Rollins quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sonny

You know, as long as we're tearing down statues, we night as well cancel Thanksgiving.

Don't mess with my favorite holiday.

Sonny

Brought to you by Puritans - religious extremists who burned witches and massacred Indians.

Says the guy who goes to Mass on Columbus Day.

Benson

Nobody's forcing you to prosecute.

If I don't, I'm telling the world that baby Drew has no rights.

What about his right to die?

Sonny

Unfortunately, that's not in the Constitution.

Okay, let's find out if daddy's little excursion yesterday caused the baby any harm.

Benson

So you can let Aaron go with a clear conscience?

So I can prosecute and maybe get some sleep in the next decade or so.

Weren't you wearing that suit yesterday?

Sonny

My, uh, dry cleaner broke down.

That's too bad. I thought you might be getting laid.

Sonny

Don't think too much, Rollins.

Sonny

Detective Carisi. This is Detective Rollins...

I know who you are.

Then you know West was our case.

Yeah. It's all over the news how that racist in the D.A. squad self-destructed in court.

I know Cassidy. He's no racist.

He just gets off on roughing up black suspects?

Pedophiles. They tend to bring out the worst in people.

Sonny

Alright, let's concentrate on this murder. We investigated West for the past two years, so if we combine our resources...

Oh, I got it from here, and I'd appreciate it if you'd get out of my crime scene before you people screw that up, too. [leaves]

Sonny

[calling after her] It's a little early in the morning for stick up your ass.

Sonny

Hey, Rollins, when you were a kid, what was the dumbest thing you ever did?

Me and Stevie Harris used to steal our dads' .22s and go shoot cans off a stump, and one day, I dared him to go down to the stump and just hold the can an arm's length out. Dead-eye Amanda shoots a bullet hole right through the sleeve of his sweatshirt.

Sonny

You know what, remind me never to go to the practice range with you.

Remind me never to let Jesse leave the house.

Benson

I can assure you that we are doing everything in our power.

Not good enough. I... I want you to promise us that you'll find her.

We wanna be realistic. We ask you to hope for the best, but prepare...

No, I'm not preparing for anything, all right? Haley needs me. She needs me to keep believing that she's alive. I'm the one keeping her alive. The only one.

[about a victim who's a prostitute] I've been here, what, seven years? I still don't get it.

Sonny

World's oldest profession, my friend.

I understand why there are hookers, Carisi. I just don't get why we give a damn. They... they know the risks.

Sonny

Maybe they don't have a choice.

Everybody's got a choice. Besides, there are plenty of women out there who need our help, and more importantly, want it.

I almost dyed my hair purple in college.

Sonny

Oh, yeah? What were you gonna do? Audition to be the sixth member of the Spice Girls?

I would be an excellent backup vocalist.

[about Esther] I can tell she's smart by the biblical connections she's making.

Benson

But it's like it was drilled into her.

Oh, yeah, this goes way past the Sunday school indoctrination my mom made me sit through. This is a form of control. It's a way to discourage analytical thinking.

Benson

Or a place to turn if she's lost or in pain.

Or scare you into thinking you're gonna burn in hell if you- you wear a skirt above your knee. I mean, somebody's doing this to keep her in line and she's still protecting them.

Fin

You're takin' this kinda personal, Amanda.

If I don't, then what am I doing here?

Benson

I know that this is hard.

Hard? Just imagine how hard those kids' lives were. And then to have to sit there and listen to that... that zealot use God to justify it!

Benson

I get it, Amanda, but I need you to get your head on straight.

Okay.

Benson

Okay?

I'm fine.

Benson

Do you think you can do that?

Yes.

Benson

Because when this case is finally over...

It is over.

Benson

I wish that were true. Preliminary ballistics came back on the siege of the Labott house.

That was fast.

Benson

You fired the bullet that killed Esther Labott. [horrified, Rollins starts crying] You know the drill. You'll talk to the preliminary investigators, you'll talk to IAB. And I'm confident you'll be back on the job in a few days. [Rollins keeps crying, inconsolable] I'm sorry.

Fin

And why am I here and not at home playing video games with Jayden?

Well, one, Jayden's too young to be playing video games. Two, my rat-bastard ex? He had these tickets, and there was no way I was gonna let him have them. And three, I needed company.

Fin

[noticing one of the band members' interest in her] Company. Seems like you're doing fine right now.

I'm just enjoying the music.

Fin

Right. Oh, and my dog died, and my truck broke down, and I'm starting to feel like a third wheel.

Look, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't know she was on something. When she started zoning out, I tried to help her. I took her to the hospital. That was the right thing to do, wasn't it?

You heard that, right, Sarge?

Fin

Yeah. So, you are the person who brought her to the hospital? Okay, well, you're free to go.

What, really?

Fin

[drops the act] No, asshole, sit down!

If I thought anyone wanted to rape Brianna, you would have from heard from me a long time ago.

Maybe someone who had some kind of grudge against you. Maybe someone from your past, maybe somebody at work...

I'm a dentist. Everybody hates me.

Sonny

Riley, do you know the difference between consecutive and concurrent sentences?

One means your ass is ours. The other means your ass is ours forever.