Beauty and the Beast (TV Series)
Trial (1989)
Linda Hamilton: Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler
Quotes
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[first lines]
Vincent : What is it, Catherine? What makes you so sad?
Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : Sometimes I see things, and I can't help but wonder if there's any hope left for any of us.
Vincent : I have known that feeling.
Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : [showing him a crime scene photo] A father beats his child to death. What does that say about us, about our world and the way we treat each other?
Vincent : Evil exists. It's real, we know that. But when it touches little children... it tells us that no one anywhere is safe.
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Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell : Don't you get it? Prosecute her, and we lose her testimony. Then all we have against Nolan is circumstantial.
Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : She is an accessory to her own child's murder. She should pay for that.
Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell : Maybe. Maybe she'll be paying for it for the rest of her life.
Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : That is not what I meant.
Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell : Cathy, you're thinking with your heart.
Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : So will the jury.
Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell : Look, I am not going to debate the ethics of granting Molly Nolan immunity, because she *is* the key to this thing. That's what Moreno thinks, that's what I think, and that's all there is to it.
Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : How can you be so reductive, Joe? It's not that simple.
Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell : In a court of law, and for our purposes, it is that simple. As simple as the fact that you and I both know Richard Nolan is guilty.
Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : So I'm just supposed to put aside my feelings?
Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell : If it interferes with your work, absolutely.