- D.A. Jack McCoy: What do you do for fun, Mike? Juggle chainsaws? With my neck on the line?
- Michael Cutter: Who said this is your prosecution? I'm happy to take the hit. Just let me call my own shots.
- Anita Van Buren: Sgt. Simmons, where's my generator?
- Sgt. Simmons: Same place it was a half hour ago, LT. Traffic.
- Anita Van Buren: Well, there's a hardware store two blocks north on Lex. If they have any portable generators, commandeer them.
- Ed Green: [finding a hand-held crank at the crime scene] See, they used it to crank open the door when the power went out. But the question is why'd they take it with them?
- Cyrus Lupo: Yeah, and why would Conlan have two in his garage?
- Connie Rubirosa: Well, the answer is he wouldn't, would he?
- Ed Green: Nick and Rory brought this one. They probably didn't leave it behind because they knew it can be traced back to them.
- Connie Rubirosa: And how did they know they were gonna need this thing to open the garage door in the first place?
- Ed Green: Exactly.
- Connie Rubirosa: [about the garage door crank] Someone matching Nick's description bought this at a Securi-Door dealer in Long Island City two days before the blackout.
- Michael Cutter: They knew there was gonna be a blackout?
- D.A. Jack McCoy: Neat trick. Maybe this missing accomplice worked at the power company. You should ask them what cause the blackout.
- Michael Cutter: The official story is an overload due to peak demand.
- D.A. Jack McCoy: I bet the unofficial story is a lot sexier.
- Connie Rubirosa: I'll start making calls.
- D.A. Jack McCoy: I noticed you haven't answered Barkin's discovery motion for a search warrant.
- Michael Cutter: You're tracking defense motions? You must have a lot of free time, Jack. Maybe you can help me update my phone book.
- D.A. Jack McCoy: Funny. So there's a problem with the search warrant?
- Michael Cutter: No problem. No warrant. The judge wouldn't sign it. I told the cops to go in anyway.
- D.A. Jack McCoy: Mike!
- Michael Cutter: There were exigent circumstances! How was I supposed to know Nick Costas had a cousin living in the pet shop with an expectation of privacy?
- D.A. Jack McCoy: Soon as Roy Barkin's lawyer learns there's no warrant, your whole case goes away.
- Michael Cutter: By the time he finds out, I'll have the missing accomplice, I can argue inevitable discovery.