Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Denial (2002)

Mary Steenburgen: Grace Rinato

Quotes 

• Rose Rinato : Grace, I'm tired of the guilt, I'm tried of cleaning up your mess, I'm tired of you! You suck the life out of everything you touch, but you won't get Claire.

  Grace Rinato : What the hell is so special about her?

  Rose Rinato : [long pause, glares at Grace]  She never killed anybody, Grace.

• Court Clerk : Docket Number 624353: People versus Grace Rinato. Two counts murder, in the second degree. Intent and depraved indifference, one count hindering prosecution, one count tampering with physical evidence.

  Judge Lena Petrovsky : How do you plead?

  Grace Rinato : Not guilty.

  ADA Alexandra Cabot : Remand, Your Honor.

  Harding : That's ridiculous. My client has permanent residence, she's gainfully employed by the state, she's not going anywhere.

  ADA Alexandra Cabot : The defendant committed murder. She willfully and maliciously beat a two-and-a-half year old child to death, and then callously dumped the remains in a bedroom closet to avoid justice.

  Judge Lena Petrovsky : Do you propose to try your case right here, Miss Cabot?

  ADA Alexandra Cabot : No, I'm merely using rhetoric to make my point.

  Judge Lena Petrovsky : One of your more endearing qualities.