Alex quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Do you have a question?

Only one. Did you see my client shoot you?

I saw his gun aimed at my heart.

Please, Miss Cabot, just answer the question. On the night that you were shot, did you see Liam Connors anywhere in the vicinity?

No, but he's a coward. He likes to run away. [to the defendant] Did you leave a family behind in Ireland, Mr. Connors?

Your honor?

Miss Cabot, please.

You have absolutely no idea who shot you, do you?

Oh, I have an idea. It's the kind of man that likes to rape a woman to make her talk.

Let me rephrase the question. Did you see Liam Connors shoot you?

No. But I know it was him.

Objection, your honor!

It takes a lot of balls to shoot an unarmed woman and a sleeping child!

Your honor! Objection!

[to Connors] It's too bad your aim wasn't a little better!

Objection, your honor!

You think you're safe?! [jumps out of his seat while the court officers restrain him] They know where you are! You should've stayed dead!

ENOUGH! We're in recess until Mr. Kressler can control his client. You may step down, Miss Cabot.

Fin

What are we waitin' on?

Stabler

Cragen. He says we don't touch the place until Greylek sees it, just in case IAB wants to screw with us again.

Munch

You sure Greylek's not on one of her "I gotta be at the crime scene" crusades?

Fin

[looks ahead] That's not Greylek.

Benson

Alex!

What have we got?

Stabler

Where's Greylek?

New administration called her back to the justice department. DA let her leave immediately.

Benson

And McCoy drafted you to fill in.

I wasn't drafted. Jack asked me.

Benson

No one told us about it.

I only accepted an hour ago.

I want her brought before the disciplinary committee for badgering Jeffrey. My clients are furious.

Clients?! Jeffrey Lynwood is your client. Not his parents. [to the judge] I'm moving to disqualify Mr. Granger as counsel.

Oh, she's posturing.

You're a sleaze bag! You're letting Jeffrey's father call the shots, because he can pay you and Jeffrey can't.

I'm acting in my client's best interests.

Your client has as much business on a witness stand as I do riding in a rodeo! Only a horse's ass would ignore his diminished mental capacity.

You're outta line, your honor.

And you are a disgrace to the defense bar, Mr. Granger! And if you don't get your act in line, I'll grant her motion and report you to the disciplinary committee. Now, get out!

How does the defendant plead?

Devere

Not guilty, your honor.

I'll hear the People on bail.

Miss Cabot, are we keeping you from some important business?

[stops texting] Uh, I'm sorry, your honor. The People request remand.

Devere

What?

The defendant has established a pattern of theft and obfuscation. We consider her an extreme flight risk.

Devere

Miss Walker has no criminal record. To keep her locked up over these 2 charges is ridiculous.

That sounds a little extreme, even for you, Miss Cabot. And if you don't put that phone down, I'm gonna hold you in contempt!

Alex!

I thought you stood me up.

Sorry, I couldn't make it through the door. Guess I'm not quite ready.

Why don't you tell me what you want?

Just to give you some much needed advice. Don't give the State Bar anymore ammunition.

I didn't blow a trial by breathing vodka onto a judge, and I sure as hell wasn't forced to take a breathalyzer in open court.

Actually, it was scotch, and drunk or not, I've never been accused of a Brady violation.

I take my oath very seriously, and I did not withhold evidence from the defense.

Look, even if it was the cops who didn't turn over every scrap of evidence, you're still culpable. They'll yank your license.

Benson and Stabler would not do that.

They're good cops, but their loyalty is to each other, not to you.

I know you didn't get along with Stabler, but this is low, even for you.

I don't have any ax to grind.

No, you just want to bury it in their backs.

Who are you gonna blame when you lose your job, Alex?

You're telling me not to trust them.

No. I'm telling you to do your job and watch your ass.

I'm just a social thermometer taking the people's temperature.

Rectally?

That was quick. She didn't punch you again, did she?

Stabler

Ah, you know, some women just don't want to talk man to man.

Stabler!

Stabler

I wish she would refuse to talk to me.

Look, you pig-headed son of a bitch. You can't drag an innocent- [notices Alex] Hi. Babs Duffy.

Alex Cabot. I will leave you 2 alone.

You don't have to.

Stabler

No, you want to say something, let's do it in the box.

Mr. Buchanan wants to talk about you being a criminal, Gladys, so let's just do that. How long were you under the control of your pimp?

Since I was 12, so 10 years.

And how many nights a week did he force you to work?

5.

And how many men did he force you to have sex with each night?

[tears up] Like, at least 6.

And since you were 12, you couldn't consent, and because you were forced, you were raped. So would you estimate that you were raped a total of 13,000 times over those 10 years?

[quietly] Yeah.

[to Buchanan] I hope I cleared things up for you, counselor. [points to Gladys] That is a victim. [points to Skags] And that is a criminal.

Docket ending 245. People vs. Richard Morgan. Charges are--

Is this right? 230 counts each, grand larceny and fraud in the first degree, and 20 counts of income tax evasion?

Your honor, you're looking at Bernard Madoff, the Karate Kid edition.

That's prejudicial, Judge. I want her censured.

I don't see any jury here, Miss Block. And she certainly isn't going to prejudice me. How do you plead, Mr. Morgan?

Not guilty.

The defendant has a private plane and ample means to flee the country. We request remand to Rikers.

Remand is excessive. My client wasn't charged with a violent crime.

Yet. Mr. Morgan is also being investigated for rape and murder.

And when he's charged with either of those, he'll await trial in Rikers. The defendant will surrender his passport and be confined to his home with an electronic monitoring device. Bail is denied. [bangs gavel] We're in recess.

How well did you know Lainie?

Nardalee

Not at all.

So you weren't girlfriends? You didn't share any secrets?

Nardalee

No.

So, you wouldn't know if what you saw was my client fulfilling Lainie's fantasy.

Nardalee

That girl was being raped.

How do you know that? You just said that you didn't know my client or Lainie.

Nardalee

I know when a woman is being raped.

Are you a mind reader?

Nardalee

I was raped.

Objection, your honor.

Nardalee

I've seen many women raped. I know that look.

This is unresponsive.

Nardalee

I know that look. That dead look in the eyes when you imagine you are anywhere but there.

Please direct her to answer the question.

Mr. Kressler asked you a question. Are you a mind reader?

Nardalee

No, your honor. I am not.

Isn't it a fact that you are in this country illegally?

Objection! Relevance.

It goes to her character. She lied to get into the country. Maybe she's lying about this.

I'll allow it.

Miss Ula, isn't it a fact that last week, you were in a detention center?

Nardalee

Yes.

And aren't you only testifying here today, in exchange for Miss Cabot getting you out?

Nardalee

No!

Is it true that you were to be deported, because of close ties to a terrorist organization?

Nardalee

That is a lie!

Aren't you married to a known terrorist?

Nardalee

It was a forced marriage!

And you claimed he raped you.

Nardalee

He and all his friends!

And now you see rape everywhere. No further questions.

Miss Ula, why did you come into this country?

Nardalee

To escape the epidemic of sexual violence taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The men who raped me were fighting for control of the mines that produce tin, tungsten, and tantalum, the conflict minerals you so desperately need to make your cell phones and computers!

Objection. What does this have to do with this trial?

He called her character into question and insinuated she was a member of a terrorist organization. He opened this door!

Overruled.

Miss Ula, do you see rape everywhere?

Nardalee

The women in my village were raped. The women in the militia camp were raped. I was raped repeatedly, by so many men, I lost count. They put their guns in my sex, and one of them pulled the trigger. I was in the hospital for over a year. It left me incontinent. So, yes. I have seen rape EVERYWHERE! That is how I know that girl was raped.

Thank you. Nothing further.

All I ever heard about was how Mike Cutter was a crusader for justice. What happened to you?

If we press a case that we can't win, we just tell the next victim that she's better off staying silent.

If we let DiStasio walk, we send a message to the rest of the world, that in New York, the law doesn't apply to the rich and the powerful. We are here to even those scales, not cut and run.

You want a deal? Your client tells us what we wanna know, and he does time.

And how much is up to you.

What? The Ledger would love nothing more than to have a test case involving First Amendment and NYPD. Please, go ahead. Try us.

You three are playing this while there's a missing kid out there?

Yeah, let's cut to the chase, Mr. Exley.

Okay. Griscomb gives you everything he has on the missing boy's phone records, he gets full immunity from prosecution.

No, this is how it works: Wiretapping is federal. It's out of our hands. He give us something we can use, we'll mis-D the felony eavesdropping. Take a minute to think about it. And by a minute, I mean 59 seconds.

Betty Bluestone. It was a case I had about five years ago. Her husband, Mitch, used her face like a leg of lamb in a "Rocky" movie. I filed charges, and Betty fell apart on the stand.

Benson

Case dismissed?

So the happy couple goes home, and he blows her brains out on the bathroom tile. I did my job, and in the end, all I did for Betty was delay the inevitable.

Benson

So you decided to take matters into your own hands.

So I started volunteering at a women's shelter, and it grew from there.

Sonny

How many women have you disappeared?

Hundreds. It's not just me. You wouldn't believe how deep and far this network goes.

Benson

Alex, this is cruel. These women, their... their families, their friends think that they've been murdered.

No, no, every case is different. In Jules' case, death was the only way Nick Hunter was ever gonna let her leave.