Law & Order (TV Series)

Censure (1994)

Michael Moriarty: Executive ADA Ben Stone

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• A.D.A. Claire Kincaid : I don't think this has to do with Ben. It has to do with me. I had a prior working relationship with Thayer.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : Oh, really? Doing what?

  A.D.A. Claire Kincaid : I was his clerk.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : And? And what's the problem, Miss Kincaid?

  A.D.A. Claire Kincaid : I had an affair with him.

  D.A. Adam Schiff : Well that's just dandy.

  Ben Stone : You... you had an affair? Why the hell didn't you tell me this?

  A.D.A. Claire Kincaid : I told you to take me off the case.

  Ben Stone : I would have, if I'd known this!

  A.D.A. Claire Kincaid : I'd hoped there was some part of my personal life I could keep personal.

  Ben Stone : Oh, great!

• Ben Stone : [a former judge has pleaded guilty to criminal harassment and is elocuting his guilt. Stone's lost his patience]  Your honor, this is insufficient. The defendant is behaving as if someone else committed this crime...

  Arthur Gold : You want him on his knees, Ben?

  Judge Joel Thayer : Walter...

  Judge Walter Schreiber : *Judge Schreiber*, to you. Now, I've heard all the dodging and weaving I can take on this one. You wore the same robes I do- you know the drill. Now, if you want to dance, you can come back and dance at a trial, so let's hear it. *All* of it.

  Judge Joel Thayer : [takes a deep breath and begins]  In an effort to convince Janet Rudman of my love... of the sincerity of that love...

  Ben Stone : [not letting him drift this time]  Judge Thayer, please answer the question. Did you threaten Molly Rudman?

  Judge Walter Schreiber : [Thayer is silent. Gold, his lawyer, looks slightly panicked. And Schreiber has had it]  *I require an answer.*

  Ben Stone : Judge Thayer- sir, for the last time- for the *very* last time- did you threaten Janet Rudman's child?

  Judge Joel Thayer : Yes.