McCoy: You wanna tell me what this is?
Cutter: I’m guessing you already know.
McCoy: No operation. No hormone therapy. You’ve attached an illegal stipulation to a plea. You violated Mrs. Talbot’s rights. The judge will repudiate this document.
Cutter: I can sell him on it.
McCoy: I’m repudiating it! You’ve gone completely off the reservation here!
Cutter: Just imitating the master. People v. Willick? The Munchhausen-by-proxy case? Did you forget you made enforced sterilization a condition of a plea for a woman who killed her babies?
McCoy: I remember! I also remember the judge reaming me out for it. He was right!
Cutter: You followed your instincts, I’m following mine! It’s what we both get paid for!
McCoy: You get paid to follow orders. The court didn’t buy the argument the Talbots are assaulting their daughter. It’s time to turn the page, Mike!
Cutter: I have an executed plea agreement. I’m moving forward. You want to take the case away, that’s your call.

Law & Order 19x04, “Falling”