What is your favorite Briscoe line?
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MovieBookLvr — 21 years ago(January 03, 2005 01:39 PM)
I don't recall the setup for it exactly but Green says something about Lennie being a cynic about love and Lennie's reply is, "Not love, marriage!"
Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston made the show for me. It won't be the same without Mr. Orbach.
Your hair's already such a disaster that the Red Cross wouldn't give it coffee! -
joesmith2007 — 21 years ago(January 08, 2005 05:58 PM)
Briscoe and Logan are trying to get info from a stuffy upper-crust administrator at a private school, who declared to Lennie in a huff that her 'organization' was almost a hundred years old and very respectable. Lennie replies:
"Well we belong to an even older organization, and just as respectable".
or something along those lines.
Lennie had a great capacity for equalizing the extremes of Manhatten. He could raise a "skell" by admonishing him to wisen up and have some respect for himself, then bring down an urban sophisticate and remind her of her ancestors' working class roots, all in the same episode. It was, of course, Mr. Orbach's delivery that made it all happen. God, he'll be missed.
Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston you got that right; they ARE the show. I agree with cetheareth, Mr. Orbach is why I got hooked on the reruns,
I'm 51 and haven't had a prostate test in years (Mr. Orbach was 69); kind of scares me, so now I'm thinking maybe I better look into a checkup. Thank you Lennie -
Uncle_Brad — 21 years ago(January 06, 2005 04:29 AM)
I also can't recall the exact episode or the word-for-word line, but it was something like this (I just saw it tonight on a repeat):
Briscoe and a cafe-owner are discussing a recently deceased customer on the street.
CAFE OWNER: She paid two dollars and left, never even touched her coffee.
BRISCOE: Doesn't say much for your coffee.
He was the man when it came to the wry, sardonic delivery.
He may be gone but thank the Lord for syndication.- UNCLE BRAD
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undertow902 — 19 years ago(April 10, 2006 05:48 AM)
The one where Briscoe and Green go to a resturant, and get bad info from one woman. They go back again and ask the woman again, she gets flustered, and Briscoe is like;
"Is it our good looks and charming personality?"
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walkerr-2 — 21 years ago(January 12, 2005 06:06 PM)
And the rest of that line is "and a few shoes too I think."
Actually I like when Van Buren says she'd like it if he'd try to treat Rey like a real partner and he says "yeah well I'd like it if both my exs got new partners too, no more alimony."
Actually the digs at his exs are great like -
"Crazy don't mean stupid, my ex is living proof of that."
"My 2nd wife always wanted a walk-in closet. I finally got one, trouble is I live in it." -
Tim_Honda — 21 years ago(February 16, 2005 05:53 PM)
Here's two I remember off the top of my head.
[Looking at the body of a woman who was found dead in a department store changing room]
Lennie: "Well, it finally happened."
Other Detective (can't remember which one): "What?"
Lennie: "She shopped 'till she dropped."
[Looking at a photo of a private school student, more specifically the crest on her uniform shirt/blouse]
Lennie: "It's Latin. Roughly translated, it means 'Tuition starts at 20 grand'."
"Be a good boy and come here." - Kiriko Tsujimori, 'Godzilla X Megaguirus' -
AriLu — 21 years ago(March 03, 2005 08:13 PM)
I have two faves, but I haven't seen the episodes in a while so bear with me.
Arresting some guy out of his office
Suspect: My lawyer wi238ll have your jobs for this
Lennie: Great! Can we have his?
Talking to a possible witness
Green (I think): Did you see anything unusual?
Witness: In what way?
Lennie: In an
unusual
way
Life is so incomplete without Jerry; this loss has hit me very deep!
~Beauty and the Beast~ -
ybthelegend — 21 years ago(March 03, 2005 10:27 PM)
From tonights L & O Trial By Jury:
"Badges, we don't need no stinkin' badges!"
I know he didn't make that one up, but since it's one of the very last Lennie lines we'll ever have, I'll say it's my favorite. Like Briscoe, Jerry was an awesome guy.
