One of the best scenes in television history. The show itself was truly underated despite the fact that it had a great cast, great writers, and great producers and directors. Television doesn't get any better than this.
Now this is great TV...this is the only show I watched where I got ‘lost’ in the dialogue that I sometimes forgot about the plot or the cases they were working on. Terrific ensemble cast.
I thought this was just great writing/acting when I first saw this 20 years ago. Now, it's almost like gospel to me. Past plans (career & personal) have blown up in my face, so I have no expectations of what is to come. I no longer hope for good things, I just want to get through a day without any bad things. And plenty of coffee.
This is such a good scene I looked for the spec script (Season 3 Episode 9, "Every Mother's Son") to find this scene. Eventually found the script but not this scene. Which means its either improvised, or written on the fly by Fontana and Yoshimura. Either way, one of the best scenes ever to grace network television.
