Law & Order (TV Series)
Compassion (2003)
Elisabeth Röhm: ADA Serena Southerlyn
Quotes
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[last lines]
Jack McCoy : What can I say? Nobody's made of steel. Not even someone with a 160 IQ.
Serena Southerlyn : Turns out neither are you.
Jack McCoy : What?
Serena Southerlyn : It's called compassion, Jack.
Arthur Branch : Don't make it a habit, my friend. Sometimes the good you do doesn't do you any good.
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Dr. Emil Skoda : What can I tell you? She's one of the smartest people I've ever examined. Warm, compassionate.
Serena Southerlyn : [teasing him] You are still married, aren't you, Emil?
Jack McCoy : As long as you can say she was legally sane, I don't care how warm she is.
Dr. Emil Skoda : Well, she was sane at the time of the murder.
Jack McCoy : But?
Dr. Emil Skoda : She pisses me off. Any rational doctor with her specialty knows the emotional toll it can have. They take measures to protect themselves.
Serena Southerlyn : You mean like therapy?
Dr. Emil Skoda : Medical counseling, religious counseling. And not some John Edwards/Dionne Warwick hocus pocus. And then to actually use that as an excuse to commit murder, it's unconscionable.
Jack McCoy : So you're saying this is an act?
Dr. Emil Skoda : Yeah. Unfortunately, this woman is smart enough and sympathetic enough to just maybe get away with it.
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Serena Southerlyn : On my last birthday, I got three gift certificates for three different psychic networks.
Jack McCoy : That doesn't say much for your taste in friends.