Velasco quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

A woman raped in front of her kid.

Fin

Her three-year-old.

What kind of sick animal does that?

Welcome to SVU.

[about the victims] I couldn't even look at them, but... I had to, y'know? What these women went through... Look, Captain, I know you've seen a lot...

Benson

Velasco, I've been doing this for over 20 years. I've never seen anything like this. And, honestly... honestly, you never get used to it. Any of it.

What are you? Puerto Rican? Dominican? Some kind of mix?

What does that matter?

Just didn't think you'd fall for that white girl magic, that's all. But I guess everyone does.

[about Duke] We don't actually think he's good for it, right? This is Tommy's father.

Benson

Velasco, one thing you're going to learn in this job. You never know what anyone is capable of.

Let me guess, you're using the heat from this case to bring justice to BX's non-white victims.

It's on guys like me and you to do whatever it takes to clean up our own trash, just like Italian cops who took down the mob.

I like working SVU.

You can always go back. Think about the dent that we can make if you came and worked for me for one year. [hands him a business card] Call me when you're ready to grow up.

Everything all right, Sarge?

Fin

Well, this whole planet's floating in the middle of an explosion, so is anything ever all right?

Let me ask you something. You started out in Narcotics, right?

Fin

Yeah.

Why'd you make the move here?

Fin

I got tired of arresting people who weren't hurting anybody. Over here, the bad guys are the bad guys.

Yeah, I drove Kelsey and Austin last night. What, she called the cops on him?

Yeah. Any reason she might've done that?

She said she was assaulted in your limo, so that kinda makes you a witness.

I don't wanna get involved.

So they did get in a fight.

Look, they might be in their late 20s on the outside, but inside, they're just kids who can't handle their emotions. You add in money, fame, constant validation...

We get that. So what happened?

All I wanna say. They need a time-out.

Look, I'm not a stylist. Why am I even here?

I told you, my brother's got a date.

Yeah, well, for all you know, I could've been on one, too.

Oh, yeah? With which hand?

What does Greco have on you, Frank? Whatever it is, it's not on you. You know what he did to the other guys.

He's got pictures of me and him and a couple of the other guys doing... stuff. He sent them to me and he said if I didn't do what he said, he was gonna show them to everyone, my family, my girlfriend. He's right, what he said in there. He's the boss. He's got all the power.

So take it back.

[about Paulo] He's a giant superstar.

Which means this case is going to be a giant pain in the ass.

I screwed up this case. How pissed is Carisi?

On a scale of 1 to 10...

Fin

...I'd say Vladimir Putin.

Fin

Look, man, you're not half a hitman from Juarez anymore. You're a NYPD officer.

And why do you think I became a cop in the first place?

Fin

Penance. I get it.

I didn't kill anyone, Sarge.

Fin

We all make mistakes, OK? And even in the NYPD, there's room for redemption.

But you don't think Benson sees it like that?

Fin

You're not asking for my advice, but I'ma give it to you anyway. Show your loyalty to her. Not me, not the NYPD, and definitely not someone guilty of an unsolved double murder in Fort Worth.

Benson

I feel bad for you, Velasco.

Bad? Bad how?

Benson

Because you're 180 pounds of water in the shape of a man, and you take on the shape of anything that you're poured into. Duarte asked you to flip a banger, and you end up playing just as dirty as the guy that we're hunting. I mean, up until now, Velasco, you've been living a performance, not a life. That changes now. Understood?

What do you want me to do?

Benson

You owe a debt to the two people that were killed, even though they were drug dealers. It doesn't have to happen today, and it doesn't have to happen tomorrow. But you will find that friend, and you will bring him to justice.

[as Benson starts to walk away] Captain, wait. People change, you know?

Benson

Velasco, being a cop isn't some sort of penance. Putting your friend away for murder is.

So that's what it takes for me and you to be all right?

Benson

That's what it takes for me and you to be all right.