you don't know anything. Between Internal Affairs and you, the Red Sox couldn't have done a better job of botching it up.

• Jack McCoy : [referring to his attempt to invalidate a federal plea bargain]  This is my line in the sand.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : One phone call from me, this is dead in its tracks.

  Jack McCoy : You could do that. I'd refile it as a private citizen.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : It's nice to have choices.