Barba quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Ya'll know me. I'm a lover, not a fighter. I love Mischa, she knows that. She knows what really happened. She's not gonna let NYPD send another innocent black man to jail!

[watching on TV] Oh, that's good to know. I guess we can all go home.

Fin

So what do we do now?

Munch

We wait.

For what?

Benson

The inevitable.

How many innocent men have you arrested?

Benson

Only one, and when I found out he was innocent, I fought for his release.

One, out of thousands of others. Men, they're all rapists, right?

Objection. Argumentative - and ridiculous.

Benson

It's all about control. I mean, they do their own investigations. If the school decides no crime has been committed, it's dropped. No press, no police.

We need to go after the school.

Fin

And charge 'em with what?

That's the great part about being a D.A.: I don't have to decide that right now.

On the night that you saw Mehcad Carter, did you see a "field hand", a "jungle animal"... or simply a boy trying to make his way home?

Objection.

No, I want to answer that. I saw a hooded man following me. I told him to back off, and he came through my gate.

So, if it had been a white man walking behind you, would you have told him to get back, would you have pulled your gun?

Objection!

If it had been a white boy, I wouldn't have been afraid.

So let's be clear. Mehcad Carter didn't have to do anything. He didn't have to say anything. He just had to be a black boy standing on your sidewalk, and that gave you the right to shoot him.

That's not what I said.

Isn't it?

Benson

What happened?

Munch

Fear won out.

I'm sorry.

Fin

It's not on you. It's just the way it is.

We can't take this to trial. The girls won't testify against each other. The only way to make a case is to put two four-year-old boys on the stand to testify against their sisters; those boys are damaged enough as it is.

They're damaged?! [scoffs in disbelief and anger] I see.

Mr. Walker--

[cutting her off] No! Get away from me. Just get away! [storms out]

Benson

I keep going over it in my head... those kids did not sound coached.

We had the DNA. We were just doing our jobs.

People lie, people make mistakes, people get hurt. This comes with the territory.

No, you... you guys tell yourselves whatever you want. This didn't have to happen.

Benson

What? He wants to plead to rape?

Multiple counts of rape in the first, multiple counts of sodomy. He will also plead guilty with an allocution. There will be specific...

Benson

He wants to stand up in open court and give graphic testimony about the things he did not do to me?

It's 25 to life. He'll die in prison. Olivia, you will avoid a trial and having to testify.

Benson

No, no, no! He does not get to do that to me. He did not rape me. He did not sodomize me. You look at that rape kit. After four days, he did not have the balls to rape me. And now he wants to stand up in open court... Now? No. No!

Sergeant, you up for a trip to the Garden State?

Benson

I'm acting squad commander.

Heavy lies the crown. Detective Rollins?

Don't worry, I'll stay away from Atlantic City.

Fin

Dohna was crystal clear when I talked to her. Frank must have gotten to her.

Benson

How?

She's Tibetan; for all we know, he called the Dalai Lama.

There is not one shred of forensic evidence of criminal behavior.

A grenade with the pin pulled has not blown up yet, but it's still a danger to those around it.

I'm sorry, who are we talking about, now?

Tiana Rayens, the Shark Wear Center girl.

And she kept her panties?

Yeah. They had semen on them, along with the dress.

Better than an autograph.

So, she made one "first-timer" pornographic video.

In New Hampshire.

Fin

One of the few places you can still make porn without a condom.

Live free or die.

[about Simmons] Don't forget, before he became a vulture, he was a lawyer.

Benson

Yeah, a distinction without a difference.

Guess who didn't show? I just spent two hours with 23 grand jurors playing Sudoku.

Benson

It's Friday. How about we pick him up at the end of the day?

So he can't get processed 'til Monday and has to spend the weekend in the Tombs. Motherhood has really changed you, Liv. It's brought out your sweet side. ...do it.

Benson

[sing-song] Thank you!