My sister was murdered by the people I was prosecuting. I have to wake up every morning and convince myself that it wasn't my fault. The only way I can do that is if I believe I can stop it from happening to somebody else.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
My feet haven't hurt this bad since I waited tables.
I had no idea. When did you wait tables?
I was 16. Aunt Betty's Cabin. Best chicken-fried steak you have ever had. [pause] You know, truth be told, none of this culinary grab-ass surprises me.
You were assaulted.
One of my regulars wanted a little extra sugar with his coffee. Instead he ended up with a raw steak in his eye.
ZZiegler
We just heard you testify that you don't remember what happened between walking home and waking up. You could have consented and not remembered you consented.
AAlicia
You think I wanna be here?
ZZiegler
You tell me.
AAlicia
Roger Madden raped me. The only reason I'm here is that I believe if I can face the man who raped me, if I can get justice, I can somehow get my life back.
Fin, cards on the table: did he do it?
[hesitantly] She definitely believes he did something.
Of course she does, but he's our friend, and he said it absolutely did not happen. No chance!
Okay, we all realize that this sucks...
You know what sucks, Rollins? This is what sucks: A busload of nuns could swear Peter Stone was in Albuquerque at the time of this rape, but somewhere in the back of my mind, every time I see him, I'm gonna wonder, "Did he?" That's what sucks.
Look, Rollins, I know our job is to believe survivors, that we start from there. But on this one, I believe him.
You're allowed to feel that way.
I don't think I am.
[Stone has been exonerated]
Peter, I'm sorry for everything you went through, and I'm sorry if it seemed like I doubted you.
Don't be. That's why I work with you. The thing is, when all the noise was going on, there was a moment where I doubted myself.
So, this "Bobbi" boy.
He was dressed as a girl.
Ah, a faygelah.
Uh, yeah, I don't think it's okay to use that word anymore.
Why not?
Because it hurts people.
It's just a word.
Yeah, but words can hurt more than a gun.
Hurt who?
The people they bother.
Then, everyone should say it, and no one will get hurt.
If you haven't left the house since 1973, how is it that you got a computer to write on?
JJoseph
What, you got a computer?
[sarcastic] No, I drew hieroglyphics on the crapper wall!
The eggs always think they're smarter than the chicken.
You know, we've heard this sex-games-gone-wrong story a hundred times before. You buying it?
Well, Botox and cupcakes? Sounds tempting.
[holding up Heath's handcuffs] Whatever happened to champagne and candles?
You don't really want me to answer that, do you?
SSadie
Have you ever made love to a woman? [Benson and Rollins look uncomfortable] Oh, I... I know you want to. You want someone who understands you. Your needs, your fantasies, your body. Someone with gentle lips and a curious and generous tongue searching your mouth while a man takes you hard, rough...
[cuts her off] No, that's okay.
[about Heath and Sadie] They got an answer for everything.
So did Ted Bundy, until he didn't.
Maybe he didn't mean to kill her, but whatever it was, when he got bored with her, you became his fantasy girl. And then when he got bored with you, he molded you into what he saw as perfection.
SSadie
No, no! He loves me.
No, he loves the idea of you. The perfect beauty. But beauty fades, Ceci. Even the perfect beauty that he created. That's why he brings other women home to your bed. Because he's searching for something that can never, ever really exist.
HHeath
Look, women are fragile beings. They're tortured by the what-ifs. What if I didn't have that damn mole? What if my lips were a little plumper? What if my breasts were a little firmer? I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, Detective. I'm sure you've spent more than one sleepless night wondering, "What if my body doesn't return to where it was?"
We don't need to talk about me.
HHeath
Why not? You're a woman. You have fantasies. I make those fantasies real. I do not kill little girls.
You don't care about your patient's fantasies. You care about your own. But that's the thing about fantasies. They're not going to be about flesh and blood. They're never going to be real.
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