Melinda Warner quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Our country is at war. I have skills that can help. Do you really expect me not to use them?

Dr. Warner

You took an oath. You don't get to take a time-out because we're at war, because it's difficult to uphold. The oath was written for times like these.

I don't think we need to hear anymore.

Dr. Warner

I speak for the dead and I'm not done.

Dr. Warner

How'd you know to ask Ashley about the mole?

Benson

[evasive] She remembered.

Dr. Warner

But you couldn't have known she was right.

Benson

[pause] I saw it... when he had me in the basement.

Dr. Warner

Olivia, did he rape you?

Benson

[quietly] It's the closest I've ever come.

Dr. Warner

You're a murderer and a false prophet.

That's what they said about Jesus Christ.

Munch

Any idea where our crispy critter came from?

Warner

Follow the bloody brick road.

Munch

DNA sweat stains, so now you have to watch where you sweat.

Dr. Warner

Wonders of science, baby.

Benson

[tries to stich together Dr. Warner's gunshot wound] I don't think I can do this.

Dr. Warner

Then get ready to watch me die.

Stabler

[Discussing the victim, who was found in a load of commercial laundry] We know where the load came from?

Dr. Warner

Mercy Hospital.

Benson

This was no mercy killing.

You know, Kent did send her photos of his "king." Any way to verify?

Dr. Warner

Not without seeing the original in a similar state. You want to ask for that subpoena?

Dr. Warner

So, it turns out she's a lesbian. He's transgender. And we found the murder weapon lodged in his anal canal.

Benson

Hey, try the hot soppressata.

Fin

My favorite is still that Sherling guy we found humping that passed out vic. [the others laugh] And he tells me, "I thought she was dead." Turns out it just a little co-fetish.

Benson

Hey guys, uhm, maybe we don't talk shop?

Dr. Warner

After sex, most men feel the urge to urinate, which clears the urethra. He didn't get the chance. And the amount of fluid is consistent with his having ejaculated very recently.

Fin

Melinda, English?

Dr. Warner

He came, and then he went.

Doctor, could Miss Decotis' injuries have been caused by her prostitution?

Dr. Warner

It's unlikely. She was savaged.

Savaged, you say? How so?

Dr. Warner

In addition to the blunt trauma and strangulation, there were cuts on her nipples and external genitalia.

And her anal sphincter, was that torn?

Dr. Warner

Yes, it was.

And these injuries, though not fatal, they would've been painful?

Dr. Warner

Very. She died a slow death.

How long did she survive after the first attack started?

Dr. Warner

30 minutes. Maybe longer.

And she would've been in agony all through it?

Mr. Barba, not to put words in your mouth, but I'm willing to entertain an objection if you have one.

I'm fine, your honor.

Doctor, was she in a lot of pain?

Dr. Warner

Yes. I'm sure she was.

Were there signs of struggle?

Dr. Warner

Yes. The skin was torn around the ligature marks.

What goes through a victim's head in their final moments?

Your honor, may I please speak with my client?

No, I'm not done here.

Short recess.

Sit down!

[to Dr. Warner] Back to Nadia. Would the terror, the fear, have flooded her with adrenaline?

Dr. Warner

I can't answer that.

Would she have awareness of what was going on? Would she understand that these were the final moments of her life?

Come on! Doctor, we are both medical people! Use your knowledge!

[nervously] Or... Or don't.

Dr. Warner

[after examining the victim] Aside from the sky-high blood alcohol level, he took, or was given, Oxycodone, fentanyl, and MDMA.

Benson

Those are fairly common street drugs. Any recent OD's with the same cocktail?

Dr. Warner

No, but where there's one... You might wanna check area hospitals.

Fin

There were women there. Any DNA?

Dr. Warner

Nope. He went, he didn't come.