Law & Order: Special Victims Unit quotes

Benson

Carisi tells me that you've accepted a plea deal.

Sеxual misconduct. I go on the registry. Six years' probation.

Benson

Your lawyer's good with that?

Oh, no, not at all. He wanted to take this to trial. But that isn't why I started this journey. I told you. I wanted to take responsibility for my actions and the harm I've caused others. I knew this wasn't gonna be easy.

Benson

I want to forgive you.

You don't have to. You were kind enough to listen to me. That means a lot.

Benson

You got a long road ahead of you, Burton. All you can do is take it one step at a time.

Hope I make it.

Dr. Lindstrom

Most of your coworkers are in stable relationships.

Benson

Yeah, they are. And I am really happy for them.

Dr. Lindstrom

You're not wondering when your turn will come?

Benson

Not really. You know, between Noah and work... [Lindstrom shoots her a glance] Okay, so, you think that I have intimacy issues.

Dr. Lindstrom

Is that what you're hearing me say?

Benson

Can we just stop the shrink talk and you just tell me what you think?

Dr. Lindstrom

What I actually think?

Benson

Yeah.

Dr. Lindstrom

I think that you and Elliot either need to see whether there's more there, or, move on. This idealized relationship is hanging over you. Prevents you from true intimacy, Olivia, either with him, or with anyone else. That's what I think.

Hello, Liv.

Benson

Hello.

You and I spent a lot of time in this place. It's a shame they're closing, huh?

Benson

Everything comes to an end. Um, I wanted to thank you, for representing Delia.

Rollins asked for the favor. How many lawyers you call first?

Benson

Three. You think you can get an acquittal?

I'll do my best. Cabernet?

Benson

I can't stay.

It's possible, to sit with someone, and have a drink, and not say a single word to each other. I miss you, Liv.

Benson

[uncomfortable] I gotta go.

Benson

You don't know anything about my feelings for Elliot, and you don't know him.

I got a glimpse.

Benson

I've known him for twenty-three years, and he always had my back.

And you grew up without a father to protect you, I know how much that means.

Benson

Please don't. Please don't.

I grew up in a home, in a neighborhood where I got bullied. We're gonna see him through different prisms.

Benson

This isn't about him. This is about you and me, and how you betrayed me. I asked you not to defend Wheatley and you did anyway.

We're going around in circles. You're denying, you're deflecting. You defend him. It's all right. I get it. That's what you do when you love somebody unconditionally.

Benson

Please don't tell me how I feel.

In this case, I can, because I do know what it means to love someone unconditionally. When you're ready to stop feeling betrayed by me, I'll be here.

Benson

Rafa.

What?

Benson

I miss you too.

[to a pimp] The only thing people agree on nowadays is burying people who hurt young kids.

Why don't we go in?

Benson

No. We're not doing this cowboy.

Stabler

So, what do you want? You want a deal? Because, right now, you have more leverage than you're ever going to have for the rest of your life. Right now, this moment. So, you tell me what you know, and I'll make happen whatever you want to make happen. Whatever you want. I'm gonna ask you again: where's Sirenko? Where would he go? We know he has a bomb. We know he's gonna use it. What's he planning? What is it?

I want a lawyer.

Stabler

You want a lawyer. You've been sitting here with me for over an hour...

Just wasting time. You're too late.

Stabler

Where is he?

Tick, tick...

Stabler

Where is he?

Boom.

There it is. They call it silencio. [looks at Carisi] Your people used to call it omertà.

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.

Look, Benson, all due respect...

Benson

The next words out of your mouth better include "Captain".

Our marriage keeps goin' like this, we're gonna need a safe word... Captain.

Benson

There's only two ways for these kids to get out of BX9. And one, is in the witness box, and the other, is in a pine box.

Guys like me, Benson... there's two wolves fightin' in us.

Benson

Yeah. One is good and the other one's a congenital pain in my ass. But the real question is, which one's going to win in you?

The one you feed.

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.

These "he said/she said" celebrity cases are difficult to prosecute. He's gonna hire the best attorney that money can buy.

So we don't even try? She's a victim.

Benson

Rollins. No one said she wasn't victimized.

All I'm saying is, he's claiming to be a victim, too. This is gonna come down to a popularity contest just to get a jury to convict.