Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)
Con-Text (2003)
Kathryn Erbe: Detective Alexandra 'Alex' Eames
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Quotes
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[Goren and Eames are pretending to be a "civilian" married couple interested in attending a self-help seminar]
Detective Robert Goren : Mr. Fuller, we were invited by someone here who works for you.
Detective Alexandra Eames : We don't know that, honey.
Detective Robert Goren : Anyway, no one seems to know her, uh...
[pauses, looks directly at Fuller]
Detective Robert Goren : You made us, didn't you? What gave us away?
Randall Fuller : Her sensible shoes. And her sleeve. It's, uh, shiny from rubbing against her holster.
[He looks at Goren]
Randall Fuller : Oh, and your belt is scratched where you clip your badge.
Detective Alexandra Eames : He's good.
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Detective Robert Goren : And that's when you overcame your biggest fear. You changed your way of being.
Doug Morgan : Yes!
Detective Robert Goren : You killed your dad and transformed your life.
Doug Morgan : [nods, smiling] Yes, I did.
Detective Alexandra Eames : And you killed your brother for the same reason.
Detective Robert Goren : The brother who had loved you, who watched over you.
Doug Morgan : It's wasn't real love. The context wasn't authentic. He watched out for me out of guilt. It's old stuff.
Detective Robert Goren : It's in the past. You killed your dad and you... let it go.
Doug Morgan : Yes!
Detective Robert Goren : Well, so then you became everything that Grace Note promised you. I mean, like it says here in the brochure, look! You became creator of your own destiny! Wow, look at you! You're a success story!
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A.D.A. Ron Carver : Is it a cult? Brain control?
Detective Robert Goren : Yes.
Detective Alexandra Eames : No.
A.D.A. Ron Carver : How reassuring.
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Detective Alexandra Eames : Four hours without a bathroom break, I thought I was going to pop a valve.
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Detective Robert Goren : They use the same psychological coercion as cults.
Detective Alexandra Eames : So did the guy who sold me my car.
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Detective Robert Goren : Look, strip down all their double-talk. What is it that Randall Fuller really said to those people?
[paraphrasing]
Detective Robert Goren : "Everything you've done is wrong." "Everything you are is false."
Detective Alexandra Eames : "But it wasn't your fault; you were 'programmed' that way."
Detective Robert Goren : "Leave it to Grace Note to give you back your life." It's *very* seductive.
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Detective Alexandra Eames : The "Grace Note" Suicide Diet!
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Detective Robert Goren : Every time before he spoke, he looked up. The Manson girls did the same thing during their murder trial. They were visualizing.
Detective Alexandra Eames : What's he visualizing?
Detective Robert Goren : Not what... who.
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Detective Alexandra Eames : Those people did NOT look like zombies when they came in.