Rollins quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Most of the women in Accredo have sexual issues.

Did Vicky Parson have sexual issues?

Well, she wasn't living her life to her to its potential personally and professionally. Kind of like you.

Excuse me?

A woman becomes a cop. Why? To establish power over men. Why? Because men have: A, disappointed her, B, demeaned her.

How about C, she believes the scum should rot in prison.

Oh, the lies we tell ourselves. Let me guess. [looking to her pregnant belly] You're not married to the daddy, are you?

When I was growing up, I had a TV in my room. Family Ties was my favorite. Alex P. I really, really liked him. And I would turn the volume all the way up so I couldn't hear what was going on downstairs. The screaming, the cussing. We were not the Keatons.

Benson

Well, news flash: Nobody's family is.

My mom had this vase. It wasn't expensive, but she really loved it, and he threw it at her. It shattered into a million pieces. And that was right before he beat the crap out of her.

Benson

I'm so sorry. I didn't know.

The thing is, I wasn't mad at him. I was so mad at her. You know, how? How... how could she let him?

Benson

[about the flowers from Rollins' boyfriend] Those are pretty.

I said, not at the office. And he said they're not for me.

Benson

Who are they for? [Rollins gestures to her pregnant belly] Ah. Smooth.

How was court?

Benson

How do you think?

I don't care if she is crazy. That woman needs to be taken from the Earth.

Benson

You know, last night, I put Noah to bed, I kissed him goodnight, I turned out the light... and I just stood there watching him sleep for 2 hours.

I did the same thing.

Benson

Sometimes life just sucks. [pause] Amanda, you should keep those flowers.

Why?

Benson

Because... because sometimes we just need a little pretty.

My feet haven't hurt this bad since I waited tables.

Benson

I had no idea. When did you wait tables?

I was 16. Aunt Betty's Cabin. Best chicken-fried steak you have ever had. [pause] You know, truth be told, none of this culinary grab-ass surprises me.

Benson

You were assaulted.

One of my regulars wanted a little extra sugar with his coffee. Instead he ended up with a raw steak in his eye.

Fin, cards on the table: did he do it?

Fin

[hesitantly] She definitely believes he did something.

Sonny

Of course she does, but he's our friend, and he said it absolutely did not happen. No chance!

Okay, we all realize that this sucks...

Sonny

You know what sucks, Rollins? This is what sucks: A busload of nuns could swear Peter Stone was in Albuquerque at the time of this rape, but somewhere in the back of my mind, every time I see him, I'm gonna wonder, "Did he?" That's what sucks.

Sonny

Look, Rollins, I know our job is to believe survivors, that we start from there. But on this one, I believe him.

You're allowed to feel that way.

Sonny

I don't think I am.

Benson

You know, we've heard this sex-games-gone-wrong story a hundred times before. You buying it?

Well, Botox and cupcakes? Sounds tempting.

Have you ever made love to a woman? [Benson and Rollins look uncomfortable] Oh, I... I know you want to. You want someone who understands you. Your needs, your fantasies, your body. Someone with gentle lips and a curious and generous tongue searching your mouth while a man takes you hard, rough...

[cuts her off] No, that's okay.

Look, women are fragile beings. They're tortured by the what-ifs. What if I didn't have that damn mole? What if my lips were a little plumper? What if my breasts were a little firmer? I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, Detective. I'm sure you've spent more than one sleepless night wondering, "What if my body doesn't return to where it was?"

We don't need to talk about me.

Why not? You're a woman. You have fantasies. I make those fantasies real. I do not kill little girls.

You don't care about your patient's fantasies. You care about your own. But that's the thing about fantasies. They're not going to be about flesh and blood. They're never going to be real.

There's just some things that don't make sense.

I don't care. You know why? 'cause my father's dead. Okay, my father is dead. So I... I don't really understand what difference it makes who killed him.

They really could use me on this case. Man, I need to get back to work. [Al looks uncomfortable] What?

I guess I was kinda hoping you might take a nice, long maternity leave or even quit.

Quit my job? I love my job.

Amanda, I want to take care of you.

I know you do. Um... the thing is, Al, I can't marry you.

Why not?

I don't love you.

OK.

[surprised] OK?

I'm disappointed, but one of the only good things about getting older is that you get used to it. I'm glad I met you, Amanda, that we made a baby together. Um, I'll always be grateful.

Thank you, Al. Thank you.

Now let's have this kid already. What do you say?

Sonny

This is wrong.

Don't go all Liv on us, all right? The woman shot her husband because he didn't like her dinner.

Fin

Life should be so easy.

Come on, not you, too.

Fin

I don't judge. Is it hot in here?

Sonny

Hell always is.

[gestures to Sonny] Yeah, he is. He's going full Liv.

Fin

Somebody has to.

Yeah, and that somebody interrogated Annabeth. I wonder who that could be?

Sonny

What if she doesn't show?

Fin

Look, man, we can only do our job.

Sonny

What, that's all this is to you?

Fin

Yeah. I get up in the morning and I get dressed. I come to the office. After that, I go home. At the end of the week, I get a check and the check clears. That's called a job.

Okay, you know what? It's not all on us, though, Carisi. We do our part, but the rest is up to a judge and jury.

Fin

The short and sweet is fine with me.

Sonny

Oh, please, give me a break. This from the guy who flew to Cuba on his own nickel to catch a fugitive rapist. [to Rollins] And you, with that Labott girl...

[severely] Enough.

Fin

Carisi, have a donut.

Sonny

Are you telling me that you never even think about this? I mean, the the responsibility? The... the power that we have? I mean, I could get up on that stand and I could lie. I could say, yeah, Annabeth told me she planned on killing Thomas for the past six months. Now, I do that, she is done. No question. Or I could say I don't recall. I don't recall to anything that Stone asks me, and maybe she gets to live a nice, peaceful, safe life in a Chelsea apartment.

Or door number three, you tell the truth.

Sonny

All I'm saying is It's a lot of power. And who the hell are we?

Sonny

Lieu, I'm sorry. I'm not feeling okay about this case, okay? Maybe I feel like SOBs like Tommy Pearl get exactly what they deserve.

When a cop gets killed, it's an itch I can't scratch.

Sonny

He's a cop who abused his wife!

With his words. Annabeth didn't have to listen.

Benson

Look, guys, stop. Stop. And law without empathy doesn't help anyone, Rollins.

I... I'm all about empathy. Come on, it's... it's coming out of my ears. For eight years, I'm drowning in it.

Benson

You have no idea what terror is, what pure and utter terror is. You know, they say that your heart beats faster, but it doesn't. It stops. Everything stops. You don’t breathe because... you're scared that it might upset him. And if you get a cramp in your foot, you tell yourself, ‘Just let it throb,’ because you'll live through that pain, and that's a hell of a lot better than what he'll do to you. And the pain is... so complete, and it’s so... so overwhelming. You can go without food for... for three days. And you don't close your eyes, because you—because you're scared that... you'll never open ‘em again. You pray... You pray... ‘Please God, don't let him climb on top of me again.’

Liv, I'm so sorry.

Benson

No one should have to live like that. No one.

Tommy Pearl is not William Lewis. Annabeth was not held hostage.

Benson

Wasn't she?

At least we know what our vic was running from.

What do you mean?

Benson

First time at a brothel, fellas?