The Practice
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The Practice (1997–2004) is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm.
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[edit] Season 1
[edit] Pilot [1.01]
- Bobby: You think it's tough defending the guilty, Lindsay? Try the innocent... it's terrifying.
- Bobby: If I don't give the closing of my life tomorrow, a 17-year old girl loses hers.
- Eugene: Then there's the smell.
- Pearson: Beg pardon?
- Eugene: Well, the jury takes a whiff of this, a whiff of that, gets kind of a hunch for the truth. They're going to smell your client, smell ours, smell you, smell me. Kind of like scratch and sniff litigation.
- Pearson: That wasn't a negotiation, it's a gift. I was throwing you a bone.
- Lindsay: It's just that, um...well...I was looking for a bigger bone.
[edit] Part II [1.02]
- Judge: You threatened to break his kneecaps?
- Eugene: Not break...dislocate.
- Judge: Right in front of his lawyer?
- Eugene: Well, it would have been unethical for me to do it outside of counsel.
- Rebecca: Bobby, your hookers are here.
- Bobby: [annoyed] Clients, Rebecca.
- Rebecca: Yeah... your clients. They're here.
- Bobby: Your honor. I now will be asking you to recuse yourself given my client's attack on your safety.
- Judge: I am not recusing myself, counsel. I'm sure your client is very distraught and I promise to be understanding. I'll consider myself misunderstood.
[edit] Trial and Error [1.03]
- Pearson: What was all that, Lindsay?
- Lindsay: The beginning, professor.
- Pearson: Do you know what you're in for?
- Lindsay: I think so. Do you?
- Bobby: Still, if we can get that judge off this case.
- Lindsay: What are you thinking?
- Bobby: I'm thinking that if that judge slept with a woman in Pearson's firm, that is a card. And it's not beneath me to play it.
- Rebecca: Bobby, you want to keep this place in operation, that's fine. But you better think real hard about exactly what it is you're trying to keep going.
[edit] Part IV [1.04]
- Leonard Goode: If Gerald Braun came to you before, and said, "Oh, by the way, I'm going to kill Ronald Martin", I hardly think you'd give him your moral blessing.
- Rabbi Winter: Well, you would be wrong, Mr. Goode. Because Dr. Braun did come to me, and I did give him my blessing.
- Bobby: Waive reading, your honor. Plead not guilty.
- Judge: Bail?
- Bobby: Your honor, Dr. Braun cannot be considered a flight risk, Judge. He's a health risk, goes about shooting people in the head.
- Dr. Gerald Braun: But I'm not a victim anymore. I'm not. I shot him. I shot him and I watched his neck explode. And then I heard him gurgle. And it was joyous. He suffered, and I thank God above he had time to know why he was dying. Today I'm at peace.
[edit] Part V [1.05]
- Eugene: The general description you were talking about, that would be...black...big head? :Police Officer: Yes.
- Eugene: Did you or your partner approximate the circumference of my client's cranium?
- Eugene: Do you think it's unreasonable for a black man in South Boston to be nervous about two policemen pulling up and illuminating him like a deer caught in their headlights?
- Police Officer: I don't think he had any reason to be nervous if he were innocent.
- Eugene: [sarcastically] Silly me.
- Vogelman: You lied to me. You told me you weren't beautiful.
- Ellenor: Oh, well, you know lawyers. We're taught to conceal the facts.
[edit] Part VI [1.06]
- Judge: Something tells me I'm going to wake up tomorrow morning feeling sick about this, but for now, I'm going to accept Ms. McGuire's recommendation, conditioned on marriage counseling to begin immediately.
- [Melanie slightly groans.]
- Judge: You may not like it, young lady, but believe it or not, fourteen-year-olds still have things to learn.
- Melanie: I'm not groaning about that, your honor. I think my water just broke.
- Judge: Adjourned. Go, go, go, go!
- Social Worker: Forget the 'takes a village' crap. The village is out of order. The child needs parents.
- Dr. Braun: You come into this room, wearing your Yarmulke, to send a message to that jury that you condemn me as a Jew. :Silverman: No, Dr. Braun. I condemn you as a murderer.
[edit] Season 2
[edit] Trees in the Forest [2.24]
- [Girls are all on their desks since there's a rat running around in the office. Ellenor takes out a pistol from her drawer.]
- Rebecca: You have a gun?
- Ellenor: It's just a starter pistol.
- Lindsay: What are you gonna do, race him?
[edit] Season 3
[edit] Body Count [3.03]
- Lindsay: What am I, a pineapple?
[edit] Season 4
[edit] Checkmates [4.14]
- [Helen is called in to question the son of a well-known police detective, when he is accused of murder. When she uses his father to get a confession, Bobby tries to have it thrown out because it was made to a police officer, even if he was the suspect's father. Meanwhile, Eleanor represents a slightly retarded young man accused of murder, and suspects a surprise witness who suddenly comes to his defense might be lying.]
- Richard Bay: "There are heroes in this world. They’re called district attorneys. They don’t get to have clients – people who smile at them at the end of the trial; who look them in the eye and say thank you. Nobody’s there to appreciate the district attorney because we work for the state. And our gratitude comes only from knowing there’s a tide out there. A tide the size of a tsunami coming out of a bottomless cesspool. A tide called crime which if left unchecked will rob every American of his freedom. A tide which strips individuals of the privilege of being able to walk down a dark street or to take $20 out of an ATM machine without fear of being mugged. All Congress does is talk. It’s the district attorney who grabs his sword, who digs into the trenches and fights the fight; who dogs justice day after day after day without thanks; without so much as a simple pat on the back. But we do it. We do it. We do it because we are the crusaders. The last frontier of American justice. Knowing that if a man cannot feel safe, he can never, never, feel free."
[edit] Life Sentence [4.22]
- Bobby: Here we go!
- Lindsay: Don’t “here we go” me! If you “here we go” me one more time I am going to scream, okay? Do you hear me?
- Bobby: Listen to yourself!
- Lindsay: Ooh, and I hate that one too. Listen to yourself. “Here we go” and “Listen to yourself”. If you ever say those in our marriage, I will scream!! Okay? It’s good to know these things before we become husband and wife. You know, this is very, very healthy!
- [Lindsay storms out.]
- Lucy:[to Bobby, smiling]Well. It’s nice to know you can make her scream.
- [Bobby and Lindsay are getting their marriage license.]
- Clerk:[to Lindsay]Oh, your initials are LSD. Isn’t that funny?
- Bobby: Lindsay, I’ve only had two dreams my whole life. One was to pitch for the Red Sox, the other was to meet and marry the most wonderful woman in the whole world. One for two isn’t bad. Now, if I could just get you to take a little medication for your mood swings... [touches her face]
- Lindsay: Is that so? [bends his finger backwards]
- Bobby: Ow, ow, oh, okay, okay. Uncle!
