Olivia Benson quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Benson

You guys are still here?

Two minutes to midnight and counting.

At Vice, we never had a Friday night this quiet.

Benson

Oh...

What?

I know you're new and all, but we don't say the "Q"-word.

Fin

You jinxed it. That's your call.

Sonny

Chloe's ID, on a scale of one to shaky?

Uh, well, she... she knew his face from her HailMe app.

Sonny

So she could've been influenced.

Oh, you think? Chloe was assaulted in that car.

Sonny

Yeah, maybe, or maybe it was another car, but now I gotta keep Mr. Sayeed in holding for a crime that he probably didn't commit because if I let him go, and Ms. Hadid finds out, I'm a dead man walking.

Oh, okay. You made that bed, you can lie in it.

Sonny

Excuse me?

What did you think would happen when you moved over to that place? Because it it's all about politics, which is not your strong suit.

Sonny

I'm just doing my job. I'm not paying attention to that.

Are you, because 'cause it seems like you're more worried about your boss than you are about Chloe.

Sonny

Actually, what I'm more worried about is the DV with a battered wife who's not cooperating. I'm worried about the trans girl who was assaulted by a corporate lawyer in a case that we're never gonna make.

We're not, not with that attitude. And you know what? Everyone is worried. We're all nervous. We're swamped. We're drowning because you left.

Sonny

Oh, okay, so that's what this is about? That I left? I had to go. It was my shot.

Oh, come on! I would be fine if you were right here beside me! You said you're my partner. You walked out on me.

Sonny

You said that you were happy for me.

And you believed me? How stupid are you?

Benson

Hey guys, I'm on the phone with the Deputy Chief, so whatever is going on between you...

Nothing's going on.

Benson

Get over it. Now.

Sonny

[about Tamin] Kat doesn't miss a trick. Somebody must've stolen her lunch money once.

Benson

Or tried to.

Benson

D.A. Keane won't let this go?

Sonny

No, it was worse. He had no idea what I was asking him to do.

Benson

What does that mean?

Sonny

For years, Keane's deputies have covered up the fact that he suffered from dementia.

Benson

How bad is it? I mean, good days, bad days...?

Sonny

He thought Carlos Hernandez played first base for the '86 Mets, so...

Benson

Ms. Lee, you're in a lot of trouble.

Trouble? We both know your UCs can't unzip, so your case is gonna go south. I call my legal aid lawyer, make bail, be back in business by the weekend. [smirks] You know, you look like you're under a lot of stress. You need a massage. Come by. On the house.

Fin

Come on Carisi, you can trust us.

Sonny

I do, Fin, but every time I go out on a limb for you guys, somebody saws it off. Look, it's an academic institute. I need some patina of probable cause. [walks away]

Fin

Patina?

That guy was really a cop?

Benson

Hey, guys, he's just he's just doing his job.

Fin

How are we gonna let this guy hit on Rollins?

Benson

We're gonna wait for probable cause.

Or "machine elves"?

This is a men's room.

Benson

We looked for you in the little girl's room, but you weren't there. Mind if we talk to you?

Am I under arrest?

Not if you come with us voluntarily.

[on phone] I'm being harassed, babe. Call Abrams and tell him to meet me at -

Benson

Special Victims Unit.

Mind if I zip up first? Or do you want to do it for me, sweetheart?

Benson

Hard pass. Wash your hands, sweetie.

[after kidnapping Rollins] Getz has my girls. Now I have one of yours.

Benson

Frank, let's talk about this.

I want Getz in jail.

Benson

Okay, I hear you. But Frank -

I know you. You get things done. Now do this.

Fin

[about Frank] He likes Rollins. I don't think he'll hurt her.

Benson

Men kill women they like all the time, Fin. You know that.

Maybe I shouldn't ask this, but... Rollins knows this guy. Is there any chance that she's in on it, or maybe lost perspective?

Benson

No!

Sonny

And yeah, you're right, you shouldn't have asked.

Fin

[about Getz's death] I don't see this guy committing suicide.

I don't even think that's him on the gurney. No, hear me out. They switch him out with some homeless guy from the morgue and meanwhile he gets on a plane to some island beyond extradition.

Fin

No. I think someone took him out. No way did he kill himself.

Getz has gotten away with everything his whole life. Why quit now?

Benson

A lot of people wanted him dead. Either way, his number was up. But what gets me is that all those girls will never get their day in court.

Look, I know you SVU guys have big hearts, but this wasn't a real rape.

Benson

"A real rape"? Is that because they knew each other, or is that because she dances in a strip club? [Donnie is silent] Do me a favor. Have your captain call me.

Benson

When are these dinosaurs gonna die out?

Fin

No time soon - they have no natural predators.

Sonny

I'm writing my resignation letter. I'm gonna lose this case. Ms. Hadid already knows. She has her spies in the courtroom. I'm done.

Benson

Carisi, you're not a quitter. No, no. It was your first day in court. You got knocked down, so you get back up again.

Sonny

What if I'm not cut out for this? [pause] You know what the worst part is? That I didn't protect Monica.

Benson

No, listen to me...

Sonny

I should have objected more. But if you object too much, the jury thinks the witness is hiding something, so I-I didn't know what to do. I just left her alone up there. A target.

Benson

Monica is a lot tougher than you think.

Sonny

Every aspect, every moment of her life, open to dissection. While Markeevious Ryan, he's just sitting there, smiling. He's sitting on the sidelines. She said it herself, Liv, it's not fair.

Benson

So use that. Figure out a way to get him into the game.

Benson

Who's the-who's the woman with Tucker?

Fin

You asking us?

Yeah, we got you in the divorce.