Olivia Benson quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Benson

You saw how she humiliated Carrie in front of the entire squad. I don't like her.

Well, she has a right to be upset.

Benson

She's upset, because she thinks Carrie's gonna end up just like her-- Pregnant without a man.

Denise Eldridge believes a crime was committed against her daughter.

Benson

Denise Eldridge is a fruitcake.

Stabler

Well, dessert is served. [shows Denise in the squad room]

Olivia, my office! [they both enter his office] Why is Denise Eldridge screaming to One PP that you talked her daughter out of a rape kit?

Benson

Carrie didn't want it.

Now that's exactly what Simone Bryce told Carrie's mother. That's funny how a children's rights attorney just happened to show up at the ER.

My daughter's been violated. Whose side are you on?

Benson

Hers. [leaves]

Benson

You know I'm right.

Stabler

What, that Denise is a fruitcake? Yeah. But she's trying to protect her daughter.

Olivia, what are you gonna do?

Benson

I have to tell the D.A.

Hold on. You know it wasn't murder.

Benson

Why didn't you present that as evidence?

She refused to talk about it. [pauses] You remember what that was like.

Benson

My mother was an English professor. When I was 16, I started dating one of her students. He was a senior, he was 21 years old. And he asked me to marry him. And I said yes. Because I wanted to get away from my mother. She found out and she told me that if I didn't stop seeing him, that she would have him kicked out of college. And I told her that I was moving out. She was half way through a bottle of vodka and she dropped it. It shattered all over the floor. And then she picked up the jagged edge of the bottle and...and she came at me, screaming, 'I'll never let anyone else have you.' And so I kicked her, hard. And then I kicked her again. And she went flying across the room, into the wall. And she slid down to the floor. I'd never hurt her before. I ran out. I was so afraid...

Novak

You didn't kill your mother, Olivia.

Benson

I know what it's like to want to. That's how I know Simone Brice. I called her back then. She was a law student, and she helped me survive it.

Novak

Why didn't Carrie say something?

Benson

Because then the abuse becomes real. If you keep quiet, you can pretend that it's not.

Benson

[to Casey] You feel like a cup of coffee?

Novak

Every second of every day.

You arrested Kevin?

Benson

He'll be in a treatment program. He's getting the help he needs, and you can live your life without being afraid.

What life? You took my son away. What have I got to live for now?

Benson

[to Officer Vaill about Officer Callahan] Are you sleeping with him?

Let me be very clear, Detective Benson. I'd be more inclined to have an affair with you.

Benson

Got it.

Fin

Callahan's either a great guy or an unpredictable bastard, depending on who you talk to.

Benson

That's helpful.

Fin

It's better than Munch's "evil twin" theory.

Benson

Novak let you off, didn't she?

Yeah.

Benson

I'm glad.

Why?

Benson

Because you don't deserve to be a mother and I'm gonna make sure you never see that child again.

Good. Maybe the kid might have a chance.

Benson

[about Maria] Nobody would invent the nightmare that she has been through! Why are you trying to poke holes in her story rather than trying to find her, because Munch found some spook toy?!

Whoever's doing this likes spook toys. He's already using at least one device.

Stabler

I've known Luke since he was a baby. Always a sweet kid.

Benson

Well, you haven't seen him since before he hit puberty. And he's not so sweet anymore.

Stabler

What the hell?

Benson

Everything's gone.

Stabler

The whole de-con routine was a scam.

Munch

Why, Santa? Why?

Stabler

My DD Fives, notebooks, all gone.

Who do we call when we’ve been raped?

Novak

How'd it go?

Benson

Great. I love putting 8-year olds in lockup overnight.